WATCH | Forerunner® 945, Black | GARMIN

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ELITE RUNNING WATCH DESIGN

When every bit of weight makes a difference, fight for the finish line with a lightweight smartwatch that doesn’t bulk up your wrist.

MARATHON-READY MATERIALS

Forerunner 945 is miles ahead of the competition with a high-performance silicone band and an ultra-durable Corning® Gorilla® Glass DX lens.

Chasing down insane goals. It’s what you do.

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 and open-water swimming, track running, elliptical, stair-stepper and more.

WRIST-BASED HEART RATE

Get heart rate data3 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.

MULTI-GNSS

Access multiple global navigation satellite systems (GPS, GLONASS and Galileo) to track in more challenging environments than GPS alone.

RUNNING DYNAMICS

When used with a compatible accessory4, Forerunner 945 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.

PERFORMANCE CONDITION

While you run, analyze pace, heart rate and heart rate variability for a real-time assessment of your current ability to perform.

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.

DAILY WORKOUT SUGGESTIONS

For training guidance that takes you and your fitness level into account, get daily run and ride recommendations based on your current training load and training status.

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 CDC and WHO, now you can understand when you earned daily intensity minutes and during what activity.

ANIMATED ON-SCREEN WORKOUTS

Easy-to-follow, animated cardio, strength, yoga, Pilates and high-intensity interval training workouts are available for download from the Garmin Connect™ app.

EXTENDED BATTERY LIFE

Get up to 2 weeks of battery life in smartwatch mode and 10 hours in GPS mode with music. Use UltraTrac™ mode to make sure you’ve got enough juice to outlast your longest race.

Maps on your wrist.

FULL-COLOR MAPPING

Whether you’re running the city streets or riding densely covered trails, Forerunner 945 provides built-in mapping to help keep you on track.

CLIMBPRO FEATURE

Use ClimbPro ascent planner on downloaded courses to see real-time information on your current and upcoming climbs, including gradient, distance and elevation gain.

TURN-BY-TURN NAVIGATION

Follow a route or course with help from turn-by-turn directions, which let you know ahead of time when the next turn is coming.

ROUND-TRIP ROUTING

Enter a distance you want to travel, and get suggested routes that will bring you back to your starting point. Trendline™ popularity routing helps you find the best local paths.


 



 


Helping you be your very best.

PULSE OX SENSOR

This wrist-based Pulse Ox sensor5 monitors blood oxygen saturation levels to support advanced sleep monitoring and altitude acclimation.

BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITORING

Track your body’s energy levels so you can find the best times for activity and rest.

SLEEP SCORE AND ADVANCED SLEEP MONITORING

Get a score for your sleep’s quality and insights on how you can do better. Even keep track of the different sleep stages as well as heart rate, stress, Pulse Ox5 and respiration.

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 widget 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).

GARMIN PAY PAYMENT SOLUTION

Breeze through checkout lines and select transit systems with the Garmin Pay contactless payment solution through participating providers.

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 location6 and even view your entire preplanned course. Rest assured that your loved ones know exactly where you’re running or riding.

SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES

If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, assistance and incident detection features2 send your location to emergency contacts.

SMART TRAINER CONTROL

Control your Tacx® Smart trainer via ANT+® technology for course simulation, automatic resistance changes and workout prompts when you use courses or workouts from your watch.

CONNECT IQ™ STORE

Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps and widgets from the Connect IQ Store.

SYNC 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.

If you love to move, you should be following @GarminFitness on Instagram®

Customize your Garmin device using the Connect IQ™ Store

LEARN MORE

QuickFit® accessory bands let you match your style with no tools required

LEARN MORE

1 View current supported country, payment network and issuing bank information
2 When paired with a compatible smartphone. For safety and tracking features requirements and limitations, see Garmin.com/safety.
3 Activity tracking accuracy
4 When used with Running Dynamics Pod or HRM-Run™ or HRM-Tri monitors (sold separately)
5 This 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 Ox not available in all countries.
6 When paired with your compatible smartphone


Physical & Performance

Display size 1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter
Display resolution 240 x 240 pixels
GPS Yes
Weight

50 g

Display type sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Battery life Smartwatch Mode: Up to 2 weeks
GPS mode with music: Up to 10 hours
GPS mode without music: Up to 36 hours

