FEATURES
- Monitor your training load to see if you?re fully owning it or just overdoing it.
- Up to 6 hours in GPS mode with music ? that?ll take you all the way to the finish.
- Prep for your next race like a boss with free Garmin Coach adaptive training plans.
- Finesse your form by tracking running dynamics1.
- We?ll watch your back for you with incident detection and assistance features2.
- Here?s something to sing about: music storage right on your wrist.
- BATTERY LIFE: Run your heart out with a watch that?s got the power to keep up. You?ll get up to 7 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 6 hours in GPS mode with music.
- A DESIGN THAT CUTS BACK ON BULK: It?s sleek and lightweight ? perfect for running and everyday wear.
- THESE MATERIALS ARE READY TO RUN: Featuring a sweatproof silicone band and durable Corning? Gorilla? Glass 3, Forerunner 245 Music can handle whatever?s ahead.
- DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS: For personalised training guidance, get daily run recommendations of varying intensities based on your training history, fitness level and recovery time.
- GARMIN COACH: These adaptive training plans feature guidance from expert coaches and free training plans that adapt to you and your goals. Workouts sync right to your watch.
- BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS: Switch up your workout routine with activity profiles for cycling, pool swimming, track running, elliptical, stair-stepper and more.
- WRIST-BASED HEART RATE: Get heart rate data 3 along with alerts if your heart rate stays too high or too low while you?re at rest. Gauge how hard your heart is working during activities, even underwater.
- BUILT-IN GPS: Track where you run, and get accurate stats, including distance, pace and intervals.
- RUNNING DYNAMICS: When used with a compatible accessory 1 , Forerunner 245 Music measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and balance, and more.
- VO2 MAX: Train smarter with VO2 Max an indicator of how you can expect to perform. This metric even accounts for changes in performance that could be caused by heat or altitude.
- PULSE OX SENSOR: This wrist-based sensor estimates your body?s blood oxygen saturation 4 , which can help gauge how your body is absorbing oxygen ? especially while you sleep.
- TRAINING STATUS: This metric evaluates your recent exercise history and performance indicators to let you know if you?re training productively, peaking or overreaching.
- TRAINING EFFECT: See how your workouts influence the development of endurance, speed and power with aerobic and anaerobic Training Effect feedback.
- TRAINING LOAD: This stat measures your exercise volume from the last 7 days and compares it to the optimal range for your fitness and recent training history.
- RECOVERY TIME: After each workout, the built-in recovery time advisor lets you know how long to rest before another big effort. It even accounts for all-day stress, sleep and daily activity outside of workouts.
- INTENSITY MINUTES: With improvements based on guidance from the WHO, now you can understand when you earned daily intensity minutes and during what activity.
- BODY BATTERY? ENERGY MONITOR: Track your body?s energy levels so you can find the best times for activity and rest.
- WOMEN?S HEALTH TRACKING: Use the Garmin Connect ? app to track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy . Log symptoms, get exercise and nutrition education, and more. Even get details on your wrist with the Menstrual Cycle Tracking and Pregnancy Tracking app.
- MUSIC ON YOUR WRIST: Download up to 500 songs plus playlists from your Spotify?, Deezer or Amazon music accounts (subscription may be required).
- SMART NOTIFICATIONS: Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with a compatible smartphone.
- LIVETRACK FEATURE: Use LiveTrack to let friends and family follow your real-time location 5 and even view your entire preplanned course. Rest assured that your loved ones know exactly where you?re running.
- SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES: When your watch and phone are paired, your live location can be sent to your contacts manually or ? during select outdoor activities ? automatically with built-in incident detection 2 .
- CONNECT IQ? STORE: Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps and widgets from the Connect IQ Store.
- SYNCS WITH GARMIN CONNECT?: Upload your activities to the Garmin Connect app to interact with a thriving online community where people on the go can connect and compete ? and even share their triumphs via social media.
LENS MATERIAL | Corning? Gorilla? glass 3 |
BEZEL MATERIAL | Fiber-reinforced polymer |
QUICK RELEASE BANDS | Yes (20 mm, Industry standard) |
STRAP MATERIAL | Silicone |
PHYSICAL SIZE | 42.3 x 42.3 x 12.2 (mm); Fits wrists with a circumference of 127-204 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 | 38.5 g |
BATTERY LIFE | Smartwatch Mode |
WATER RATING | 5 ATM |
MEMORY/HISTORY | 200 hours of activity data |
ABNORMAL HEART RATE ALERTS | Yes (high and low) |
PULSE OX BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION | yes (spot-check and optionally in sleep) |
FITNESS AGE | Yes (in app) |
SLEEP | Yes (Advanced) |
HYDRATION | Yes (in Garmin Connect? and optional Connect IQ? widget) |
WOMEN"S HEALTH | Yes (in Garmin Connect? and optional Connect IQ? widget) |
THERMOMETER | Yes (tempe? sensor required) |
CONNECTIVITY | Bluetooth?, ANT+?, Wi-Fi? |
MUSIC STORAGE | Up to 500 songs |
SMARTPHONE COMPATIBILITY | iPhone? and Android? |
LIVE EVENT SHARING | Android? Only |
GARMIN CONNECT? CHALLENGES APP | Yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
AVAILABLE GYM ACTIVITY PROFILES | Strength training, Cardio training, Elliptical training, Stair stepping, Indoor rowing and Yoga |
HR BROADCAST (BROADCASTS HR DATA OVER ANT+? TO PAIRED DEVICES) | Yes (using ANT+ or BLE) |
DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS | Yes (limited) |
AVAILABLE RUN PROFILES | Running, Treadmill running, Indoor track running, Trail running |
RUNNING DYNAMICS | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
VERTICAL OSCILLATION AND RATIO | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
GROUND CONTACT TIME AND BALANCE | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
STRIDE LENGTH (REAL TIME) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
AVAILABLE CYCLING PROFILES | Biking, Indoor biking |
AVAILABLE SWIM PROFILES | Pool swimming |
HEART RATE FROM EXTERNAL HRM (REAL-TIME DURING RESTS, INTERVAL AND SESSION STATS DURING RESTS, AND AUTOMATIC HEART RATE DOWNLOAD POST-SWIM) | Yes (with HRM-Tri?, HRM-Swim? and HRM-Pro?) |
TOE-TO-TOE? CHALLENGES APP | Yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe? Challenges app) |