Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar watch

Discover the Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar model

GREATER BATTERY RANGE
Enjoy up to 15 days of battery life in smartwatch mode. Up to 42 hours in GPS mode. And even more in UltraTrac™ mode, with up to 80 hours.

TOUCH SCREEN AND BUTTONS
Click or swipe through maps and stats with traditional button controls or the new, highly responsive touch screen.

MADE FOR THOSE WHO STRIVE
Weighing just 52 grams, the Forerunner 955 smartwatch will keep you light and in tune with your body.


Made to win medals.

PREDISPOSITION TO TRAIN
From the moment you wake up you get a predisposition score based on sleep quality, recovery, training load and more, so you can determine if it´s a good day to give it your all or take it easy.


MORNING REPORT
Receive a summary of your sleep as soon as you wake up, along with HRV status and time. You can even customize the report to show you what you want to see.


HRV STATUS
Get a clearer picture of your overall health, training and recovery through heart rate variability while you sleep, based on technology developed by our Firstbeat Analytics™ team.


CAREER WIDGET
Prepare for your next race with training tips, personalized daily training session suggestions, and finish time predictions based on course, time, and performance details.


RECOMMENDED DAILY TRAINING SESSIONS
See all of the week´s recommended daily training sessions, which are tailored after each run to match your performance and recovery, as well as upcoming races on the calendar in the Garmin Connect™ smartphone app.


GARMIN COACH
Free, customizable training plans including 5K, 10K and half marathon programs, guided by expert coaches that are tailored to you and your goals.


RUNNING POWER
When you wear a Running Dynamics Pod or HRM-Pro ™ monitor , you´ll get a continuous wrist-based measurement of your stride power during your run.


REAL-TIME STAMINA
Avoid overexerting yourself when starting a run or cycling with this data, which allows you to track and manage your effort.


RACING DYNAMICS
Using a Running Dynamics Pod or HRM-Pro monitor , the Forerunner 955 smartwatch calculates critical running metrics like cadence, stride length, ground contact time, balance, and more.


TRAINING STATUS
With new indicators like HRV status, recent exercise history, and performance, you can easily see your overall effort and whether you´re training productively, peaked, or overloaded.


ACUTE LOAD
Compare the intensity of your recent training sessions with the optimal interval to improve your fitness and view your training history.


TRAINING EFFECT
See how your training sessions influence endurance, speed and power with aerobic and anaerobic training effect information.


PACEPRO™ FUNCTION
The PacePro function helps you maintain the right pace with directions adapted to the slope of the course.


RECOVERY TIME
Find out how long it will take to recover before your next high-intensity workout based on your most recent training session, as well as general stress, sleep, and daily activities outside of training sessions.


VO2 MAX
Train smarter with VO2 MAX , a gauge that shows your expected performance. This metric even takes into account performance changes that can be caused by heat or altitude.


PERFORMANCE CAPACITY
As you run, it will analyze your pace, heart rate and heart rate variability for a real-time assessment of your current performance capabilities.


SYNCHRONIZATION OF TRAINING PLANS
Get indoor and outdoor training plans with the Garmin Connect™ app or easily sync your Forerunner from other platforms like TrainingPeaks® or TrainerRoad.


INTEGRATED SPORTS APPS
Change your training session with activity profiles for cycling, triathlon, pool and open water swimming, track running and many more. In your running sessions and competitions, switch between sports at the touch of a button.


CAREER FORECAST
Based on your running history and general fitness, it gives you an estimate of your pace for a 5K, 10K, or even a marathon. Plus, trend data highlights the impact of your training sessions over time.


Go ahead and know the distance.

MULTI-BAND COMPATIBILITY
Access multiple global navigation satellite systems and multiple frequencies sent by navigation satellites to improve position accuracy in areas where GNSS signals are reflected, weak, or normally do not penetrate, giving you superior accuracy in terms of distance and speed, even in difficult environments.


FULL COLOR MAPS
Whether you´re running on city streets or heavily wooded trails, Forerunner 955 gives you built-in, full-color maps to help guide you.


TURN-BY-TURN NAVIGATION
Follow a course with the help of turn-by-turn directions, which let you know ahead of time when the next turn will be.


ROUND TRIP ROUTES
With the option of Trendline™ routes with popular roads, it´s easy to discover the best local routes. Just enter the distance you want and Forerunner 955 will suggest circular paths to your starting point.


