Garmin Forerunner 955 GPS Running and Triathlon Smartwatch – Non Solar Garmin

LEAD THE PACK

Pushing toward the podium? Get this on your wrist. Train your best, perform your best, and put yourself in the running at your next race.

• Get up to 15 days of battery life in smartwatch mode for a full picture of your health — from sleep to training.
• Swipe through stats and maps with a new, responsive touchscreen.
• Confidently run any route using full-colour, built-in maps and multi-band GPS.
• Know when you’re primed for a productive session with training readiness.
• Plan your strategy with daily suggested workouts, course details and more on the race widget.
• Know if you’re undertraining or overdoing it, with an improved training status feature.

 

EXTENDED BATTERY LIFE

Get up to 15 days of battery life in smartwatch mode. In GPS mode, get up to 42 hours. And in UltraTrac™ mode, go even longer with up to 80 hours.

TOUCHSCREEN AND BUTTONS

Click or swipe through maps and stats with traditional button controls or a new, responsive touchscreen.

TAILORED TO THE DEDICATED

Clocking in at just 52 grams, the Forerunner 955 smartwatch will keep you light on your feet and attuned to your body.

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.

MORNING REPORT

Receive an overview of your sleep, recovery 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.

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 our Firstbeat Analytics™ team.

RACE WIDGET

Get ready for your next race with training tips, personalised daily suggested workouts and completion time predictions based on course details, weather and performance.

DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS

View your entire week of daily suggested workouts, which 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

Free adaptive training plans include 5K, 10K and half-marathon programs, featuring guidance from expert coaches that adapt to you and your goals.

RUNNING POWER

Get a continuous measurement on your wrist of how much power you’re applying to the road as you run when using a Running Dynamics Pod or HRM-Pro™ monitor.

REAL-TIME STAMINA

Use this data to track and manage your exertion — and help avoid overexerting at the start of your run or bike.

RUNNING DYNAMICS

When using a Running Dynamics Pod or HRM-Pro monitor, the Forerunner 955 watch measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and balance, and more.

TRAINING STATUS

Using new indicators such as HRV status, your recent exercise history and performance, get an easy insight into your overall effort — and whether you’re training productively, peaking or strained.

ACUTE LOAD

Compare the intensity of your recent workouts to the optimal range to help improve your fitness and see your training history.

TRAINING EFFECT

See how your workouts influence your endurance, speed and power with aerobic and anaerobic TRAINING EFFECT feedback.

PACEPRO™ FEATURE

The PacePro feature helps keep you on pace with grade-adjusted guidance as you run a course.

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.

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, get an analysis of your pace, heart rate and heart rate variability for a real-time assessment of your current ability to perform.

SYNC TRAINING PLANS

Get your indoor and outdoor training plans from the Garmin Connect™ app, or sync seamlessly to your Forerunner from other platforms including TrainingPeaks® and TrainerRoad.

BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS

Switch up your workouts with activity profiles for cycling, triathlon, pool and open-water swimming, track running and more. For races and brick workouts, switch sports with a single button press.

VISUAL RACE PREDICTOR

Based on your running history and overall fitness level, get an estimate of what your pace could be for a 5K, 10K — or even a marathon. Plus, trend data highlights your training’s impact over time.

MULTI-BAND SUPPORT

Access multiple global navigation satellite systems, and get access to multiple frequencies sent by navigation satellites for improved accuracy in areas where GNSS signals are reflected, weak or typically don’t penetrate — giving you superior accuracy for how far and how fast you’ve run — even in challenging environments.

FULL-COLOUR MAPPING

Whether you’re running on city streets or riding densely covered trails, Forerunner 955 provides full-colour, built-in mapping to keep you on track.

TURN-BY-TURN NAVIGATION

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

ROUND-TRIP ROUTING

With Trendline™ popularity routing, it’s easy to find the best local paths. Just enter a desired distance, and Forerunner 955 will suggest courses that bring you back to your starting point.

UP AHEAD

Get at-a-glance awareness for points of interest along the course. In addition, view performance metrics, split times and distance/elevation — plus a summary of key course points coming up.

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.

SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES

If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, Assistance and incident detection features1 send your location to emergency contacts. Incident detection is enabled by default for select activity profiles only.

COURSES

Create or find existing courses in the Garmin Connect app, so you’ll never run out of places to run. Or plan one on other platforms such as Strava and Komoot, then automatically sync them to your Forerunner smartwatch.

WRIST-BASED HEART RATE

The watch constantly samples your heart rate2 with our latest-generation heart rate sensor and will alert you if it stays too high or too low while you’re at rest. It also helps gauge how hard you work during activities — even while swimming.

BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITORING

Track your body’s energy levels so you can find the best times for activity and rest2.

