Add rhythm to your steps. Gain insights into the training and recovery you need to take your running to the next level with motivating music along the way.
Get morning reports for insights into sleep, heart rate variability, and daily exercise.
Recharge less and train more with up to 14 days of smartwatch battery life and up to 30 hours in GPS mode.
Push your limits with built-in triathlon mode and over 30 activity profiles.
Plan your strategy with recommended workouts for the day, course details, and other race widget features.
Utilize a full range of advanced metrics and training tools to achieve your goals.
Pay for your post-workout coffee with Garmin Pay™1 and listen to music on the go.
READY FOR LONG RUNS
With up to 14 days of smartwatch battery life and up to 30 hours in GPS mode, you'll have continuous insights into your daily health and sleep.
LIGHTWEIGHT (ALMOST)
Thanks to its sleek design and 49g weight, you'll almost forget you're wearing the Forerunner® 255 Music even while sleeping.
SWEAT-READY MATERIALS
Equipped with convenient buttons and a silicone strap, this watch is ready to wear and endure with durable Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3.
Light on the Wrist, Loaded with Features
MORNING REPORTS
Receive a sleep summary upon waking, along with heart rate variability status and weather conditions. You can even customize the report to display what you want.
HEART RATE VARIABILITY
Gain deeper insights into your overall health, training, and recovery with sleep heart rate variability, based on technology developed by our Firstbeat Analytics™ team.
BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS
Take advantage of over 30 built-in activities, including profiles for triathlons and open water swims – new to the Forerunner 255 series. Transition to the next activity in races and multi-sport workouts with a single button press.
RACE WIDGET
Prepare for your next race with training tips, personalized recommended workouts for the day, and finish time predictions based on course details, weather conditions, and performance.
DAILY WORKOUT SUGGESTIONS
In the Garmin Connect™ smartphone app calendar, review recommended workouts for the entire week, which adapt after each run to match your performance and recovery.
GARMIN COACH
Free customizable training plans include 5k, 10k, and half-marathon programs, featuring expert coach tips that adapt to you and your goals.
TRIATHLON AND MULTISPORT PROFILES
Use built-in profiles for triathlons, duathlons, multi-sport, and open water swimming, switching between sports with a single press. Or create your own multisport activity profile.
RUNNING POWER
When used with a running dynamics pod or HRM-Pro™ sensor, the Forerunner 255 Music provides continuous running power measurements, allowing you to regulate effort.
RECOVERY TIME
Based on your latest workout and overall stress, sleep, and daily activity beyond workouts, learn how long you should rest before your next challenging workout.
PACEPRO™ FEATURE
For race day planning, this feature offers GPS-based pace guidance for your selected course or distance, allowing you to adjust your effort to what's ahead.
TRAINING STATUS
Apply new performance indicators like heart rate variability status, recent exercise history, and performance to get a light overview of your overall effort, whether you're training productively, peaking, or overreaching.
TRAINING LOAD
Review your training history and compare the intensity of recent workouts to your optimal range to improve fitness.
TRAINING EFFECT
Discover how exercise affects your endurance, speed, and power with aerobic and anaerobic training effect data.
PERFORMANCE CONDITION
While running, analyze your pace and heart rate to assess your current condition and performance in real time.
RUNNING DYNAMICS
When using a running dynamics pod or HRM-Pro sensor, the Forerunner 255 Music measures key running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time, and balance, comparing them to others in the Garmin Connect app.
TRACKS
Create or find routes in the Garmin Connect app, and you'll never run out of ideas. You can plan them on other platforms like Strava and Komoot and then automatically sync them to your Forerunner device.
TRACK RUNNING
Ready for speed training? Enter the track running activity on the built-in activity app by inputting the lane number to record the exact distance of the segment and see your distances in meters.
RACE PREDICTOR
Based on your running history and overall fitness, you get an estimate of the pace you should run for distances from 5k to a marathon. Plus, trend data highlights the impact of your training over time.
