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Breaking through to the top? Strap this lightweight smartwatch to your wrist. Train and perform at your best, and with Power Glass™ solar-charging glass, extend your battery life to outlast the rest.
In smartwatch mode with solar charging, you get up to 20 days of battery life. In GPS mode, you get up to 42 hours, or 49 hours with solar charging. In UltraTrac™ mode, go even longer, up to 110 hours with solar charging.
Navigate through maps and statistics using traditional button controls or the responsive touchscreen.
With just 52 grams, the Forerunner 955 ensures ease of movement and body compatibility.
From the moment you wake up, you have a readiness score based on sleep quality, recovery, training load, and other data to determine whether it's a good day for intense training or taking it easy.
Receive a summary of sleep, recovery, and training insights immediately upon waking up, including heart rate variability, training readiness, and weather conditions. You can even customize the report to display what you prefer.
Gain deeper insights into your overall health, training, and recovery through heart rate variability data collected while you sleep, based on technology developed by our Firstbeat Analytics™ team.
Prepare for your next race with training tips, personalized recommended daily workouts, and race finish time predictions based on route details, weather conditions, and performance.
In the Garmin Connect™ smartphone app's calendar, view recommended workouts for the entire week, which adapt after each run to match your performance and recovery.
Free customizable training plans cover distances from 5k to half marathon, including expert coach advice tailored to you and your goals.
With a running dynamics sensor or HRM-Pro™ wrist sensor, continuously measure the power you transfer to the ground during your run.
Use this data to monitor and manage your efforts and avoid overexertion at the beginning of your run or bike ride.
While using a running dynamics sensor or HRM-Pro sensor, the Forerunner 955 measures key running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time, and balance, among other data.
With new indicators like heart rate variability status, recent exercise history, and performance, gain insight into your overall effort, whether you're training productively, peaking, or under stress.
Compare the intensity of recent exercise with optimal ranges to improve fitness and review your training history.
Learn how exercise impacts your endurance, speed, and strength with data on aerobic and anaerobic training effect.
The PacePro feature helps you maintain a consistent pace while running on a trail with customized gradient guidance.
From your last workout and overall stress, sleep, and daily activities, determine how much recovery time you need before your next intense exercise session.
Train smarter with Maximum VO2, an indicator that shows your expected performance. This measurement takes into account performance changes due to heat or altitude.
While running, analyze your pace, heart rate, and heart rate variability to assess your real-time performance condition.
Get your indoor and outdoor training plans in the Garmin Connect™ app or simply sync the Forerunner with other platforms, including TrainingPeaks® and TrainerRoad.
Switch up your workouts with activity profiles for cycling, triathlon, pool swimming, open water swimming, track running, and more. For races and multisport events, switch sports with a single press of a button.
Based on your running history and overall fitness, get pace estimates for 5k, 10k, or even marathon distances. Plus, trend data highlights the impact of your training over time.
Access multiple global navigation satellite systems and multiple frequencies broadcasted by navigation satellites for greater accuracy in areas where GNSS signals are obstructed, weak, or not typically available. Achieve top-notch distance and speed accuracy even in challenging environments.
Whether you're running city streets or cycling forest trails, the Forerunner 955 comes with built-in full-color maps to keep you on the right path.
Follow the course with turn-by-turn directions that guide you from one turn to the next and provide advance warnings of upcoming turns.
With Trendline™ popularity routing, easily find the best local routes. Simply enter your desired distance, and the Forerunner 955 will suggest a route to bring you back to your starting point.
Get a quick look at points of interest along your route with one glance. You can also view performance metrics, split times, and distance/elevation data for all upcoming key points on the course.
Use ClimbPro planning on downloaded courses to see real-time data on current and upcoming climbs, including gradient, distance, and elevation gain.
If you ever feel unsafe or the watch detects an incident, safety and incident detection features1 will send your location to emergency contacts. Incident detection is enabled by default for select activity profiles.
Create or discover routes in our Garmin Connect app and never run out of running ideas. Plan them on other platforms like Strava and Komoot and then automatically sync them with the Forerunner smartwatch.