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 Ox3 and respiration.

PULSE OX SENSOR

This wrist-based Pulse Ox sensor3 monitors blood oxygen saturation levels to support advanced sleep monitoring and altitude acclimation.

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 see and log details on your wrist.

HEALTH SNAPSHOT™ FEATURE

Log a 2-minute session to record key stats, including heart rate2, heart rate variability, Pulse Ox3, respiration and stress. Then generate a report with those stats via the Garmin Connect™ app on your compatible smartphone to share.

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™ CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS

Breeze through checkout lines with Garmin Pay contactless payments4 through participating providers.

SMART NOTIFICATIONS

Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with your Apple® or Android™ smartphone. You can even respond to texts if you have an Android phone.

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.

GARMIN CONNECT APP

See your health and fitness information, connect and compete with friends, sign up for challenges to earn badges and more — all in one free, zero-subscription app.

CONNECT IQ™ STORE

Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch from the Connect IQ Store app downloaded on your compatible smartphone.

 

 

General

• LENS MATERIAL Corning® Gorilla® Glass DX
• BEZEL MATERIAL Fiber-reinforced polymer
• QUICKFIT™ WATCH BAND COMPATIBLE Yes (22 mm compatible)
• STRAP MATERIAL Silicone
• PHYSICAL SIZE 46.5 x 46.5 x 14.4 (mm) Fits wrists with a circumference of 130-220 mm
• TOUCHSCREEN
• COLOR DISPLAY
• DISPLAY SIZE 1.3″ (33 mm) diameter
• DISPLAY RESOLUTION 260 x 260 pixels
• DISPLAY TYPE Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
• WEIGHT 52 g
• BATTERY LIFE Smartwatch mode: Up to 15 days
• GPS-only mode without music: Up to 42 hours
• All-Systems GNSS mode plus Multi-Band with music: Up to 8.5 hours
• All Systems GNSS mode plus Multi-Band without music: Up to 20 hours
• GPS-only mode without music: Up to 42 hours
• Ultratrac mode: Up to 80 hours
• WATER RATING 5 ATM
• MEMORY/HISTORY Bluetooth®, ANT+®

 

Clock Features

• TIME/DATE
• GPS TIME SYNC
• AUTOMATIC DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
• ALARM CLOCK
• TIMER
• STOPWATCH
• SUNRISE/SUNSET TIMES

 

Health Monitoring

• WRIST-BASED HEART RATE (CONSTANT, EVERY SECOND)
• DAILY RESTING HEART RATE
• ABNORMAL HEART RATE ALERTS yes (high and low)
• RESPIRATION RATE (24X7)
• PULSE OX BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION yes (spot-check, and optional all-day acclimation and in sleep)
• FITNESS AGE
• BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITOR
• ALL-DAY STRESS
• RELAXATION REMINDERS
• RELAXATION BREATHING TIMER
• SLEEP Yes (Advanced)
• SLEEP SCORE AND INSIGHTS
• HYDRATION Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
• WOMEN’S HEALTH Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
• HEALTH SNAPSHOT

 

Sensors

• GPS
• GLONASS
• GALILEO
• MULTI-FREQUENCY POSITIONING
• GARMIN ELEVATE™ WRIST HEART RATE MONITOR
• BAROMETRIC ALTIMETER
• COMPASS
• GYROSCOPE
• ACCELEROMETER
• THERMOMETER
• PULSE OX BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION MONITOR

 

Daily Smart Features

• CONNECTIVITY Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
• CONNECT IQ™ (DOWNLOADABLE WATCH FACES, DATA FIELDS, WIDGETS AND APPS)
• ON-DEVICE CONNECT IQ™ STORE
• SMART NOTIFICATIONS
• TEXT RESPONSE/REJECT PHONE CALL WITH TEXT (ANDROID™ ONLY)
• CALENDAR
• WEATHER
• REALTIME SETTINGS SYNC WITH GARMIN CONNECT™ MOBILE
• BATTERY SAVER (CUSTOMIZABLE LOW POWER WATCH)
• CONTROLS SMARTPHONE MUSIC
• PLAYS AND CONTROLS WATCH MUSIC
• MUSIC STORAGE Up to 2000 songs
• FIND MY PHONE
• FIND MY WATCH
• VIRB® REMOTE
• SMARTPHONE COMPATIBILITY iPhone®, Android™
• PAIRS WITH GARMIN GOLF APP
• PAIRS WITH GARMIN CONNECT™ MOBILE
• GARMIN PAY™

 

Safety and Tracking Features

• LIVETRACK
• SPECTATOR MESSAGING yes (with compatible smartphone)
• GROUP LIVETRACK
• LIVE EVENT SHARING Android™ Only
• INCIDENT DETECTION DURING SELECT ACTIVITIES
• ASSISTANCE