CROSS-TRAINING
Mix up your training with various types of exercises. Free HIIT workouts, strength workouts, cardio, yoga, and pilates come with the watch, and you can even download more from the Garmin Connect app.
Deep Health Insights
WRIST-BASED HEART RATE SENSOR
The watch continuously measures your heart rate2 with our latest-generation heart rate sensor and will alert you if it remains too high or too low while at rest. It measures your effort during activities, even while swimming.
BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITOR
Measure the energy level in your body to find the best times for activity and rest2.
SLEEP SCORE AND ADVANCED SLEEP MONITORING
Assess sleep quality and gain insights to improve. You can even track different sleep stages, as well as pulse, stress, Pulse Ox3, and respiration.
PULSE OX SENSOR
The wrist-based Pulse Ox sensor3 monitors blood oxygen saturation levels, allowing advanced sleep tracking and high-altitude acclimatization.
Menstrual Tracking
Track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy in the Garmin Connect app. Record symptoms, get exercise and nutrition tips, and more. You can even see and record details on your wrist with the women's health tracking app.
INTENSITY MINUTES
The intensity minutes feature shows when you've earned them during the day and during which activities.
STRESS TRACKING
Learn whether you're having a calm, balanced, or stressful day. Relaxation reminders will even prompt you to perform a short breathing activity when the watch detects stress.
Health Snapshot™ Feature
Record a two-minute session to capture key health stats, including heart rate2, heart rate variability, Pulse Ox3, respiration, and stress. Then, use the Garmin Connect app on a compatible smartphone to generate a report with those stats to share.
Stay Connected Every Step of the Way
MULTI-BAND GNSS SUPPORT
Access multiple global navigation satellite systems and multiple frequencies transmitted by navigation satellites for enhanced accuracy in challenging environments where GNSS signals are obstructed, weak, or not typically accessible. Achieve top-notch distance and speed accuracy, even in demanding conditions.
MUSIC ON YOUR WRIST
Download up to 500 songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer, or Amazon Music accounts (subscription required).
GARMIN PAY CONTACTLESS PAYMENT FEATURE
Skip the lines at checkout with Garmin Pay1 contactless payment solution from participating providers.
SMART NOTIFICATIONS
Receive emails, messages, and alerts directly on your watch when paired with an Apple® or Android™ smartphone. You can even respond to messages if you have an Android phone.
SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES
If you don't feel safe or if the watch detects an incident, safety and tracking features4 send your location to emergency contacts. Incident detection is enabled by default for select activity profiles.
LIVETRACK FEATURE
LiveTrack allows your friends and family to follow your real-time location4 and even view your entire pre-planned route. Rest easy knowing your loved ones will know exactly where you're running.
Garmin Connect
Review health and fitness information, connect and compete with friends, sign up for challenges to earn badges, and more, all on a free app with no subscription required.
CONNECT IQ™ STORE
Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and download apps and widgets from the Connect IQ store, all directly to your compatible smartphone.
Smartwatch mode: Up to 14 days
GPS mode with music: Up to 6.5 hours
GPS mode without music: Up to 25 hours
GPS mode with multi-region GNSS: Up to 16 hours See Details
AUTO PAUSE® (PAUSES AND RESUMES TIMER BASED ON SPEED)
Yes
INTERVAL TRAINING
Yes
ADVANCED WORKOUTS
Yes
DOWNLOADABLE TRAINING PLANS
Yes
HRM-RUN™ RUNNING DYNAMICS
Yes
AUTO LAP® (AUTOMATICALLY STARTS A NEW LAP)
Yes
MULTI-LAP
Yes
MANUAL LAP
Yes
AVAILABLE RUN PROFILES
Running, treadmill running, trail running
GPS-BASED DISTANCE, TIME, PACE
Yes
CUSTOM TARGETS
Yes
VERTICAL OSCILLATION AND RATIO (THE DEGREE OF 'BOUNCE' IN YOUR MOTION AND THE COST-BENEFIT RATIO WITH STRIDE LENGTH)
Yes
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)
Add rhythm to your steps. Gain insights into the training and recovery you need to take your running to the next level with motivating music along the way.
