Garmin Forerunner 265 Black Bezel and Aqua Case Smartwatch (Aqua/Black)
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Train brilliantly with an AMOLED display. What if your next race was the performance of a lifetime? and personalized daily suggested workouts helped you do something you've never done? With the Forerunner 265 smartwatch, you'll see every detail lit up on a colorful AMOLED touchscreen display. Get ready to be better for it.
Morning Report
Receive an overview of your sleep and training outlook as soon as you wake up, along with HRV status and weather. You can even customize your report to show you what you want to see.
Race Widget
Get ready for your next race - whether it's a 10K or marathon - with training tips, personalized daily suggested workouts, and completion time predictions based on course details, weather, and performance.
Daily Suggested Workouts
Get workouts made for you. The Forerunner 265 GPS Running Smartwatch adapts after every run to match your performance and recovery and take into account the races coming up in your Garmin Connect calendar.
Training Readiness
From the moment you wake up, get a readiness score based on your sleep quality, recovery, training load, and more, so you can determine whether it's a good day to go hard - or take it easy.
Training Status
Using indicators such as HRV status, your recent exercise history, and your performance, you can get an easy insight into your overall effort and whether you're training productively, peaking, or strained.
HRV Status
Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, training, and recovery through heart rate variability while you sleep, based on technology developed by the Firstbeat Analytics team.
Garmin Coach
You can plan your training with the Garmin Coach, which tells you how much time you need to recover, create new courses, and monitor your sleep cycle. It also provides free and flexible training from professional trainers.
Prepare
This Smartwatch monitors your stress cycle and heart rate analysis while running to gain a real-time evaluation of your current performance level. To help you understand how hard you work while engaging in activities, the watch continuously samples your heart rate. You can track your blood oxygen saturation while you’re awake or asleep with the Pulse Ox sensor. You may mix up how you work out with the free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga, and Pilates exercises that are preloaded on the Cross Training Forerunner 265 device. Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your healthcare provider.
Perform
The Forerunner 265 Black Bezel and Case Smartwatch lets you check the amount of force you're exerting on the road or trail to manage the effort and fine-tune your workout. You can plan a race-day strategy with GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance by using the Pacepro feature. You can get superior positioning accuracy and optimized battery life with SATIQ technology and multi-band GPS. You can record accurate lap distances and see your distances in meters. Tap into 30+ built-in activities, including cycling, open-water swimming, strength training, and more, with the built-in sports apps.
Garmin Connect app
This smartwatch features free, no-subscription software that allows you to connect with friends, view your health and fitness data, and do much more.
Connectivity
| GPS | Yes |
| Phone Connectivity | Bluetooth |
| Bluetooth Type | Bluetooth 5.0 (Audio Output) |
Display
| Touch Screen | 42190 |
| Display Resolution | 416 x 416 |
| Pixels Per Inch (ppi) | 416 |
| Display Type | AMOLED |
Battery
| Estimated Battery Life | Up to 13 days |
Physical
| Weight | 1.6 oz |
| Frame Material | Polymer |
Band
| Band Color | Aqua |
| Band Material | Silicone |
General
| Operating System | iOS and Android |
| Storage Capacity | 8 GB |
| Memory | 8 GB |
Garmin Forerunner 265 Black Bezel and Aqua Case Smartwatch with Silicone Straps (Aqua/Black)
General
| Lens Material | Corning gorilla glass 3 |
| Bezel material | Fiber-reinforced polymer |
| Quick release band | Yes (22 mm, industry standard) |
| Strap material | Silicone |
| Strap color | Aqua/Black |
| Physical size | 46.1 x 46.1 x 12.9 (mm) Fits wrists with a circumference of 135-205 mm |
| Touchscreen | Yes |
| Color display | Yes |
| Display size | 1.3 Inch (32.5 mm) diameter |
| Display resolution | 416 x 416 pixels |
| Display type | AMOLED optional always-on mode |
| Weight | 47 g |
| Water rating | 5 ATM |
| Smartwatch mode | Up to 13 days |
| GPS-Only GNSS mode | Up to 20 hours |
| SatIQ (AutoSelect) GNSS mode | Up to 16 hours |
| All-systems GNSS mode + multi-band | Up to 14 hours |
| GPS-Only GNSS mode with music | Up to 7 hours |
| SatIQ (AutoSelect) GNSS mode with music | Up to 6.5 hours |
| All-Systems GNSS mode + multi-band with music | Up to 6 hours |
| Charging method | Garmin proprietary plug charger |
| Memory/history | 8 GB |
Clock Features
| Time/Date | Yes |
| GPS time sync | Yes |
| Automatic daylight saving mode | Yes |
| Alarm clock | Yes |
| Timer | Yes |
| Stopwatch | Yes |
