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Features
Overview
Premium light-weight GPS Running/Triathlon Watch with advanced performance monitoring and running metrics analysis.
Features
- Advanced running and multisport smartwatch with wrist-based heart rate
- 46.5mm case size, suitable for wrists with a circumference of 130-220 mm
- Hi-res colour touchscreen display, 260 x 260 pixels
- Includes a comprehensive range of indoor and outdoor in-built sport apps
- Includes Garmin Coach: adaptive training plans to help you reach your goals
- Multi GNSS support - GPS, GLONASS and Galileo - with multi-band frequency to track in more challenging environments
- Running dynamics (accessories required) to measure running metrics such as cadence, stride, balance and more
- Metrics tracked: performance condition, training status based on recent exercise history, training effect and load
- Measures V02 max to indicate performance
- Sensors: wrist-based heart rate, 3-axis compass, barometer, altimeter, thermometer, gyroscope, Pulse OX
- Acclimation widget to show current elevation, acclimated elevation and correlated Pulse Ox, heart rate and respiration
- Body battery energy monitoring, hydration tracking, respiration tracking
- PacePro Technology - helps you keep on pace with grade-adjusted guidance as you run a course
- Map Manager: Download mapping for any region for free
- Preloaded 42k worldwide golf courses
- ClimbPro ascent planner for use with downloaded courses for real-time information
- Turn-by-turn navigation - follow a route or course with turn-by-turn directions
- Round Trip Routing - Create routes that will bring you back to your starting point
- Trendline Popularity Routing - helps you find the best local paths
- Smart notifications: texts, emails, alerts and social media
- Safety and tracking features to let others know where you are
- Music capable; stores up to 2,000 - compatible with Spotify (Premium account) and other streaming services
- Supports contactless payments - limited in Ireland to KBC Mastercard
- Customisable with downloadable apps, widgets, watch faces
- Battery life: up to 15 days in smartwatch mode, up to 8.5 hours in All-Systems GNSS mode plus Multi-Band with music
Main feature difference between Forerunner 955 and Forerunner 945
- Touchscreen with higher resolution 260 x 260 pixel display
- Worldwide mapping available for free
- Revamped software making the watch health monitoring and activity tracking more intuitive and informative
- New apps such as HRV (heart rate variability), training readiness and morning report
Product Screen Shots
Package Includes
- Forerunner 955 GPS watch
- Charging data cradle
- Documentation
Specs
Technical Specification
| Garmin Forerunner 955 Black | Product Code: 010-02638-30 |
General | |
| Lens material | Corning Gorilla Glass DX |
| Bezel material | Fibre-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 | yes |
| Colour display | yes |
| Display Size | 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 Ultratrac mode: Up to 80 hours See details |
| Water rating | 5 ATM |
| Memory/history | 32 GB |
Clock features | |
| Time/date | yes |
| GPS time sync | yes |
| Automatic daylight saving time | yes |
| Alarm clock | yes |
| Timer | yes |
| Stopwatch | yes |
| Sunrise/sunset times | yes |
Health monitoring | |
| Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) | yes |
| Daily Resting Heart Rate | yes |
| Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts | Yes (high and low) |
| Respiration rate (24x7) | yes |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation | Yes (spot-check, and optional all-day acclimation and in sleep) |
| Fitness age | yes |
| Body Battery Energy Monitor | yes |
| All-day stress tracking | yes |
| Relaxation reminders | yes |
| Relaxation breathing timer | yes |
| Sleep | Yes (Advanced) |
| Sleep score and insights | yes |
| Hydration | Yes (in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget) |
| Women's Health | Yes (in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget) |
| Health snapshot | yes |
Sensors | |
| GPS | yes |
| GLONASS | yes |
| Galileo | yes |
| Multi-frequency Positioning | yes |
| Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate monitor | yes |
| Barometric altimeter | yes |
| Compass | yes |
| Gyroscope | yes |
| Accelerometer | yes |
| Thermometer | yes |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor | yes |
Daily smart features | |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth, ANT+, Wi-Fi |
| Connect IQ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) | yes |
| On-device Connect IQ Store | yes |
| Smart Notifications | yes |
| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android only) | yes |
| Calendar | yes |
| Weather | yes |
| Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect mobile | yes |
| Battery Saver - customisable low power watch | yes |
| Controls smartphone music | yes |
| Plays and controls watch music | yes |
| Music storage | Up to 2000 songs |
| Find my phone | yes |
| Find my watch | yes |
| VIRB camera remote | yes |
| Smartphone compatibility | iPhone, Android |
| Pairs with Garmin Golf app | yes |
| Compatible with Garmin Connect Mobile | yes |
| Garmin Pay | yes |
Safety and tracking features | |
| LiveTrack | yes |
| Spectator messaging | yes (with compatible smartphone) |
| Group LiveTrack | yes |
| Live Event Sharing | Android Only |
| Incident Detection during select activities | yes |
| Assistance | yes |
Tactical features | |
| Dual grid coordinates | yes |
Activity tracking features | |
| Step counter | yes |
| Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) | yes |
| Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) | yes |
| Calories burned | yes |
| Floors climbed | yes |
| Distance travelled | yes |
| Intensity minutes | yes |
| TrueUp | yes |
| Move IQ | yes |
| Garmin Connect Challenges app | Yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
Fitness equipment/gym | |
| Automatic rep counting | yes |
| Available gym activity profiles | Strength, HIIT, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Indoor Rowing, Pilates, Yoga |
| Strength workouts | yes |
| HIIT workouts | yes |
| Yoga workouts | yes |
