Forerunner 945 is the GPS smartwatch that’s designed for the driven, the qualifiers, the elite. We made this watch for you: the up-at-dawn runners and the conditioned-for-pain triathletes. While you chase your next victory, make sure you’ve got the right tool for the job.
Take Your Music on the Go
Take your favorite music with you when you’re on the run. Sync your carefully crafted playlists from select premium music streaming services such as Deezer, Spotify® and more for ad-free listening. You can store up to 1,000 songs right on your watch and transfer music from your own computer library as well. Then queue up your favorite playlist for easy listening through headphones enabled with BLUETOOTH technology.
Maximize Performance
Forerunner 945 monitors your performance and even offers personalized insight, so you can train smarter, not harder. The smartwatch tracks your VO2 max and adjusts the value based on heat and altitude. Training status evaluates your recent exercise history and performance indicators to let you know if you’re training productively, peaking or overreaching. See how your workouts influence the development of endurance, speed and power with aerobic and anaerobic training effect feedback. Recovery time helps you maximize the benefit of your efforts by predicting when you will be ready for your next tough challenge. You can even view your overall training load, which measures your exercise volume from the last 7 days and compares it to the optimal range for your fitness and recent training history. And — new for Forerunner 945 — training load focus sorts your recent training history into different categories based on activity structure and intensity.
An Easier Way to Pay
The Forerunner 945 GPS smartwatch features Garmin Pay, which lets you pay for purchases with your watch. Use it just about anywhere you can tap your card to pay. Now you can leave your wallet behind without missing out on that post-run caffè latte. Just tap and go.
Maps on Your Wrist
Whether you’re running the city streets or riding densely covered trails, Forerunner 945 provides built-in mapping to help keep you on track. Full-color mapping comes preloaded with map data optimized for at-a-glance navigation and location tracking. And the device also features Trendline™ popularity routing, which uses billions of miles of Garmin Connect™ data to help you find and follow the best trails and routes.
Stay Connected and Secure
With Forerunner 945, you can head out for a training session without being out of touch. Once paired with your compatible smartphone, you’ll be able to receive text messages and see social media updates, emails and more right on your wrist. And safety and tracking features make it easy to share your location with chosen contacts in case you need assistance — manually, or automatically with built-in incident detection.
Track More Than Ever Before
For such a lightweight watch, you’ll be surprised by everything Forerunner 945 can track. It features multinetwork (GPS, GLONASS and Galileo) satellite reception to track in more challenging environments than GPS alone. It features wrist-based heart rate and a wrist-based Pulse Ox sensor which monitors blood oxygen saturation levels to support advanced sleep monitoring and altitude acclimation.
Workouts and Training Plans
Whether you’re training for a marathon or something even longer, create your own custom workouts, or download free ones that sync right to your watch. Forerunner 945 also supports Garmin Coach adaptive training plans. These plans feature guidance from expert coaches and free training plans that adapt to you and your goals. It’s a foolproof way to get to the finish line. As part of your training plan, it can even help you predict your race time.
Analyze Your Running Form
The Forerunner 945 GPS smartwatch also has the tools you need to improve your running form. The watch measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and balance, vertical oscillation and vertical ratio. These measurements are the key to understanding your form, so you can bring your best on every run and at every race. Your Forerunner 945 can start tracking these metrics with the addition of a compatible heart rate strap or the compact Running Dynamics Pod, which clips right onto your waistband.
Run, Sprint, Swim, Bike, Tri
Change things up with ease, thanks to built-in activity profiles for running (indoor/outdoor), cycling (indoor/outdoor), swimming (pool/open water), cross-country skiing, paddle sports, trail running and many more. Forerunner 945 even has an auto multisport feature that lets you switch sports with a single button press for brick workouts and du/triathlon races.