Get morning reports for insights into sleep, heart rate variability, and daily exercise.
Recharge less and train more with up to 14 days of smartwatch battery life and up to 30 hours in GPS mode.
Push your limits with built-in triathlon mode and over 30 activity profiles.
Plan your strategy with recommended workouts for the day, course details, and other race widget features.
Utilize a full range of advanced metrics and training tools to achieve your goals.
Pay for your post-workout coffee with Garmin Pay™1 and listen to music on the go.
READY FOR LONG RUNS
With up to 14 days of smartwatch battery life and up to 30 hours in GPS mode, you'll have continuous insights into your daily health and sleep.
LIGHTWEIGHT (ALMOST)
Thanks to its sleek design and 49g weight, you'll almost forget you're wearing the Forerunner® 255 Music even while sleeping.
SWEAT-READY MATERIALS
Equipped with convenient buttons and a silicone strap, this watch is ready to wear and endure with durable Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3.
Light on the Wrist, Loaded with Features
MORNING REPORTS
Receive a sleep summary upon waking, along with heart rate variability status and weather conditions. You can even customize the report to display what you want.
HEART RATE VARIABILITY
Gain deeper insights into your overall health, training, and recovery with sleep heart rate variability, based on technology developed by our Firstbeat Analytics™ team.
BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS
Take advantage of over 30 built-in activities, including profiles for triathlons and open water swims – new to the Forerunner 255 series. Transition to the next activity in races and multi-sport workouts with a single button press.
RACE WIDGET
Prepare for your next race with training tips, personalized recommended workouts for the day, and finish time predictions based on course details, weather conditions, and performance.
DAILY WORKOUT SUGGESTIONS
In the Garmin Connect™ smartphone app calendar, review recommended workouts for the entire week, which adapt after each run to match your performance and recovery.
GARMIN COACH
Free customizable training plans include 5k, 10k, and half-marathon programs, featuring expert coach tips that adapt to you and your goals.
TRIATHLON AND MULTISPORT PROFILES
Use built-in profiles for triathlons, duathlons, multi-sport, and open water swimming, switching between sports with a single press. Or create your own multisport activity profile.
RUNNING POWER
When used with a running dynamics pod or HRM-Pro™ sensor, the Forerunner 255 Music provides continuous running power measurements, allowing you to regulate effort.
RECOVERY TIME
Based on your latest workout and overall stress, sleep, and daily activity beyond workouts, learn how long you should rest before your next challenging workout.
PACEPRO™ FEATURE
For race day planning, this feature offers GPS-based pace guidance for your selected course or distance, allowing you to adjust your effort to what's ahead.
TRAINING STATUS
Apply new performance indicators like heart rate variability status, recent exercise history, and performance to get a light overview of your overall effort, whether you're training productively, peaking, or overreaching.
TRAINING LOAD
Review your training history and compare the intensity of recent workouts to your optimal range to improve fitness.
TRAINING EFFECT
Discover how exercise affects your endurance, speed, and power with aerobic and anaerobic training effect data.
PERFORMANCE CONDITION
While running, analyze your pace and heart rate to assess your current condition and performance in real time.
RUNNING DYNAMICS
When using a running dynamics pod or HRM-Pro sensor, the Forerunner 255 Music measures key running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time, and balance, comparing them to others in the Garmin Connect app.
TRACKS
Create or find routes in the Garmin Connect app, and you'll never run out of ideas. You can plan them on other platforms like Strava and Komoot and then automatically sync them to your Forerunner device.
TRACK RUNNING
Ready for speed training? Enter the track running activity on the built-in activity app by inputting the lane number to record the exact distance of the segment and see your distances in meters.
RACE PREDICTOR
Based on your running history and overall fitness, you get an estimate of the pace you should run for distances from 5k to a marathon. Plus, trend data highlights the impact of your training over time.