LATER
Check at a glance the points of interest along the way. Plus, see performance metrics, lap times, and distance/altitude, plus a summary of upcoming major ride points.


CLIMBPRO FUNCTION
Use the ClimbPro slope planning feature on downloaded courses to see real-time information about the current and upcoming climbs, including data on incline, distance and altitude gain.


SECURITY AND MONITORING FUNCTIONS
If you fear for your safety or see signs of an accident, the incident detection and assistance features 1 will send your location to your emergency contacts. Incident detection is enabled by default for selected activity profiles only.


ROUTES
Create or search existing courses using the Garmin Connect app , and discover new and exciting courses. Or schedule them on other platforms, like Strava and Komoot, and automatically sync them to your Forerunner smartwatch.


Connect with your body.

HEART RATE SENSOR ON THE WRIST
The watch constantly measures your heart rate 2 with our state-of-the-art heart rate sensor, alerting you if your heart rate remains too high or too low while you´re at rest. It also helps measure the intensity of your exertion during activities, even while swimming.


BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITOR
Monitor your body´s energy levels so you know the best times for activity and rest 2 .


SLEEP SCORE AND ADVANCED SLEEP MANAGEMENT
Get a sleep quality score and insights on how you can improve it. You can even track the different phases of sleep, as well as heart rate, stress, pulse oximetry 3 and breathing.


PULSE OXIMETER
Wrist-based pulse oximeter 3 monitors blood oxygen saturation levels for advanced monitoring of sleep and altitude acclimation.


MONITORING THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE
Use the Garmin Connect app to track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy . Record symptoms, access tips on exercise, nutrition and much more. You can even see and record the details on your wrist.


HEALTH SNAPSHOT™ FUNCTION
Log a 2-minute session to save key stats like heart rate 2 , heart rate variability, pulse oximetry 3 , respiration and stress. Then report those stats through the Garmin Connect™ app on your compatible smartphone and share.


Stay connected while you break records.

MUSIC ON THE WRIST
Download up to 500 songs, as well as playlists, from your Spotify®, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts (subscription may be required).


CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS WITH GARMIN PAY™
Check out with ease thanks to the contactless payment solution 4 Garmin Pay, available in collaboration with participating providers.


SMART NOTIFICATIONS
Receive emails, texts and alerts right on the watch when paired with an Apple® or Android™ smartphone. You can also reply to text messages if you have an Android phone.


SMART TRAINER CONTROL
Control your Tacx® smart trainer using ANT+® technology to simulate courses, automatic resistance changes and training session notifications when using courses or training sessions from the watch.


GARMIN CONNECT APP
See your health and fitness information, connect and compete with your friends, join challenges to earn medals, and much more, all in one free app.


CONNECT IQ™ STORE
Add displays, data fields, and apps to the linked watch from the Connect IQ Store app downloaded to your compatible smartphone.