A Few More Extras
Forerunner 945 is still an exceptional smartwatch for everything that happens between races and training sessions. All-day activity tracking keeps tabs on your steps and calories and even provides advanced sleep monitoring. Get a better understanding of your body using the Garmin Connect menstrual cycle tracking feature. Use it to track cycle details, log physical and emotional symptoms and record personal notes for regular, irregular and menopause transition cycle types. For endless personalization options, Forerunner 945 is compatible with the Connect IQ™ Store, where you can download free apps, widgets and data fields. Check out the Running Power app, which lets you see your running power in real time — as well as after your run.
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GENERAL
LENS MATERIAL
Corning® Gorilla® Glass DX
BEZEL MATERIAL
Fiber-reinforced polymer
QUICKFIT™ WATCH BAND COMPATIBLE
(22 mm)
STRAP MATERIAL
Silicone
PHYSICAL SIZE
47 x 47 x 13.7 mm
Fits wrists with a circumference of 130-220 mm
DISPLAY SIZE
1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter
DISPLAY RESOLUTION
240 x 240 pixels
DISPLAY TYPE
Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
WEIGHT
50g
BATTERY LIFE
Smartwatch Mode: Up to 2 weeks
GPS mode with music: Up to 10 hours
GPS mode without music: Up to 36 hours
WATER RATING
5 ATM
COLOR DISPLAY
MEMORY/HISTORY
200 hours of activity data -
CLOCK FEATURES
TIME/DATE
GPS TIME SYNC
AUTOMATIC DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
ALARM CLOCK
TIMER
STOPWATCH
SUNRISE/SUNSET TIMES -
SENSORS
GPS
GLONASS
GALILEO
GARMIN ELEVATE™ WRIST HEART RATE MONITOR
BAROMETRIC ALTIMETER
COMPASS
GYROSCOPE
ACCELEROMETER
THERMOMETER
PULSE OX -
DAILY SMART FEATURES
CONNECT IQ™ (DOWNLOADABLE WATCH FACES, DATA FIELDS, WIDGETS AND APPS)
SMART NOTIFICATIONS
TEXT RESPONSE/REJECT PHONE CALL WITH TEXT (ANDROID™ ONLY)
CONNECTIVITY
Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
CALENDAR
WEATHER
CONTROLS SMARTPHONE MUSIC
PLAYS AND CONTROLS WATCH MUSIC
MUSIC STORAGE
Up to 1000 songs
FIND MY PHONE
FIND MY WATCH
VIRB® CAMERA REMOTE
SMARTPHONE COMPATIBILITY
iPhone®, Android™
COMPATIBLE WITH GARMIN CONNECT™ MOBILE
GARMIN PAY™ -
SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES
INCIDENT DETECTION DURING SELECT ACTIVITIES
(Smartphone Required)
ASSISTANCE
(Smartphone Required)
LIVETRACK
GROUP LIVETRACK
LIVE EVENT SHARING
Android™ Only -
ACTIVITY TRACKING FEATURES
STEP COUNTER
MOVE BAR (DISPLAYS ON DEVICE AFTER A PERIOD OF INACTIVITY; WALK FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO RESET IT)
AUTO GOAL (LEARNS YOUR ACTIVITY LEVEL AND ASSIGNS A DAILY STEP GOAL)
SLEEP MONITORING (MONITORS TOTAL SLEEP AND PERIODS OF MOVEMENT OR RESTFUL SLEEP)
CALORIES BURNED
FLOORS CLIMBED
DISTANCE TRAVELED
INTENSITY MINUTES
TRUEUP™
MOVE IQ™
FITNESS AGE
(In app)
BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITOR
ALL-DAY STRESS TRACKING -
GYM & FITNESS EQUIPMENT
AVAILABLE GYM ACTIVITY PROFILES
Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Indoor Rowing and Yoga
CARDIO WORKOUTS
STRENGTH WORKOUTS
AUTOMATIC REP COUNTING -
TRAINING, PLANNING AND ANALYSIS FEATURES
GPS SPEED AND DISTANCE
CUSTOMIZABLE DATA PAGES
CUSTOMIZABLE ACTIVITY PROFILES
AUTO PAUSE®
INTERVAL TRAINING
ADVANCED WORKOUTS
DOWNLOADABLE TRAINING PLANS
AUTO LAP®
MANUAL LAP
CONFIGURABLE LAP ALERTS
HEAT AND ALTITUDE ACCLIMATION
V02 MAX
TRAINING STATUS (LETS YOU SEE IF YOU’RE TRAINING EFFECTIVELY BY TRACKING YOUR TRAINING HISTORY AND FITNESS LEVEL TREND.)