The watch continuously measures your heart rate2 with our latest-generation heart rate sensor and alerts you if it remains too high or too low while at rest. It also measures your effort during activities, even while swimming.
Measure your body's energy levels to find the best time for activity and rest2.
Gain a better understanding of how your body recovers and prepares for training with our improved sleep tracking feature. After waking up, receive a sleep score with analysis of sleep stages, pulse oximetry3, and breathing, along with detailed insights to improve sleep quality.
The wrist-based pulse ox sensor3 monitors blood oxygen saturation levels, enabling advanced sleep tracking and acclimatization to higher altitudes.
Track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy in the Garmin Connect app. Log symptoms, receive exercise and nutrition tips, and more. You can even see and record details on the wrist with the women's health tracking app.
Record a two-minute session to capture key stats, including pulse2, heart rate variability, pulse oximetry3, breathing, and stress. Then, use the Garmin Connect app on compatible smartphones to generate a report with those stats for sharing.
Download up to 500 songs and playlists from Spotify®, Deezer, or Amazon Music accounts (subscription may be required).
Skip the checkout lines with Garmin Pay contactless4 payment solution at supported issuers.
Receive emails, messages, and alerts directly on the watch when paired with an Apple® or Android™ smartphone. You can even respond to messages if you have an Android phone.
Control the Tacx® Smart trainer with ANT+® technology and simulate courses, automatically change resistance, and receive workout guidance when using the watch for indoor training sessions.
View health and fitness information, connect and compete with friends, sign up for challenges to earn badges, and more, all in one free app with no subscription fees.
Add watch faces, data fields, and apps to your watch via the Connect IQ Store app on a compatible smartphone.
1 When paired with a compatible smartphone. For additional details on safety and tracking feature requirements and limitations, visit Garmin.com/safety.
2 Activity tracking accuracy.
3 This device is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition; see Garmin.com/ataccuracy. Pulse oximeter not available in all countries.
4 For current supported countries, network providers, and issuing banks, visit Garmin.com/GarminPay/banks.
General |
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MATERIAL OF THE LENS | Corning® Gorilla® DX Glass |
MATERIAL OF THE CASE | Fiber-Reinforced Polymer |
QUICKFIT™ WATCH BANDS | Yes (22 mm) |
WATCH BAND MATERIAL | Silicone |
CASE SIZE, W X D X H | 46.5 x 46.5 x 14.4 mm Fits wrists with a circumference of 130–220 mm |
TOUCHSCREEN | Yes |
COLOR DISPLAY | Yes |
DISPLAY SIZE, W X H | 1.3" (33 mm) diameter |
DISPLAY RESOLUTION, W X H | 260 x 260 pixels |
DISPLAY TYPE | Sunlight-visible, transflective, memory-in-pixel (MIP) |
WEIGHT | 53 g |