-Screen size (Width/Height):33mm (1.3″) diameter
-screen type:Visible in sunlight, transflective, memory at the pixel level (MIP)
-Cell/battery autonomy:Smartwatch mode: up to 15 days
-:GPS only mode without music: up to 42 hours
-:GNSS (all systems) and multi-band
-:mode with music: up to 8.5 hours GNSS (all systems) and multi-band mode without music: up to 20 hours
-:GPS only mode without music: up to 42 hours
-:Ultratrac mode: up to 80 hours
-:See details
-Screen Resolution (Width/Height):260 x 260 pixels
-gps:Yes
-Weight:52g
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-Maps and navigation:
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-memory/history:Bluetooth®, ANT+®
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-Characteristic:
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-Multi-frequency positioning:Yes
-Touch or button lock:Yes
-Share live events:Android™ only
-Sleep:yes (advanced)
-Energy saving: clock with customizable low consumption setting:Yes
-Play music:Yes
-Ground contact time and balance:yes (with compatible accessory)
-critical swimming speed:Yes
-Training load focus:Yes
-Compatible with Varia Vision™ (display with head support):Yes
-Heart rate alerts:Yes
-Training Effect (anaerobic):Yes
-Abnormal heart rate alerts:Yes (high and low)
-vertical speed:Yes
-lactate threshold:yes (with compatible accessory)
-MTB Grit & Flow:Yes
-Customizable data pages:Yes
-Configurable lap alerts:Yes
-Incident detection during specific activities:Yes
-TrueUp for physiological data:Yes
-Customizable alerts:Yes
-Back to top:Yes
-Oscillation and vertical ratio:yes (with compatible accessory)
-Case size (W x L x H):46.5 x 46.5 x 14.4 (mm) Fits wrists 130-220mm in circumference
-Inactivity line (shown on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a few minutes to reset):Yes
-music storage:Up to 2000 songs
-bezel material:fiber reinforced polymer
-Course Obstacles and Goals:Yes
-TruSwing™ Compatible:Yes
-Ultra Trac Mode:Yes
-VO2 max (in trail running):Yes
-Later:Yes
-Acclimatization by pulse oximetry:Yes
-Breathing timer to relax:Yes
-% of maximum heart rate:Yes
-Waterproof:Swimming, 5 ATM
-color screen:Yes
-break timers:Yes
-Heart rate sensor on the wrist (constant, every second):Yes
-find my phone:Yes
-Stride length (real time):yes (with compatible accessory)
-Bike lap and maximum lap power (with power sensor):Yes
-Open water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/speed, calories):Yes
-Training Effect (aerobic):Yes
-Viewer Messages:Yes (with compatible smartphone)
-Advanced training sessions:Yes
-Routes with popular Trendline™ roads:Yes
-Strava features (beacon, real-time segments):Yes
-Willingness to train:Yes
-timer:Yes
-Courses (competition against previous activities):Yes
-Respiratory rate (during exercise):yes (with compatible accessory)
-minutes of intensity:Yes
-interval training:Yes
-Time/distance alerts (trigger an alarm when you reach the goal):Yes
-Compatible with Garmin Connect ™ Mobile:Yes
-Touch screen:Yes
-PRE-INSTALLED TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS:Yes
-astronomical information:Yes
-Sight N´ Go:Yes
-Blood oxygen saturation by pulse oximeter:Yes (spot check and optional acclimatization throughout the day and at rest)
-projected waypoint:Yes
-Real-time dot trail:Yes
-Customizable activity profiles:Yes
-Connect IQ ™ : watch faces, data fields, widgets and downloadable applications:Yes
-Cadence: offers the number of steps per minute in real time:Yes
-music controller:Yes
-Compatible with power meters (displays power data from third-party ANT™ + Sport power meters):Yes
-Improved recovery time:Yes
-Multisport activities in manual mode:Yes
-Point to point navigation:Yes
-PacePro™ pacing strategies:Yes
-Race forecast based on course and time:Yes
-Distance in yards to approach/dogleg:Yes
-Auto Pause®:Yes
-running dynamics:yes (with compatible accessory)
-Body Battery™ energy monitor:Yes
-accelerometer:Yes
-Recovery time:Yes
-exercise log:Yes
-With 42,000 fields from all over the world:Yes
-strap material:Silicone
-Trip Timer/Odometer:Yes
-SMART TRAINER CONTROL:Yes
-Acclimatization to heat and altitude:Yes
-cardio training sessions:Yes
-performance condition:Yes
-Galileo:Yes
-Distance traveled:Yes
-hand return:Yes
-GPS-based distance, time and pace:Yes
-real-time stamina:Yes
-Running Power:yes (with compatible accessory)
-Attendance:Yes
-career forecast:Yes
-Linking with the Garmin Golf app:Yes
-Break time with Replay on:Yes
-pilates workouts:Yes
-GPS coordinates:Yes
-audio prompts:Yes
-Automatic CourseView Updates:Yes
-Downloadable training plans:Yes