Maps & Navigation

Memory/History 200 hours of activity data

Features

Auto lap splits No
"Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only) Yes
3-axis compass with HSI (horizontal situation indicator) No
Touch and/or button lock Yes
Pilates workouts Yes
GPS coordinates Yes
Live Event Sharing Android™ Only
Lap Time Repeatability Score (LTR) No
Audio prompts Yes
Sleep yes (Advanced)
Auto CourseView updates Yes
Downloadable training plans Yes
Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) Automatic
Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR) No
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™ and HRM-Swim™)
Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar) Yes
Swing Tempo No
Task timers (2, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes) No
Plays and controls watch music Yes
APNEA mode No
Pool swim workouts Yes
Multi-gas mode No
Race an Activity Yes
Hot keys Yes
Single-gas mode No
Activity history on watch Yes
On-screen workout animations No
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) yes (with compatible accessory)
Auto max HR Yes
Critical swim speed Yes
Daily suggested workouts Yes
Training load focus Yes
Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display) Yes
HR alerts Yes
Foot pod capable Yes
Compatible with Vector™ (power meter) Yes
Training Effect (anaerobic) Yes
Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts yes (high and low)
Phone-free text messaging No
Vertical speed Yes
Lactate threshold (through analysis of your pace and heart rate, estimates the point where your muscles start to rapidly fatigue) yes (with compatible accessory)
Customizable data pages Yes
MTB Grit & Flow No
Race an activity Yes
Finish time Yes
Elevation profile Yes
Configurable lap alerts Yes
Automatic sync (automatically transfers data to Garmin Connect) No
Incident Detection during select activities Yes
PlaysLike distance No
Virtual Partner Yes
VO2 Max (Run) Yes
Relaxation reminders No
Reminder alerts No
Physio TrueUp Yes
Custom alerts Yes
NEXRAD on moving map No
Back to start Yes
Vertical oscillation and ratio (the degree of 'bounce' in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length) yes (with compatible accessory)
Training Load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC) Yes
Altimeter with adjustable baro setting No
Physical size

47 x 47 x 13.7 mm

Fits wrists with a circumference of 130-220 mm

Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) Yes
Compatible with BaseCamp™ Yes
Chronograph No
Music storage Up to 1000 songs
Available gym activity profiles Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Pilates and Yoga
Live Delta Time No
Automatic altitude adjustment No
Ambient light sensor No
Bezel Material

fiber-reinforced polymer

Touch-targeting (touch target on display to see the distance to any point) No
Hazards and course targets Yes
Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) Yes
TruSwing™ compatible Yes
UltraTrac mode Yes
In-flight Pulse Ox No
Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) Yes
Calendar Yes
Barometric altimeter Yes
Unlock new step icons No
Preloaded race tracks No
Weather Yes
Auto Lap® Yes
Sunrise/sunset times Yes
Pacing alerts (pool swim only) Yes
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor Yes
Relaxation breathing timer Yes
Floors climbed Yes
Respiration rate (24x7) Yes
% HR max Yes
In Case of Emergency (I.C.E.) No
% HRR Yes
Available outdoor recreation profiles

Hiking, Climbing, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking

Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) Yes
TracBack® Yes
Storm alert Yes
Water rating 5 ATM
Advanced Vector support Yes
Handicap scoring No
Audible alerts No
Color display Yes
Multiple bike profiles No
Primary benefit (Training Effect labels) Yes
Wrist-based Heart Rate (constant, every second) Yes
HR zones Yes
Auto rest (pool swim only) Yes
Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) Yes
Connectivity Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
Find My Phone Yes
Stride length (real time) yes (with compatible accessory)
Sleep score and insights Yes
Custom targets No
Downloadable cartography support Yes
Available run profiles

Running, Indoor and Outdoor Track Running, Treadmill Running, Trail Running, Virtual Running

Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) Yes
Stopwatch Yes
Run workouts Yes
Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) Yes
Training Effect Yes
Worldwide airport database(s) No
Waypoint information page No
GPS speed and distance Yes
Round-trip course creator (running/cycling) Yes
Area calculation yes (via Connect IQ™)
Find My Watch Yes
Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) No
Connext avionics connectivity No
Preloaded road and trail maps Yes
Advanced workouts Yes
Trendline™ Popularity Routing Yes
Strava Live Segments Yes
VIRB® Remote Yes
Smartphone compatibility iPhone®, Android™
Dual grid coordinates Yes
TrueUp™ Yes
Timer Yes
Multiple time zones with Zulu/UTC No
Trimix support No
Courses Yes
Respiration rate (during exercise) yes (with compatible accessory)
Compatible with Varia™ lights Yes
Thermometer Yes
Hydration yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
Alarm clock Yes
Wirelessly receive flight plans from Garmin Pilot™ No
Group LiveTrack Yes
Intensity minutes Yes
Interval training Yes
Gyroscope Yes
Underwater wrist-based heart rate Yes
Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) Yes
Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile Yes
Touchscreen No
Countdown start (pool swim only) Yes
Virtual starting line No
Preloaded topographical maps Yes
Sun and moon information yes (via Connect IQ™)
ClimbPro™ Ascent Planner Yes
Night vision mode No
Available swim profiles

Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Swimrun

Tempo Training No
Move IQ™ Yes
Automatically saves dive entry and exit locations No
Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor) Yes
Records heart rate while swimming yes (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™)
Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor Yes
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) yes (with compatible accessory)
GLONASS Yes
Smart Notifications Yes
Sight 'N Go No
Garmin Pay™ Yes
Automatic daylight saving time Yes
Yoga workouts Yes
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation yes (spot-check, and optional all-day acclimation and in sleep)
Depth sensor No
Projected waypoint Yes
Bread crumb trail in real time Yes
Time/date yes
Sync dive log to Garmin Dive™ Mobile app No
Rewards (coins) No
Calories burned Yes
Customizable activity profiles Yes
Auto start/end dive No
Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app yes (optional Connect IQ app)
Garmin Live Segments Yes
Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) Yes
HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices) yes (using ANT+ or BLE)
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) Yes
Controls smartphone music Yes
Power meter compatible Yes
Total ascent/descent Yes
Auto multisport activities Yes
Last race summary No
Cycle Map (routable cycling-specific street map) Yes
PinPointer No
Step counter Yes
Quick Release bands No
APNEA hunt mode No
60-minute activity goal No
Trail run auto climb Yes
Manual multisport activities Yes
Chores No
Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert Yes
Automatic rep counting Yes
LiveTrack Yes
Moving Map with aviation airports, navaids, roads, bodies of water and more No
HR calories Yes
Point-to-point navigation Yes
Anchor Alarm No
Gauge mode No
PacePro™ Pacing Strategies Yes
Time and distance alerts Yes
Garmin Connect™ Challenges app yes (optional Connect IQ app)
Yardage to layups/doglegs Yes
XERO™ Locations Yes
Auto Pause® Yes
All-day Stress Yes
Running dynamics yes (with compatible accessory)
Full vector map No
Tack assist mode No
Body Battery™ Energy Monitor Yes
Worldwide NAVAID and Intersection database(s) No
Available cycling profiles

Biking, Indoor Biking, Mountain Trail Biking

Future elevation plot Yes
QuickFit™ watch band compatible

yes (22 mm compatible)

Accelerometer Yes
Recovery time Yes
Orienteering No
Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) Yes
Around Me mode Yes
Hunt/fish calendar yes (via Connect IQ™)
Drill logging (pool swim only) Yes
Preloaded with 42,000 courses worldwide Yes
Course guidance Yes
Track timer No
Strap material

silicone

GPS Time Sync Yes
Countdown timer No
Race App No
Auto scroll Yes
Analog hands No
Round timer/odometer Yes
Compass Yes
Heat and altitude acclimation Yes
Digital scorecard yes
Lens Material

Corning® Gorilla® Glass DX

Cardio workouts Yes
Green View with manual pin position Yes
Performance condition (after running 6–20 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level) Yes
Strength workouts Yes
Galileo Yes
Distance to destination Yes
Women's Health yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
Training Status (lets you see if you’re training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend.) Yes
Manual lap Yes
Distance traveled Yes
Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) Yes
GPS-based distance, time and pace Yes
Daily Resting Heart Rate Yes
Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) Yes
Garmin AutoShot™ Yes
Fitness Age yes (in app)
Nitrox support No
Unit-to-unit route/location sharing No
FTP (Functional Threshold Power) yes (with compatible accessory)
Dive ascent/descent rate indicator No
Built-in barometer and tide tables No
Assistance Yes
Race predictor Yes

 

IN THE BOX

  • Forerunner 945 GPS watch
  • Charging cable
  • Documentation