BATTERY LIFE | Smartwatch mode: Up to 15 days / 20 days with solar charging* GPS mode without music: Up to 42 hours / 49 hours with solar charging** GNSS and Music mode: Up to 8.5 hours GNSS mode without music: Up to 20 hours / 22 hours with solar charging** UltraTrac mode: Up to 80 hours / 110 hours with solar charging** See details *Solar charging, with all-day wear and 3 hours per day outdoors in 50,000 lux conditions **Solar charging, in 50,000 lux conditions while using |
WATER RESISTANT | Swimming, 5 ATM |
BUILT-IN MEMORY | 32 GB |
Watch Functions |
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WATCH FUNCTIONS | Yes |
TIME SYNCHRONIZATION WITH GPS | Yes |
AUTOMATIC DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME | Yes |
WATCH ALARM | Yes |
TIMER | Yes |
STOPWATCH | Yes |
SUNRISE/SUNSET TIMES | Yes |
Health Tracking |
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WRIST-BASED HEART RATE MONITORING (CONTINUOUS, EVERY SECOND) | Yes |
RESTING HEART RATE | Yes |
ABNORMAL HEART RATE ALERTS | Yes (high and low) |
RESPIRATION RATE (24X7) | Yes |
PULSE OXIMETRY TO MONITOR BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION | Yes (spot-check and optional all-day acclimation and sleep tracking) |
FITNESS AGE | Yes |
BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITOR | Yes |
STRESS TRACKING ALL DAY | Yes |
RELAXATION REMINDERS | Yes |
BREATHING TIMER | Yes |
SLEEP TRACKING | Yes (advanced) |
SLEEP SCORE AND INSIGHTS | Yes |
HYDRATION TRACKING | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ app and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
WOMEN'S HEALTH TRACKING | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ app and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
HEALTH SNAPSHOT | Yes |
Sensors |
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GPS | Yes |
GLONASS | Yes |
GALILEO | Yes |
MULTI-FREQUENCY POSITIONING | Yes |
GARMIN ELEVATE™ WRIST HEART RATE MONITOR | Yes |
BAROMETRIC ALTIMETER | Yes |
ELECTRONIC COMPASS | Yes |
GYROSCOPE | Yes |
ACCELEROMETER | Yes |
THERMOMETER | Yes |
HEART RATE, OX, & ACCLIMATION | Yes |
Everyday Smart Features |
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CONNECTIVITY | Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® |
CONNECT IQ™ (DOWNLOADABLE WATCH FACES, DATA FIELDS, WIDGETS, AND APPS) | Yes |
CONNECT IQ™ STORE ON DEVICE | Yes |
SMART NOTIFICATIONS | Yes |
TEXT RESPONSE/REJECT PHONE CALL WITH TEXT (ANDROID™ ONLY) | Yes |
CALENDAR | Yes |
WEATHER | Yes |
REAL-TIME PERFORMANCE STATS | Yes |
VIRB® CAMERA REMOTE | Yes |
SMARTPHONE COMPATIBILITY | iPhone®, Android™ |
PAIRS WITH GARMIN GOLF APP | Yes |
COMPATIBLE WITH GARMIN CONNECT™ MOBILE | Yes |
GARMIN PAY™ | Yes |
Safety and Tracking Features |
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LIVETRACK | Yes |
GROUP LIVETRACK | Yes |
LIVE EVENT SHARING | Android™ only |
INCIDENT DETECTION DURING SELECT ACTIVITIES | Yes |
ASSISTANCE | Yes |
Tactical Features |
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DUAL GRID COORDINATES | Yes |
Activity Tracking Features |
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STEP COUNTER | Yes |
MOVE BAR (DISPLAYS ON DEVICE AFTER A PERIOD OF INACTIVITY; WALK FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO RESET IT) | Yes |
AUTO GOAL (LEARNS YOUR ACTIVITY LEVEL AND ASSIGNS A DAILY STEP GOAL) | Yes |
CALORIES BURNED | Yes |
FLOORS CLIMBED | Yes |
DISTANCE TRAVELED | Yes |
INTENSITY MINUTES | Yes |
TRUEUP™ | Yes |
MOVE IQ™ | Yes |