| Pilates workouts | yes |
| On-screen workout animations | yes |
| On-screen workout muscle maps | yes |
Training, planning and analysis features | |
| HR zones | yes |
| HR alerts | yes |
| HR calories | yes |
| % HR max | yes |
| % HRR | yes |
| Recovery time | yes |
| Auto max HR | yes |
| Morning report | yes |
| Race glance/widget | yes |
| HRV status | yes |
| Training readiness | yes |
| HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+ to paired devices) | yes |
| Respiration rate (during exercise) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| GPS speed and distance | yes |
| Customisable screen(s) | yes |
| Customisable activity profiles | yes |
| Auto Pause | yes |
| Interval training | yes |
| Improved interval (includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection) | yes |
| Advanced workouts | yes |
| Downloadable training plans | yes |
| Auto Lap | yes |
| Manual lap | yes |
| Rest timer | yes |
| Configurable lap alerts | yes |
| Heat and altitude acclimation | yes |
| VO2 Max (Run) | yes |
| VO2 Max (Trail Run) | yes |
| Realtime stamina | yes |
| Training status (lets you see if you're training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend) | Improved |
| Training load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC) | yes |
| Training load focus | yes |
| Training effect (aerobic) | yes |
| Training effect (anaerobic) | yes |
| Primary benefit (Training Effect labels) | yes |
| Improved recovery time | yes |
| Daily suggested workouts | Yes (7 days) |
| Customisable alerts | yes |
| Audio prompts | yes |
| Finish time | yes |
| Virtual partner | yes |
| Race an activity | yes |
| Auto multisport activities | yes |
| Multi-sport | yes |
| Course guidance | yes |
| Garmin Live Segments | yes |
| Strava Live Segments | yes |
| Round-trip course creator (running/cycling) | yes |
| Trendline popularity routing | yes |
| Touch and/or button lock | yes |
| Hot keys | yes |
| Auto scroll | yes |
| Activity history on watch | yes |
| >Physio TrueUp | yes |
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 | yes |
| 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) | yes |
| Running power | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Performance condition | yes |
| Lactate threshold | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| PacePro Pacing Strategies | yes |
| Run workouts | yes |
| Trail run auto climb | yes |
| Race predictor | yes |
| Course- and weather-specific race predictor | yes |
| Foot pod capable | yes |
Golfing features | |
| Preloaded with 42,000 courses worldwide | yes |
| Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) | yes |
| Yardage to layups/doglegs | yes |
| Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) | automatic |
| Digital scorecard | yes |
| Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) | yes |
| Garmin AutoShot | yes |
| Auto CourseView updates | yes |
| Green View with manual pin position | yes |
| Hazards and course targets | yes |
| PinPointer | yes |
| Handicap scoring | yes |
| Round timer/odometer | yes |
| Tournament legal | yes |
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 | yes |
| Bread crumbtrail in real time | yes |
| Back to start | yes |
| TracBack | yes |
| UltraTrac mode | yes |
| Around Me mode | yes |
| Up Ahead | yes |
| Elevation profile | yes |
| Distance to destination | yes |
| Barometric trend indicator with storm alert | yes |
| ClimbPro ascent planner | yes |
| Vertical speed | yes |
| Total ascent/descent | yes |
| Future elevation plot | yes |
| PRELOADED TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS | yes |
| Preloaded road and trail maps | yes |
| Downloadable cartography support | yes |
| GPS coordinates | yes |
| Sight 'N Go | yes |
| Area calculation | Yes (via Connect IQ) |
| Hunt/fish calendar | Yes (via Connect IQ) |
| Projected waypoint | yes |
| Sun and moon information | yes |
| XERO Locations | yes |
Cycling features | |
| Garmin cycle map (routable cycling-specific street map) | yes |
| 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) | yes |
| Courses | yes |
| MTB Grit & Flow | yes |
| Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) | yes |
| Race an activity | yes |
| FTP (Functional threshold power) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Compatible with Vector and Rally (power meters) | yes |
| Power meter compatible | yes |
| Advanced cycling dynamics | yes |
| Compatible with Varia Vision (head-mounted display) | yes |
| Compatible with Varia radar (rear-facing radar) | yes |
| Compatible with Varia lights | yes |
| Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor) | yes |
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) | yes |
| Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | yes |
| Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) | yes |
| Drill logging (pool swim only) | yes |
| Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) | yes |
| "Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only) | yes |
| Auto rest (pool swim only) | yes |
| Time and distance alerts | yes |
| Pacing alerts (pool swim only) | yes |
| Countdown start | yes |
| Pool swim workouts | yes |
| Critical swim speed | yes |
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate | yes |
| 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 | yes |
Reviews
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews for the Garmin Forerunner 955 Black.
Our Comment
We have always thought the Forerunner 945 is the best running watch from Garmin. The new Forerunner 955 has stolen that accolade with the addition of really useful features such as the extra memory, free worldwide mapping with an easy-to-use map manager and touchscreen display. GPS accuracy has seen huge improvements with the implementation of multi-band GNSS support. In essence your watch can now lock onto satellites at different frequencies which means more satellites and better accuracy at any one time, albeit at the expense of battery life. Finally, improvements to existing health and activity monitoring apps and the addition of new apps, such as Training Readiness, means the Forerunner 9xx series continues to be the benchmark running watch.
