Forerunner 955 Solar

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OUTSHINE THE COMPETITION

Pushing toward the podium? Get this lightweight smartwatch on your wrist. Train your best, perform your best, and outlast the pack with a Power Glass solar charging lens to extend battery life.

Get up to 20 days of battery life in smartwatch mode¹ for a full picture of your health — from sleep to training.

Harness the power of the sun, and get up to 49 hours of battery life in GPS mode with solar charging².

Swipe through stats and maps with a new, responsive touchscreen.

Confidently run any route using full-color, 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.

SOLAR POWERED BATTERY

Get up to 20 days of battery life in smartwatch mode with solar charging¹. In GPS mode, get up to 42 hours and up to 49 hours when solar charging². With UltraTrac mode, go even longer with up to 110 hours when solar charging².

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 53 grams, the Forerunner 955 smartwatch will keep you light on your feet and attuned to your body.

Made for medals.

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, training readiness and weather. You can even customize your report to show what you want to see.

HRV STATUS

Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, recovery and training performance 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, 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.

WRIST-BASED RUNNING POWER

See how much power you’re applying to the trail or the road so you can manage your effort and fine-tune your training. No accessory required.

REAL-TIME STAMINA

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

WRIST-BASED RUNNING DYNAMICS

This smartwatch measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time 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 improve your fitness and 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.

GRADE-ADJUSTED PACE

Don’t run out of steam before the activity is over. Understand how to adjust your pace over varying terrain to perform according to your plan.

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 smartwatch from other platforms, including TrainingPeaks and more.

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.

Go the distance. Know the distance.

SATIQ TECHNOLOGY AND MULTI-BAND GPS

Get superior positioning accuracy and optimized battery life.

FULL-COLOR MAPPING

Whether you’re running on city streets or riding densely covered trails, Forerunner 955 provides full-color, 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 the 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 features³ send messages with 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.

Be in touch with your body.

WRIST-BASED HEART RATE

The watch constantly samples your heart rate⁴ 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 rest⁴.

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.

PULSE OX SENSOR

This wrist-based Pulse Ox sensor⁵ 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 with the Women's Health Tracking app.

HEALTH SNAPSHOT FEATURE

Log a 2-minute session to record key stats, including heart rate⁴, heart rate variability, Pulse Ox⁵, respiration and stress. Then generate a report with those stats to share via the Garmin Connect app on your compatible smartphone.

Stay connected while you’re breaking records.

MUSIC ON YOUR WRIST

Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer, Amazon Music or YouTubeMusic accounts for phone-free listening (subscription may be required.)

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

Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps or widgets from the Connect IQ Store app downloaded on your compatible smartphone..

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¹Assumes all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions

²Assumes continuous use for entire period in 50,000 lux conditions

³When paired with a compatible smartphone. For safety and tracking feature requirements and limitations, see Garmin.com/safety.

⁴Activity tracking accuracy

⁵This 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 is not available in all countries.

TrainingPeaks is a registered trademark of Peaksware, LLC. SPOTIFY and the Spotify logo are among the registered trademarks of Spotify AB. Amazon Music and all related logos are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Apple is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Android is a trademark of Google LLC.

Engineering enhancements are ongoing and may not be reflected in the pictures, videos and specifications.

Bluetooth Headphone Compatibility

General
Lens Material	Corning® Gorilla® Glass DX
Bezel Material	fiber-reinforced polymer
QuickFit watch band compatible	(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	53 g
Battery life	Smartwatch mode: Up to 15 days/20 days with solar* GPS-only mode without music: Up to 42 hours/49 hours with solar 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/22 hours with solar Ultratrac mode: Up to 80 hours/110 hours with solar** Solar charging, assuming all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions * Solar charging, assuming use in 50,000 lux conditions
Water rating	5 ATM
Memory/History	32 GB

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	(high and low)
Respiration rate (24x7)
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation	(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	(advanced)
Sleep score and insights
Hydration	(in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget)
Women's Health	(in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget)
Health snapshot
Meditation

Sensors
GPS
GLONASS
Galileo
Multi-frequency Positioning
SATlQ TECHNOLOGY
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 Share

Safety and Tracking Features
LiveTrack
Spectator messaging	(with compatible smartphone)
Group 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
Floors climbed
Distance traveled
Intensity minutes
TrueUp
Move IQ
Garmin Connect Challenges app	(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
Strength workouts
HIIT workouts
Yoga workouts
Pilates workouts
On-screen workout animations
On-screen workout muscle maps

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)	(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	(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	(with compatible accessory)
Vertical oscillation and ratio	(with compatible accessory)
Ground contact time and balance	(with compatible accessory)
Stride length (real time)	(with compatible accessory)
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
Running power	(with compatible accessory)
Performance condition
Lactate threshold	(with compatible accessory)
PacePro Pacing Strategies
Run workouts
Race predictor
Course- and weather-specific race predictor
Foot pod capable

Golfing Features
Preloaded with 43,000 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	(via Connect IQ)
Hunt/fish calendar	(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)	(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)	(with HRM-Swim or HRM-Pro)

Kid Activity Tracking Features
Toe-to-Toe Challenges app	(optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe Challenges app)

Tactical Features
Dual grid coordinates

Forerunner 955 Solar