GARMIN CONNECT™ CHALLENGES APP | Yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
Fitness/Gym Equipment |
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AUTOMATIC REP COUNTING | Yes |
AVAILABLE GYM ACTIVITY PROFILES | Strength training, HIIT, cardio workouts, elliptical training, stair climbing, indoor climbing, hiking, rowing, pilates, yoga |
STRENGTH TRAINING | Yes |
HIIT WORKOUTS | Yes |
YOGA WORKOUTS | Yes |
PILATES WORKOUTS | Yes |
ON-SCREEN WORKOUT ANIMATIONS | Yes |
MUSCLE MAPS ON SCREEN | Yes |
Training, Planning, and Analysis Features |
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HEART RATE ZONES | Yes |
HEART RATE ALERTS | Yes |
CALORIES BURNED FROM HEART RATE | Yes |
PERCENT OF MAXIMUM HEART RATE | Yes |
PERCENT OF HEART RATE RESERVE | Yes |
RECOVERY TIME | Yes |
AUTOMATIC MAXIMUM HEART RATE | Yes |
MORNING REPORT | Yes |
QUICK WORKOUT REVIEW / WIDGET | Yes |
HR BROADCAST (SEND HEART RATE DATA OVER ANT+™ TO PAIRED DEVICES) | Yes |
BREATHS PER MINUTE (DURING EXERCISE) | Yes (with compatible accessories) |
GPS SPEED AND DISTANCE | Yes |
CUSTOMIZABLE SCREEN(S) | Yes |
CUSTOMIZABLE ACTIVITY PROFILES | Yes |
AUTO PAUSE® (PAUSE AND RESUME TIMER BASED ON SPEED) | Yes |
INTERVAL TRAINING (SET UP EXERCISE AND REST INTERVALS) | Yes |
ADVANCED WORKOUTS | Yes |
TRAINING PLANS DOWNLOAD | Yes |
AUTO LAP® (AUTOMATICALLY STARTS A NEW LAP) | Yes |
MANUAL LAP | Yes |
LAP BUTTONS | Yes |
AUTO PAUSE® | Yes |
LIVE, GARMIN SEGMENTS | Yes |
STRAVA FEATURES (BEACON, LIVE SEGMENTS) | Yes |
ROUTE CREATION (RUN/BIKE) | Yes |
TRENDLINE™ ROUTE POPULARITY ROUTING | Yes |
TOUCH AND/OR BUTTON LOCK | Yes |
SHORTCUT KEYS | Yes |
AUTO SCROLL | Yes |
ACTIVITY HISTORY ON WATCH | Yes |
PHYSIO TRUEUP | Yes |
Running Features |
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AVAILABLE RUNNING PROFILES | Running, track running, treadmill running, indoor track running, trail running, virtual running, ultra running |
TIME, PACE, AND DISTANCE VIA GPS | Yes |
RUNNING DYNAMICS | Yes (with compatible accessories) |
VERTICAL OSCILLATION AND GROUND CONTACT TIME BALANCE | Yes (with compatible accessories) |
GROUND CONTACT TIME AND BALANCE | Yes (with compatible accessories) |
STRIDE LENGTH (REAL-TIME) | Yes (with compatible accessories) |
CADENCE (PROVIDES REAL-TIME NUMBER OF STEPS PER MINUTE) | Yes |
RUNNING POWER | Yes (with compatible accessories) |
PERFORMANCE CONDITION | Yes |
LACTATE THRESHOLD | Yes (with compatible accessories) |
PACEPRO™ PACE STRATEGIES | Yes |
RUNNING TRAINING | Yes |
TRAIL RUNNING AND AUTOMATIC CLIMB | Yes |
RACE PREDICTOR | Yes |
RACE PREDICTOR WITH COURSE AND WEATHER FORECAST | Yes |
SPEED AND CADENCE SENSOR | Yes |
Golf Features |
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42,000 PRELOADED GOLF COURSES WORLDWIDE | Yes |
DISTANCE TO FRONT/MIDDLE/BACK OF GREEN | Yes |
DISTANCE TO LAYUPS/DOGLEGS | Yes |
MEASURE SHOT DISTANCE (AUTOMATICALLY CALCULATES ACCURATE YARDAGE FOR SHOTS FROM ANYWHERE ON COURSE) | Automatic |
DIGITAL SCORECARD | Yes |
STAT TRACKING (PUTTS PER ROUND, GREENS AND FAIRWAYS HIT) | Yes |
GARMIN AUTOSHOT™ | Yes |
AUTOMATIC COURSEVIEW UPDATES | Yes |
MANUAL PIN POSITIONING | Yes |
HAZARDS AND COURSE TARGETS | Yes |
PINPOINTER | Yes |
HANDICAP TRACKING | Yes |
ROUND TIMER/ODOMETER | Yes |