TRAINING LOAD (YOUR TOTAL TRAINING LOAD FOR THE LAST 7 DAYS CALCULATED FROM ESTIMATED EPOC)
TRAINING LOAD FOCUS
TRAINING EFFECT (AEROBIC)
TRAINING EFFECT (ANAEROBIC)
PRIMARY BENEFIT (TRAINING EFFECT LABELS)
CUSTOM ALERTS
AUDIO PROMPTS
FINISH TIME
VIRTUAL PARTNER
RACE AN ACTIVITY
AUTO MULTISPORT ACTIVITIES
MANUAL MULTISPORT ACTIVITIES
COURSE GUIDANCE
GARMIN LIVE SEGMENTS
STRAVA LIVE SEGMENTS
ROUND-TRIP COURSE CREATOR (RUNNING/CYCLING)
TRENDLINE™ POPULARITY ROUTING
TOUCH AND/OR BUTTON LOCK
HOT KEYS
AUTO SCROLL
ACTIVITY HISTORY ON WATCH
PHYSIO TRUEUP -
HEART RATE FEATURES
HR ZONES
HR ALERTS
HR CALORIES
% HR MAX
% HRR
RECOVERY TIME
AUTO MAX HR
HRV STRESS TEST (MEASURES YOUR HEART RATE VARIABILITY WHILE STANDING STILL, FOR 3 MINUTES, TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN ESTIMATED STRESS LEVEL; THE SCALE OF THIS IS 1 TO 100; LOW SCORES INDICATE LOWER STRESS LEVELS)
(With compatible accessory)
HR BROADCAST (BROADCASTS HR DATA OVER ANT+™ TO PAIRED DEVICES)
RESPIRATION RATE (DURING EXERCISE)
(With compatible accessory) -
RUNNING FEATURES
AVAILABLE RUN PROFILES
Running, Indoor Track Running, Treadmill Running, Trail Running
GPS-BASED DISTANCE, TIME AND PACE
RUNNING DYNAMICS
(With compatible accessory)
VERTICAL OSCILLATION AND RATIO (THE DEGREE OF 'BOUNCE' IN YOUR RUNNING MOTION AND THE COST-BENEFIT RATIO WITH STRIDE LENGTH)
(With compatible accessory)
GROUND CONTACT TIME AND BALANCE (SHOWS HOW MUCH TIME, IN THE RUNNING MOTION, YOUR FOOT IS ON THE GROUND RATHER THAN IN FLIGHT AND LETS YOU CHECK YOUR RUNNING SYMMETRY)
(With compatible accessory)
STRIDE LENGTH (REAL TIME)
(With compatible accessory)
CADENCE (PROVIDES REAL-TIME NUMBER OF STEPS PER MINUTE)
PERFORMANCE CONDITION (AFTER RUNNING 6–20 MINUTES, COMPARES YOUR REAL-TIME CONDITION TO YOUR AVERAGE FITNESS LEVEL)
LACTATE THRESHOLD (THROUGH ANALYSIS OF YOUR PACE AND HEART RATE, ESTIMATES THE POINT WHERE YOUR MUSCLES START TO RAPIDLY FATIGUE)
(With compatible accessory)
RUN WORKOUTS
RACE PREDICTOR
FOOT POD CAPABLE -
GOLFING FEATURES
PRELOADED WITH 41,000 COURSES WORLDWIDE
YARDAGE TO F/M/B (DISTANCE TO FRONT, MIDDLE AND BACK OF GREEN)
YARDAGE TO LAYUPS/DOGLEGS
MEASURES SHOT DISTANCE (CALCULATES EXACT YARDAGE FOR SHOTS FROM ANYWHERE ON COURSE)
Automatic
DIGITAL SCORECARD
STAT TRACKING (STROKES, PUTTS PER ROUND, GREENS AND FAIRWAYS HIT)