CROSS-TRAINING
Mix up your training with various types of exercises. Free HIIT workouts, strength workouts, cardio, yoga, and pilates come with the watch, and you can even download more from the Garmin Connect app.
Deep Health Insights
WRIST-BASED HEART RATE SENSOR
The watch continuously measures your heart rate2 with our latest-generation heart rate sensor and will alert you if it remains too high or too low while at rest. It measures your effort during activities, even while swimming.
BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITOR
Measure the energy level in your body to find the best times for activity and rest2.
SLEEP SCORE AND ADVANCED SLEEP MONITORING
Assess sleep quality and gain insights to improve. You can even track different sleep stages, as well as pulse, stress, Pulse Ox3, and respiration.
PULSE OX SENSOR
The wrist-based Pulse Ox sensor3 monitors blood oxygen saturation levels, allowing advanced sleep tracking and high-altitude acclimatization.
Menstrual Tracking
Track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy in the Garmin Connect app. Record symptoms, get exercise and nutrition tips, and more. You can even see and record details on your wrist with the women's health tracking app.
INTENSITY MINUTES
The intensity minutes feature shows when you've earned them during the day and during which activities.
STRESS TRACKING
Learn whether you're having a calm, balanced, or stressful day. Relaxation reminders will even prompt you to perform a short breathing activity when the watch detects stress.
Health Snapshot™ Feature
Record a two-minute session to capture key health stats, including heart rate2, heart rate variability, Pulse Ox3, respiration, and stress. Then, use the Garmin Connect app on a compatible smartphone to generate a report with those stats to share.
Stay Connected Every Step of the Way
MULTI-BAND GNSS SUPPORT
Access multiple global navigation satellite systems and multiple frequencies transmitted by navigation satellites for enhanced accuracy in challenging environments where GNSS signals are obstructed, weak, or not typically accessible. Achieve top-notch distance and speed accuracy, even in demanding conditions.
MUSIC ON YOUR WRIST
Download up to 500 songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer, or Amazon Music accounts (subscription required).
GARMIN PAY CONTACTLESS PAYMENT FEATURE
Skip the lines at checkout with Garmin Pay1 contactless payment solution from participating providers.
SMART NOTIFICATIONS
Receive emails, messages, and alerts directly on your watch when paired with an Apple® or Android™ smartphone. You can even respond to messages if you have an Android phone.
SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES
If you don't feel safe or if the watch detects an incident, safety and tracking features4 send your location to emergency contacts. Incident detection is enabled by default for select activity profiles.
LIVETRACK FEATURE
LiveTrack allows your friends and family to follow your real-time location4 and even view your entire pre-planned route. Rest easy knowing your loved ones will know exactly where you're running.
Garmin Connect
Review health and fitness information, connect and compete with friends, sign up for challenges to earn badges, and more, all on a free app with no subscription required.
CONNECT IQ™ STORE
Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and download apps and widgets from the Connect IQ store, all directly to your compatible smartphone.
Smartwatch mode: Up to 14 days
GPS mode with music: Up to 6.5 hours
GPS mode without music: Up to 25 hours
GPS mode with multi-region GNSS: Up to 16 hours See Details
AUTO PAUSE® (PAUSES AND RESUMES TIMER BASED ON SPEED)
Yes
INTERVAL TRAINING
Yes
ADVANCED WORKOUTS
Yes
DOWNLOADABLE TRAINING PLANS
Yes
HRM-RUN™ RUNNING DYNAMICS
Yes
AUTO LAP® (AUTOMATICALLY STARTS A NEW LAP)
Yes
MULTI-LAP
Yes
MANUAL LAP
Yes
AVAILABLE RUN PROFILES
Running, treadmill running, trail running
GPS-BASED DISTANCE, TIME, PACE
Yes
CUSTOM TARGETS
Yes
VERTICAL OSCILLATION AND RATIO (THE DEGREE OF 'BOUNCE' IN YOUR MOTION AND THE COST-BENEFIT RATIO WITH STRIDE LENGTH)
Yes
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)
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