LEGAL FOR GOLF TOURNAMENTS | Yes |
Outdoor and Recreational Features |
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AVAILABLE OUTDOOR RECREATION PROFILES | Hiking, climbing, skiing, snowboarding, freestyle skiing, XC classic skiing, XC skate skiing, stand-up paddleboarding, paddling, kayaking, snowshoeing, mapping, navigation, tennis, pickleball, padel, follow me, point-to-point navigation |
POINT-TO-POINT NAVIGATION | Yes |
REAL-TIME BREADCRUMB TRAIL | Yes |
BACK TO START | Yes |
TRACBACK® | Yes |
ULTRATRAC MODE | Yes |
AROUND ME MODE | Yes |
COMING SOON | Yes |
ALTITUDE PROFILE | Yes |
DISTANCE TO DESTINATION | Yes |
BAROMETRIC TREND INDICATOR | Yes |
CLIMBPRO™ ASCENT PLANNING | Yes |
VERTICAL SPEED | Yes |
TOTAL ASCENT/DESCENT | Yes |
UPCOMING ELEVATION PLOT | Yes |
PRELOADED TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS | Yes |
PRELOADED ROAD AND TRAIL MAPS | Yes |
MAP DOWNLOAD SUPPORT | Yes |
GPS COORDINATES | Yes |
SIGHT 'N GO | Yes |
AREA CALCULATION | Yes (via Connect IQ™ app) |
HUNT/FISH CALENDAR | Yes (via Connect IQ™ app) |
PROJECTED WAYPOINT | Yes |
SUN AND MOON INFORMATION | Yes |
XERO™ LOCATIONS | Yes |
Cycling Features |
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GARMIN CYCLING MAP (Routable Cycling Street Map) | Yes |
AVAILABLE CYCLING PROFILES | Cycling, road cycling, mountain biking, gravel riding, commuting, long-distance cycling, eBiking, mountain biking, indoor cycling, cyclocross |
WEATHER/DISTANCE ALERT (TRIGGER AN ALARM WHEN YOU REACH A GOAL) | Yes |
TRAILS | Yes |
GRADE AND FLOW (WITH POWER SENSOR) | Yes |
CYCLING SEGMENT AND MAXIMUM POWER IN SEGMENT (WITH POWER SENSOR) | Yes |
RACE AN ACTIVITY | Yes |
FTP (FUNCTIONAL THRESHOLD POWER) | Yes (with compatible accessories) |
COMPATIBLE WITH VECTOR™ DEVICES | Yes |
POWER METER COMPATIBILITY (DISPLAYS POWER DATA FROM COMPATIBLE THIRD-PARTY ANT+™-ENABLED POWER METERS) | Yes |
ADVANCED CYCLING DYNAMICS | Yes |
VARIA VISION™ DISPLAY COMPATIBILITY (HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY) | Yes |
VARIA™ RADAR COMPATIBILITY (REARVIEW RADAR) | Yes |
VARIA™ LIGHT COMPATIBILITY | Yes |
SPEED AND CADENCE SENSOR SUPPORT (WITH SENSOR) | Yes |
Swimming Features |
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AVAILABLE SWIM PROFILES | Pool swimming, open water swimming, swim/run |
OPEN WATER SWIM METRICS (DISTANCE, PACE, STROKE COUNT/RATE, CALORIES) | Yes |
POOL SWIM METRICS (LENGTHS, DISTANCE, PACE, STROKE COUNT/RATE, CALORIES) | Yes |
STROKE TYPE DETECTION (E.G., FREESTYLE) | Yes |
DRILL LOGGING | Yes |
REST TIMER (SETS UP INTERVALS) | Yes |
SWIM INTERVAL TIMER WITH AUTOREST | Yes |
AUTOMATIC INTERVALS | Yes |
TIME AND DISTANCE ALERTS | Yes |
PACE ALERT (FOR POOL SWIMMING ONLY) | Yes |
COUNTDOWN START | Yes |
SWIM WORKOUTS | Yes |
CRITICAL SWIM SPEED | Yes |
WRIST-BASED HEART RATE UNDERWATER | Yes |
HEART RATE (IN REAL-TIME DURING REST, INTERVALS, AND SESSION STATS, AND POST-WORKOUT AUTOMATIC SYNC WITH GARMIN CONNECT™) | Yes (with HRM-Swim™ or HRM-Pro™) |
Kids Tracking Features |
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TOE-TO-TOE™ CHALLENGE APP | Yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ challenge app) |
Connectivity |
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SMART TRAINER CONTROL | Yes |