Garmin Forerunner 245 Smart Watch Specifications

General

  
   
LENS MATERIAL Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
BEZEL MATERIAL fiber-reinforced polymer
QUICK RELEASE BANDS yes (20 mm, Industry standard)
STRAP MATERIAL silicone
PHYSICAL SIZE 42.3 x 42.3 x 12.2 (mm)
   
  Fits wrists with a circumference of 127-204 mm
COLOR DISPLAY  ✔
DISPLAY SIZE 1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter
DISPLAY RESOLUTION 240 x 240 pixels
DISPLAY TYPE sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
WEIGHT 38.5 g
BATTERY LIFE Smartwatch Mode: Up to 7 days
  GPS mode: Up to 24 hours
WATER RATING 5 ATM
MEMORY/HISTORY 200 hours of activity data

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)
PULSE OX BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION yes (spot-check and optionally in sleep)
FITNESS AGE yes (in app)
BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITOR  ✔
ALL-DAY STRESS  ✔
RELAXATION BREATHING TIMER  ✔
SLEEP Yes (Advanced)
HYDRATION Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
WOMEN'S HEALTH Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)

Sensors

  
   
GPS  ✔
GLONASS  ✔
GALILEO  ✔
GARMIN ELEVATE™ WRIST HEART RATE MONITOR  ✔
COMPASS  ✔
ACCELEROMETER  ✔
PULSE OX BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION MONITOR  ✔

Daily Smart Features

  
   
CONNECTIVITY Bluetooth®, ANT+®
CONNECT IQ™ (DOWNLOADABLE WATCH FACES, DATA FIELDS, WIDGETS AND APPS)  ✔
SMART NOTIFICATIONS  ✔
TEXT RESPONSE/REJECT PHONE CALL WITH TEXT (ANDROID™ ONLY)  ✔
CALENDAR  ✔
WEATHER  ✔
CONTROLS SMARTPHONE MUSIC  ✔
FIND MY PHONE  ✔
FIND MY WATCH  ✔
VIRB® REMOTE  ✔
SMARTPHONE COMPATIBILITY iPhone® and Android™
PAIRS WITH GARMIN CONNECT™ MOBILE  ✔

Safety and Tracking Features

  
   
LIVETRACK  ✔
LIVE EVENT SHARING Android™ Only
INCIDENT DETECTION DURING SELECT ACTIVITIES  ✔
ASSISTANCE  ✔

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  ✔
DISTANCE TRAVELED  ✔
INTENSITY MINUTES  ✔
TRUEUP™  ✔
MOVE IQ™  ✔
GARMIN CONNECT™ CHALLENGES APP Yes (optional Connect IQ app)

Gym & Fitness Equipment

  
   
AVAILABLE GYM ACTIVITY PROFILES Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Indoor Rowing and Yoga
CARDIO WORKOUTS  ✔
STRENGTH WORKOUTS  ✔
AUTOMATIC REP COUNTING  ✔

Training, Planning and Analysis Features

  
   
HR ZONES  ✔
HR ALERTS  ✔
HR CALORIES  ✔
% HR MAX  ✔
% HRR  ✔
RECOVERY TIME  ✔
AUTO MAX HR  ✔
HR BROADCAST (BROADCASTS HR DATA OVER ANT+™ TO PAIRED DEVICES) yes (using ANT+ or BLE)
GPS SPEED AND DISTANCE  ✔
CUSTOMIZABLE DATA PAGES  ✔
CUSTOMIZABLE ACTIVITY PROFILES  ✔
AUTO PAUSE®  ✔
INTERVAL TRAINING  ✔
ADVANCED WORKOUTS  ✔
DOWNLOADABLE TRAINING PLANS  ✔
AUTO LAP®  ✔
MANUAL LAP  ✔
CONFIGURABLE LAP ALERTS  ✔
VO2 MAX (RUN)  ✔
TRAINING STATUS (LETS YOU SEE IF YOU’RE TRAINING EFFECTIVELY BY TRACKING YOUR TRAINING HISTORY AND FITNESS LEVEL TREND.)  ✔
TRAINING LOAD (YOUR TOTAL TRAINING LOAD FOR THE LAST 7 DAYS CALCULATED FROM ESTIMATED EPOC)  ✔
TRAINING EFFECT  ✔
TRAINING EFFECT (ANAEROBIC)  ✔
CUSTOM ALERTS  ✔
AUDIO PROMPTS  ✔
FINISH TIME  ✔
VIRTUAL PARTNER  ✔
RACE AN ACTIVITY  ✔
COURSE GUIDANCE  ✔
TOUCH AND/OR BUTTON LOCK  ✔
AUTO SCROLL  ✔
ACTIVITY HISTORY ON WATCH  ✔
PHYSIO TRUEUP  ✔

Running Features

  
   
AVAILABLE RUN PROFILES Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor and Outdoor Track Running, Trail Running, Virtual Running
GPS-BASED DISTANCE, TIME AND PACE  ✔
RUNNING DYNAMICS yes (with compatible accessory)
VERTICAL OSCILLATION AND RATIO (THE DEGREE OF 'BOUNCE' IN YOUR RUNNING MOTION AND THE COST-BENEFIT RATIO WITH STRIDE LENGTH) yes (with compatible accessory)
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)
STRIDE LENGTH (REAL TIME) yes (with compatible accessory)
CADENCE (PROVIDES REAL-TIME NUMBER OF STEPS PER MINUTE)  ✔
PERFORMANCE CONDITION (AFTER RUNNING 6–20 MINUTES, COMPARES YOUR REAL-TIME CONDITION TO YOUR AVERAGE FITNESS LEVEL)  ✔
PACEPRO™ PACING STRATEGIES  ✔
RUN WORKOUTS  ✔
RACE PREDICTOR  ✔
FOOT POD CAPABLE  ✔

Outdoor Recreation

  
   
POINT-TO-POINT NAVIGATION  ✔
BREAD CRUMB TRAIL IN REAL TIME  ✔
BACK TO START  ✔
TRACBACK®  ✔
ULTRATRAC MODE  ✔
DISTANCE TO DESTINATION  ✔
GPS COORDINATES  ✔

Cycling Features

  
   
ALERTS (TRIGGERS ALARM WHEN YOU REACH GOALS INCLUDING TIME, DISTANCE, HEART RATE OR CALORIES)  ✔
COURSES  ✔
AVAILABLE CYCLING PROFILES Biking, Indoor Biking
RACE AN ACTIVITY  ✔
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
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)  ✔
POOL SWIM WORKOUTS  ✔
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-Tri™, HRM-Swim™ and HRM-Pro™)

Kid Activity Tracking Features

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