 

Tactical Features

• DUAL GRID COORDINATES

 

Activity Tracking Features

• STEP COUNTER
• MOVE BAR (DISPLAYS ON DEVICE AFTER A PERIOD OF INACTIVITY; WALK FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO RESET IT)
• AUTO GOAL (LEARNS YOUR ACTIVITY LEVEL AND ASSIGNS A DAILY STEP GOAL)
• CALORIES BURNED
• FLOORS CLIMBED
• DISTANCE TRAVELED
• INTENSITY MINUTES
• TRUEUP™
• MOVE IQ™
• GARMIN CONNECT™ CHALLENGES APP Yes (optional Connect IQ app)

 

Gym & Fitness Equipment

• AVAILABLE GYM ACTIVITY PROFILES Strength, HIIT, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Indoor Rowing, Pilates, Yoga
• CARDIO WORKOUTS
• STRENGTH WORKOUTS
• HIIT WORKOUTS
• YOGA WORKOUTS
• PILATES WORKOUTS
• ON-SCREEN WORKOUT ANIMATIONS
• ON-SCREEN WORKOUT MUSCLE MAPS
• AUTOMATIC REP COUNTING

 

Training, Planning and Analysis Features

• HR ZONES
• HR ALERTS
• HR CALORIES
• % HR MAX
• % HRR
• RECOVERY TIME
• AUTO MAX HR
• MORNING REPORT
• RACE GLANCE/WIDGET
• HRV STATUS
• TRAINING READINESS
• HR BROADCAST (BROADCASTS HR DATA OVER ANT+™ TO PAIRED DEVICES)
• RESPIRATION RATE (DURING EXERCISE) yes (with compatible accessory)
• GPS SPEED AND DISTANCE
• CUSTOMIZABLE DATA PAGES
• CUSTOMIZABLE ACTIVITY PROFILES
• AUTO PAUSE®
• INTERVAL TRAINING
• IMPROVED INTERVAL (INCLUDES OPEN REPEATS, INTERVALS DATA PAGE, REST SCREEN AND AUTO DETECTION)
• ADVANCED WORKOUTS
• DOWNLOADABLE TRAINING PLANS
• AUTO LAP®
• MANUAL LAP
• REST TIMER
• CONFIGURABLE LAP ALERTS
• HEAT AND ALTITUDE ACCLIMATION
• VO2 MAX (RUN)
• VO2 MAX (TRAIL RUN)
• REALTIME STAMINA
• TRAINING STATUS improved
• TRAINING LOAD
• TRAINING LOAD FOCUS
• TRAINING EFFECT
• TRAINING EFFECT (ANAEROBIC)
• PRIMARY BENEFIT (TRAINING EFFECT LABELS)
• IMPROVED RECOVERY TIME
• DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS yes (7 days)
• CUSTOM ALERTS
• AUDIO PROMPTS
• FINISH TIME
• VIRTUAL PARTNER
• RACE AN ACTIVITY
• AUTO MULTISPORT ACTIVITIES
• MANUAL MULTISPORT ACTIVITIES
• COURSE GUIDANCE
• GARMIN LIVE SEGMENTS
• STRAVA LIVE SEGMENTS
• ROUND-TRIP COURSE CREATOR (RUNNING/CYCLING)
• TRENDLINE™ POPULARITY ROUTING
• TOUCH AND/OR BUTTON LOCK
• HOT KEYS
• AUTO SCROLL
• ACTIVITY HISTORY ON WATCH
• PHYSIO TRUEUP

 

Running Features

• AVAILABLE RUN PROFILES Running, Outdoor Track Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Trail Running, Virtual Running, Ultra Running
• GPS-BASED DISTANCE, TIME AND PACE
• 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)
• CADENCE (PROVIDES REAL-TIME NUMBER OF STEPS PER MINUTE)
• RUNNING POWER yes (with compatible accessory)
• PERFORMANCE CONDITION
• LACTATE THRESHOLD yes (with compatible accessory)
• PACEPRO™ PACING STRATEGIES
• RUN WORKOUTS
• RACE PREDICTOR
• COURSE- AND WEATHER-SPECIFIC RACE PREDICTOR
• FOOT POD CAPABLE

 