GARMIN AUTOSHOT™
AUTO COURSEVIEW UPDATES
GREEN VIEW WITH MANUAL PIN POSITION
HAZARDS AND COURSE TARGETS
TRUSWING™ COMPATIBLE
ROUND TIMER/ODOMETER -
OUTDOOR RECREATION FEATURES
AVAILABLE OUTDOOR RECREATION PROFILES
Hiking, Climbing, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking
POINT-TO-POINT NAVIGATION
BREAD CRUMB TRAIL IN REAL TIME
BACK TO START
TRACBACK®
ULTRATRAC MODE
AROUND ME MODE
ELEVATION PROFILE
DISTANCE TO DESTINATION
BAROMETRIC TREND INDICATOR WITH STORM ALERT
CLIMBPRO™ ASCENT PLANNER
TRAIL RUN AUTO CLIMB
VERTICAL SPEED
TOTAL ASCENT/DESCENT
FUTURE ELEVATION PLOT
PRELOADED TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS
DOWNLOADABLE CARTOGRAPHY SUPPORT
COMPATIBLE WITH BASECAMP™
GPS COORDINATES
PROJECTED WAYPOINT
AREA CALCULATION
(Via Connect IQ™)
HUNT/FISH CALENDAR
(Via Connect IQ™)
SUN AND MOON INFORMATION
(Via Connect IQ™)
XERO™ LOCATIONS -
CYCLING FEATURES
AVAILABLE CYCLING PROFILES
Biking, Indoor Biking, Mountain Biking
COURSES
BIKE LAP AND LAP MAXIMUM POWER (WITH POWER SENSOR)
RACE AN ACTIVITY
TIME/DISTANCE ALERTS (TRIGGERS ALARM WHEN YOU REACH GOAL)
FTP (FUNCTIONAL THRESHOLD POWER)
(With compatible accessory)
CYCLE MAP (ROUTABLE CYCLING-SPECIFIC STREET MAP)
COMPATIBLE WITH VECTOR™ (POWER METER)
POWER METER COMPATIBLE (DISPLAYS POWER DATA FROM COMPATIBLE THIRD-PARTY ANT+™-ENABLED POWER METERS)
ADVANCED VECTOR SUPPORT
COMPATIBLE WITH VARIA VISION™ (HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY)
COMPATIBLE WITH VARIA™ RADAR (REAR-FACING RADAR)
COMPATIBLE WITH VARIA™ LIGHTS
SPEED AND CADENCE SENSOR SUPPORT (WITH SENSOR) -
SWIMMING FEATURES
AVAILABLE SWIM PROFILES
Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming
OPEN-WATER SWIM METRICS (DISTANCE, PACE, STROKE COUNT/RATE, STROKE DISTANCE, SWIM EFFICIENCY (SWOLF), CALORIES)
POOL SWIM METRICS (LENGTHS, DISTANCE, PACE, STROKE COUNT/RATE, SWIM EFFICIENCY (SWOLF), CALORIES)
STROKE TYPE DETECTION (FREESTYLE, BACKSTROKE, BREASTSTROKE, BUTTERFLY) (POOL SWIM ONLY)
DRILL LOGGING (POOL SWIM ONLY)
BASIC REST TIMER (UP FROM 0)
"REPEAT ON" REST TIMER
COUNTDOWN START
POOL SWIM WORKOUTS
HEART RATE FROM EXTERNAL HRM (REAL-TIME DURING RESTS, INTERVAL AND SESSION STATS DURING RESTS, AND AUTOMATIC HEART RATE DOWNLOAD POST-SWIM)
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CONNECTIVITY
iPhone®, Android™
