Garmin Forerunner 165 Music

Go ahead - sign up for that race, and train brilliantly with the easy-to-use Forerunner® 165 Music GPS running smartwatch.

Pace, distance, heart rate

This easy-to-use GPS running smartwatch provides the essential features you need to take your running to the next level — including GPS, pace, distance and wrist-based heart rate1.

Daily suggested workout

Get workouts made for you. They adapt after every run to match your performance and recovery as well as the races coming up in your Garmin Connect™ smartphone app calendar.

Garmin coach

Get free adaptive 5K, 10K and half-marathon training plans from expert coaches to help you take on a new challenge.

Race adaptive training

Get ready for your race with training tips, personalised daily suggested workouts and completion time predictions based on race details you enter into Garmin Connect.

Morning report

Receive an overview of your sleep1 and training outlook as soon as you wake up — alongside HRV status and weather. You can even customise your report to show you what you want to see.

Training effect

With training effect, you can see how your workouts impact your fitness and understand the primary benefit from training runs and workouts.

Plan

Long battery life.

With up to 11 days in smartwatch mode and up to 19 hours in GPS mode, you’ll get a more complete picture of your health and training.

Recovery time

Know how long to recover before your next high-effort workout based on your latest training as well as overall stress, sleep and daily activities outside of workouts.

Sleep monitoring and score

Understand how your body is recovering with sleep score, get a breakdown of your sleep stages, and gain detailed insights for improved sleep quality.

Body battery™ Energy monitoring

Track your body’s energy levels to find the best times for activity and rest1. Even get details and insights on how sleep, naps, activities and stress impact your energy.

Courses

Create or find existing courses in the Garmin Connect app and from favourite third-party platforms, and sync directly to your watch.

Race predictor

Get an estimate of what your pace could be for a 5K, 10K, half-marathon and even a marathon.

Nap detection

Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and what their ideal time and duration should be.

Women's health tracking

Track and log your menstrual cycle or pregnancy and get exercise and nutrition education.

Prepare

Wrist-based heart rate monitor

Constant measurement of your heart rate helps you gauge how hard you work during activities, so you can stay in the know all day and night1.

Wrist-based running dynamics

Get measurements of crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more to help improve your running form.

VO2 max

See your current fitness level, and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more.

Intensity minutes

Track your moderate and vigorous activity minutes to help meet your goals.

HRV Status

Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, training and recovery through heart rate variability.

Audio prompts

Get alerts to know how you’re performing and even be guided through workouts.

Stress tracking

Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day.

Pulse ox sensor

Track your blood oxygen saturation while you’re awake or asleep2.

Cross training

Browse the Garmin Connect app for dozens of free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga and Pilates workouts. You can even build your own in the app and send them to your watch.

Health Snapshot

Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your healthcare provider.

Activity tracking

Keep tabs on your daily steps, calories burned, floors climbed and more from your wrist1.

Fitness age

Estimate how fit you are compared to your actual age.

Perform

Built-in GNSS

Our built-in sensors connect to multiple satellite systems so you track where you run, and get accurate stats, including distance and pace.

Wrist-based running power

See how much power you’re applying to the trail or road so you can manage effort and fine-tune training.

Built-in sport apps

25+ built-in activities, including cycling, open-water swimming, strength training and more.

Track running

Record accurate lap distances and see your distances in metres.

PacePro™ Feature

Plan race-day strategy with GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance.

Connect

Music

Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts for phone-free listening with your wireless headphones.

Safety and tracking

If your watch senses that an incident occurred, it will send a message with your live location3. Or if you feel unsafe, you can do it manually.

Garmin Pay™ Contactless payments

Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers.

Smart notifications

Receive emails, texts and alerts on your multisport watch when paired with your iPhone® or Android™ smartphone.

Live track features

Friends and family can follow your real-time location3 and view preplanned courses.

Garmin Connect app

See your health and fitness information, connect with friends and more.

Connect IQ™ Store

Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch.

Physical and performance

• Water rating: 5 ATM
• Unit dimensions: 43 x 43 x 11.6 mm
• Weight: 39 g
• Display size: 1.2”
• Display resolution: 390 x 390
• Display type: AMOLED
• Lens material: Chemically strengthened glass
• Memory/history: 4 GB
• Battery life: Smartwatch mode up to 11 days - GPS mode up to 19 hours

Features

• Amoled touchscreen and button
• ANT/USB/BLUETOOTH technology
• Wi-Fi connectivity
• Smartphone notifications
• Wrist-based HR monitor
• Barometric altimeter
• Floors climbed
• Activity tracking
• Training effect
• Morning report
• Garmin pay - contactless payments
• Course routing
• Music playback
• Nap detection
• Sleep score
• HRV status
• Vo2 max
• Recovery time
• Adaptive training plans & daily suggested workout
• Garmin Coach
• Wrist-based running dynamics
• Race adaptive training plans
• Race predictor
• Auto lap feature
• 25+ Built-in activities
• Safety and tracking
• Garmin connect app