Golfing Features

• PRELOADED WITH 42,000 COURSES WORLDWIDE
• YARDAGE TO F/M/B (DISTANCE TO FRONT, MIDDLE AND BACK OF GREEN)
• YARDAGE TO LAYUPS/DOGLEGS
• MEASURES SHOT DISTANCE (CALCULATES EXACT YARDAGE FOR SHOTS FROM ANYWHERE ON COURSE) automatic
• DIGITAL SCORECARD
• STAT TRACKING (STROKES, PUTTS PER ROUND, GREENS AND FAIRWAYS HIT)
• GARMIN AUTOSHOT™
• AUTO COURSEVIEW UPDATES
• GREEN VIEW WITH MANUAL PIN POSITION
• HAZARDS AND COURSE TARGETS
• PINPOINTER
• HANDICAP SCORING
• TRUSWING™ COMPATIBLE
• ROUND TIMER/ODOMETER
• TOURNAMENT LEGAL

 

Outdoor Recreation

• AVAILABLE OUTDOOR RECREATION PROFILES Hiking, Climbing, Skiing, Snowboarding, Backcountry Skiing, XC Classic Skiing, XC Skate Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Snowshoeing, Mapping, Navigating, Tennis, Pickleball, Padel, Track Me, Project Waypoint
• POINT-TO-POINT NAVIGATION
• BREAD CRUMB TRAIL IN REAL TIME
• BACK TO START
• TRACBACK®
• ULTRATRAC MODE
• AROUND ME MODE
• UP AHEAD
• ELEVATION PROFILE
• DISTANCE TO DESTINATION
• BAROMETRIC TREND INDICATOR WITH STORM ALERT
• CLIMBPRO™ ASCENT PLANNER
• TRAIL RUN AUTO CLIMB
• VERTICAL SPEED
• TOTAL ASCENT/DESCENT
• FUTURE ELEVATION PLOT
• PRELOADED TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS
• PRELOADED ROAD AND TRAIL MAPS
• DOWNLOADABLE CARTOGRAPHY SUPPORT
• GPS COORDINATES
• SIGHT ‘N GO
• AREA CALCULATION yes (via Connect IQ™)
• HUNT/FISH CALENDAR yes (via Connect IQ™)
• PROJECTED WAYPOINT
• SUN AND MOON INFORMATION
• XERO™ LOCATIONS

 

Cycling Features

• CYCLE MAP (ROUTABLE CYCLING-SPECIFIC STREET MAP)
• AVAILABLE CYCLING PROFILES Biking, Road Biking, Mountain Biking, Gravel Biking, Bike Commuting, Bike Touring, eBiking, eMountain Biking, Indoor Biking, Cyclocross
• ALERTS (TRIGGERS ALARM WHEN YOU REACH GOALS INCLUDING TIME, DISTANCE, HEART RATE OR CALORIES)
• COURSES
• MTB GRIT & FLOW
• BIKE LAP AND LAP MAXIMUM POWER (WITH POWER SENSOR)
• RACE AN ACTIVITY
• FTP (FUNCTIONAL THRESHOLD POWER) yes (with compatible accessory)
• COMPATIBLE WITH VECTOR™ AND RALLY™ (POWER METERS)
• POWER METER COMPATIBLE
• ADVANCED CYCLING DYNAMICS
• COMPATIBLE WITH VARIA VISION™ (HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY)
• COMPATIBLE WITH VARIA™ RADAR (REAR-FACING RADAR)
• COMPATIBLE WITH VARIA™ LIGHTS
• SPEED AND CADENCE SENSOR SUPPORT (W/SENSOR)

 

Swimming Features

• AVAILABLE SWIM PROFILES Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Swimming/Running
• OPEN-WATER SWIM METRICS (DISTANCE, PACE, STROKE COUNT/RATE, STROKE DISTANCE, SWIM EFFICIENCY (SWOLF), CALORIES)
• POOL SWIM METRICS (LENGTHS, DISTANCE, PACE, STROKE COUNT, SWIM EFFICIENCY (SWOLF), CALORIES)
• STROKE TYPE DETECTION (FREESTYLE, BACKSTROKE, BREASTSTROKE, BUTTERFLY) (POOL SWIM ONLY)
• DRILL LOGGING (POOL SWIM ONLY)
• BASIC REST TIMER (UP FROM 0) (POOL SWIM ONLY)
• “REPEAT ON” REST TIMER (POOL SWIM ONLY)
• AUTO REST (POOL SWIM ONLY)
• TIME AND DISTANCE ALERTS
• PACING ALERTS (POOL SWIM ONLY)
• COUNTDOWN START (POOL SWIM ONLY)
• POOL SWIM WORKOUTS
• CRITICAL SWIM SPEED
• UNDERWATER WRIST-BASED HEART RATE
• 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™ or HRM-Pro™)

 

Kid Activity Tracking Features

• TOE-TO-TOE™ CHALLENGES APP yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app)

 

Connectivity

• SMART TRAINER CONTROL

 

In the Box

• Forerunner® 955 multisport watch
• Charging/data cable
• Documentation

 

Warranty

•  Garmin Australia’s One Year Consumer Products Limited Warranty applies