Battery Life

Run to your heart’s content with up to 2 weeks of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 20 hours in GPS mode.

We’ve got all the running essentials.

Built-in GPS

Track where you run, and get accurate stats, including distance, pace and intervals.

Wrist-based Heart Rate

Get heart rate data1 along with alerts if your heart rate stays high while you’re at rest. Even gauge how hard your heart is working during activities.

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 from the Garmin Connect app2.

Daily Suggested Workouts

Get workouts made specifically for you and based on your data. These run recommendations vary in intensity and adapt after every run to take into account performance and recovery.

Pacepro Technology

To help you plan your race day strategy, this feature offers GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance in the Garmin Connect app. So you can tailor your efforts to what’s ahead.

Finish Time

Want some guidance to help you meet your goal? Select a distance for your run, and you’ll be able to see a data screen that shows your estimated finish time.

Track Run

When you’re ready to hit the track for some speedwork, use the built-in track run activity to record accurate lap distances and see your distances in metres.

Cadence Alerts

Want to improve your running form? Use the cadence alerts to know when you’ve gone outside your target cadence range.

Recovery Advisor

Giving your body time to recover between training sessions is crucial. After each workout, the built-in recovery time feature will let you know how long to rest before another big effort.

Race Predictor

This specialised tool takes into account your fitness level and training history to help you work toward your race goal and see the impact of training on your predicted finish time.

Built-in Sports Apps

Switch up your workout routine with activity profiles for track or virtual running, pool swimming, Pilates, HIIT and even breathwork.

More ways to track health and wellness.

Fitness Tracking

While you’re out and about, Forerunner 55 tracks steps, intensity minutes and more[1].

Stress Tracking

Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day. Relax reminders will even prompt you to do a short breathing activity.

Body Battery Energy Monitoring

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

Intensity Minutes

See when during the day you earned intensity minutes from moderate and vigorous physical activity.

Fitness Age

This feature uses chronological age, resting heart rate and other factors to estimate if your body is younger or older than you are. Age is just a number, after all.

Respiration Tracking

See how you’re breathing throughout the day, during sleep and during breathwork activities.

Women’s Health Tracking

Use the Garmin Connect app[2] to track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy. Log symptoms, get exercise and nutrition education, and more.

Customise and connect.

Smart Notifications

Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your smartwatch when paired with your compatible smartphone.

Safety and Tracking Features

When your watch and phone are paired, your live location can be sent to your contacts manually or — during select outdoor activities — automatically with built-in incident detection[3].

Connect IQ Store

Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps from the Connect IQ Store[2].

Music Controls

Easily control the music playing on your paired smartphone, so you can skip songs without missing a beat.

Syncs 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.