| Sunrise/Sunset times | Yes |
Health Monitoring
| Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) | Yes |
| Daily resting heart rate | Yes |
| Abnormal heart rate alerts | Yes (high and low) |
| Respiration rate (24X7) | Yes |
| Pulse ox blood oxygen saturation | Yes (spot-check, and optional all-day acclimation and in sleep) |
| Fitness age | Yes |
| Body battery energy monitor | Yes |
| All-day stress | Yes |
| Relaxation reminders | Yes |
| Relaxation breathing timer | Yes |
| Sleep | Yes (advanced) |
| Sleep score and insights | Yes |
| Hydration | Yes (in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget) |
| Women’s health | Yes (in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget) |
| Health snapshot | Yes |
Sensors
| GPS | Yes |
| Glonass | Yes |
| Galileo | Yes |
| Multi-Frequency Positioning | Yes |
| Satiq technology | Yes |
| Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate monitor | Yes |
| Barometric altimeter | Yes |
| Compass | Yes |
| Gyroscope | Yes |
| Accelerometer | Yes |
| Thermometer | Yes |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes |
| Pulse ox blood oxygen saturation monitor | Yes |
Daily Smart Features
| Connectivity | Bluetooth, ANT+, Wi-Fi |
| Connect IQ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) | Yes |
| On-device Connect IQ Store | Yes |
| Smart notifications | Yes |
| Text response/ reject phone call with text (Android only) | Yes |
| Exit response/ reject phone call with text (Android only) | Yes |
| Calendar | Yes |
| Weather | Yes |
| Realtime settings sync with Garmin connect mobile | Yes |
| Battery Saver (customizable low-power watch) | Yes |
| Controls Smartphone Music) | Yes |
| Plays and controls Watch Music) | Yes |
| Music Storage | Yes |
| Find My Phone | Yes |
| Find My Watch | Yes |
| Virb® Remote | Yes |
| Smartphone compatibility | Iphone and Android |
| Pairs with Garmin connect mobile | Yes |
| Stocks | (optional connect IQ app): Yes |
| Garmin Pay | Yes |
Safety and Tracking Features
| Livetrack | Yes |
| Spectator messaging | Yes (with compatible smartphone) |
| Live event sharing | Android Only |
| Incident detection during select activities | Yes |
| Incident detection alert on phone for wearables | Yes |
| Assistance | Yes |
Activity Tracking Features
| Step counter | Yes |
| Move bar (displays on the device 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) |
Gym and Fitness Equipment
| Automatic rep counting | Yes |
| Cardio workouts | Yes |
| Strength workouts | Yes |
| HIIT workouts | Yes |
| Yoga workouts | Yes |
| Pilates | Yes |
| On-Screen workout animations | Yes |
| On-Screen workout muscle maps | Yes |
Training, Planning and AMOLED Analysis Features
| HR zones | Yes |
| HR alerts | Yes |
| HR calories | Yes |
| % HR max | Yes |
| % HR | Yes |
| Recovery time | Yes |
| Auto Max HR | Yes |
| Morning report | Yes |
| Race glance/widget | Yes |
| HRV Status | Yes |
| Training readiness | Yes |
| HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+ to paired devices) | Yes |
| Respiration rate (during exercise) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| GPS speed and distance | Yes |
| Customizable data pages | Yes |
| Customizable activity profiles | Yes |
| Auto paus | Yes |
| Interval training | Yes |
| Improved interval (includes open repeats, intervals data pages, rest screen, and auto-detection | Yes |
| Advanced workouts | Yes |
| Downloadable training plans | Yes |
| HRM running pace and distance | Yes |
| Auto lap | Yes |
| Manual lap | Yes |
| Rest timer | Yes |
| Configurable lap alerts traceback | Yes |
| VO2 max (run) | Yes |
| VO2 max (Trail run) | Yes |
| Training status | Yes (improved) |
| Training load | Yes |
| Training load focus | Yes |
| Training effect | Yes |
| Training effect (anaerobic) | Yes |
| Primary benefit (training effect labels) | Yes |
| Improved recovery time | Yes |
| Daily suggested workouts | Yes (7 Days) |
| Custom alerts | Yes |
| Audio prompts | Yes |
| Finish time | Yes |
| Virtual partner | Yes |
| Race an activity | Yes |
| Auto multisport activities | Yes |
| Manual multisport activities | Yes |
| Course guidance | Yes |
| Touch and/or button Lock | Yes |
| Hot keys | Yes |
| Auto scroll | Yes |
| Activity history on watch | Yes |
| Physio trueup | Yes |
| Unified training status | Yes |
Running Features
| Available run profiles | Running, outdoor track running, treadmill running, indoor track running, trail running, virtual running, ultra running: Yes |
| GPS-Based distance, time, and pace | Yes |
| Running dynamics | Yes |
| Vertical oscillation and ratio | Yes |
| Ground contact time and balance | Yes (with compatible accessory): Yes |
| Stride length (real time) | Yes |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | Yes |
| Running power | Yes |
| Grade-adjusted pace | Yes |
| Performance condition | Yes |
| Lactate threshold | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Pacepro pacing strategies | Yes |
| Run workouts | Yes |
| Trail run auto climb | Yes |
| Race predictor | Yes |
| Course- and weather-specific race predictor | Yes |
| Foot Pod Capable | Yes |
| Run/walk/stand detection | Yes |
Outdoor Recreation
| Available outdoor recreation profiles | Hiking, skiing, snowboarding, XC classic skiing, stand up paddleboarding, rowing |
| Point-to-point navigation | Yes |
| Bread crumb trail in real time | Yes |
| Back to start | Yes |
| Tracback | Yes |
| Ultratrac mode | Yes |
| Up Ahead | Yes |
| Elevation Profile | Yes |
| Distance to destination | Yes |
| Barometric trend indicator with storm alert | Yes |
| Vertical speed | Yes |
| Total ascent/descent | Yes |
| Future elevation plot | Yes |
| Projected waypoint | Yes |
| Sun and moon information | Yes |
Cycling Features
| Available cycling profiles | biking, indoor biking, mountain biking: Yes |
| Alerts (triggers an alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate, and calories) | |
| Courses | Yes |
| Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) | Yes |
| Race an activity | Yes |
| FTP (functional threshold power) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Power curve and FTP workouts | Yes |
| Compatible with vector and rally (power meters) | Yes |
| Power meter compatible | Yes |
| Compatible with varia vision (head-mounted display) | Yes |
| Compatible with varia radar (rear-facing radar) | Yes |
| Compatible with varia lights | Yes |
| Speed and cadence sensor support (W/Sensor) | Yes |
Swimming Features
| Available Swim Profiles | Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming: Yes |
| Open-Water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (swolf), calories) | Yes |
| Pool swim metrics (lengths, pace, stroke count, distance, swim efficiency (swolf), calories) Yes | |
| Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) | Yes |
| Drill Logging (pool swim only) | On-Rest Yes |
| Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) | Yes |
| Repeat on-rest timer | pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (Swolf), calories)Auto Rest (pool swim only): Yes |
| Time and distance alerts | Yes |
| Pacing alerts (pool swim only) | |
| Countdown start (pool swim only) | Yes |
| Pool swim workouts | Yes |
| Critical Swim Speed | Yes |
| Underwater Wrist-Based Heart Rate | Yes |
| 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-Swim, HRM-Pro, or HRM-Pro Plus) |
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I return an item?
How do I return an item?
Returns are incredibly simple. Please log into your account, find your item you wish to return and follow the prompts to make a return. If you do not have an account, click here to find your order and make a return.
Will I receive a full refund when I return an item?
Will I receive a full refund when I return an item?
You will receive a full refund when you return an item in its original manufacturer’s packaging, undamaged and unmarked. If the item you are returning is priced at less than $35, you will be charged a 15% restocking fee. Please note you will not be refunded any shipping charges.
How many days do I have to make a return?
How many days do I have to make a return?
You have 30 days to make a return. During the holiday season, from November 1 to December 31, we extend the return window to 60 days.
My item was damaged in transit. How do I place a return?
My item was damaged in transit. How do I place a return?
If your order has been noticeably damaged in transit, we strongly recommend that you refuse delivery and notify us immediately. Claims for missing items or items damaged in transit must be made within 48 hours of delivery. If there is carrier damage, please contact support@focuscamera.com with your order number and a description of the damage.
There’s an issue with my order, what should I do?
There’s an issue with my order, what should I do?
Oh no! Please contact our customer service team so we can resolve the issue immediately. You can call us on 1.800.221.0828, email us at support@focuscamera.com, or send us a message here.
Can I exchange an item?
Can I exchange an item?
We do not currently offer exchanges. Please return the item you purchased within 30 days and order what you’d like instead.
If I ordered a kit, do I have to return all the items?
If I ordered a kit, do I have to return all the items?
If you ordered a kit, you must return all components and accessories to receive a full refund.
I ordered a product that included a free item. I’d like to return it, do I need to return the free item as well?
I ordered a product that included a free item. I’d like to return it, do I need to return the free item as well?
If you ordered a product that included a free item, you must include the free item with your return. If not, your return will not be accepted and you will not receive a full refund.
Do you offer repairs?
Do you offer repairs?
We currently only offer camera repairs at our Brooklyn store. The item must be dropped off and collected in person as we do not accept shipped items for repair. For more information, please call our Brooklyn store on 1.718.431.7900.
What is your return policy?
What is your return policy?
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