-Measures the distance of shots (calculates the exact distance in yards of shots from anywhere on the course):Automatic
-Heart rate (real time during rests, interval and session statistics during rests, and automatic heart rate download after swim activity):Yes (with HRM-Swim™ or HRM-Pro™)
-Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear view radar):Yes
-swimming training:Yes
-Virtual Racer™:Yes
-Quick access buttons:Yes
-Activity history on the watch:Yes
-On-screen training animations:Yes
-Automatic maximum heart rate:Yes
-Recommended daily training sessions:Yes (7 days)
-Compatible with speed and cadence sensor (with sensor):Yes
-Vector™ Compatible:Yes
-Suitable for official tournaments:Yes
-compete in an activity:Yes
-Ending time:Yes
-height profile:Yes
-VirtualPartner:Yes
-VO2 Max (Run):Yes
-relaxation reminders:Yes
-Glance/career widget:Yes
-training load:Yes
-Gym activity profiles available:Strength Training, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical, Stair Climbing, Floor Climbing, Indoor Climbing, Block Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Pilates, Yoga
-Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly):Yes
-Distance in yards to D/C/T (distance to the front, center and back of the green):Yes
-Calendar:Yes
-barometric altimeter:Yes
-Garmin Connect IQ™ store on the device:Yes
-Smart weather forecast:Yes
-Self Lap®:Yes
-Sunrise/sunset time:Yes
-Pace alerts (for pool swimming only):Yes
-floors climbed:Yes
-Respiration rate (24x7):Yes
-% RCF:Yes
-On-screen training muscle maps:Yes
-Basic rest time (from 0):Yes
-Profiles for outdoor leisure activities available:Hiking, climbing, skiing, snowboarding, mountain skiing, classic cross-country skiing, cross-country skiing (skate mode), paddle surfing, rowing, kayaking, snowshoeing, maps, navigation, tennis, pickleball, paddle tennis, tracking, projected waypoint
-TracBack®:Yes
-Advanced cycling dynamics:Yes
-Handicap scoring:Yes
-Main benefit (training effect category):Yes
-heart rate zones:Yes
-automatic rest:Yes
-Statistics log (putts per course, greens in regulation, fairways, average distance):Yes
-connectivity:Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
-Improved intervals (includes openings, a page for interval data, a rest screen and automatic detection):Yes
-Sleep tracking (sleep score and insights):Yes
-Compatible with downloadable cartography:Yes
-Available career profiles:Running, outdoor track running, treadmill running, indoor track running, trail running, virtual running, ultramarathon
-Race training sessions:Yes
-Chronometer:Yes
-GPS speed and distance:Yes
-Function to create round trips (running/cycling):Yes
-Calculation of areas:yes (via Connect IQ™)
-Find my watch function:Yes
-Preloaded road and trail maps:Yes
-Remote control for VIRB®:Yes
-Smartphone compatibility:iPhone®, Android™
-Dual Grid Coordinates:Yes
-TrueUp™:Yes
-Morning report:Yes
-Compatible with Varia™ lights:Yes
-Thermometer:Yes
-Hydration:Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
-Alarm clock:Yes
-Group LiveTrack:Yes
-Gyroscope:Yes
-Underwater wrist heart rate sensor:Yes
-countdown start:Yes
-health snapshot:Yes
-ClimbPro™ slope planning function:Yes
-Available swim profiles:Pool swimming, open water swimming, swimming/running
-MoveIQ™:Yes
-Speed ​​and cadence sensor bracket (with sensor):Yes
-Garmin Elevate ™ wrist-based heart rate monitor:Yes
-GLONASS:Yes
-smart notifications:Yes
-Garmin Pay™:Yes
-HRV Status:Yes
-automatic summer time:Yes
-yoga exercises:Yes
-time/date:And it is
-calories burned:Yes
-Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges App:Yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app)
-Segments (real time, Garmin):Yes
-HR Broadcast (transmits heart rate data to paired devices via ANT+ ™ ):Yes
-Full ascent/descent:Yes
-Multisport activities in automatic mode:Yes
-Maps for Cycling (Monitoring on Roads and Paths):Yes
-PinPointer:Yes
-step counter:Yes
-Automatic ascent on trail:Yes
-Barometric trend indicator:Yes
-Automatic rep count:Yes
-LiveTrack:Yes
-Calories based on heart rate:Yes
-Time and distance alerts:Yes
-Garmin Connect™ Challenges app:Yes (optional Connect IQ app)
-XERO ™ Locations:Yes
-All-day stress monitor:Yes
-Available cycling profiles:Cycling, road biking, mountain biking, gravel biking, cycling to work, cycle touring, electric cycling, electric mountain biking, indoor cycling, cyclocross
-HIIT workouts:Yes
-Predictive Height Plot:Yes
-Compatible QuickFit ™ watch strap:Yes (22mm compatible)
-Text answer/reject phone call with text (Android™ only):Yes
-Around Me mode:Yes
-Real-time settings sync with Garmin Connect™ Mobile:Yes
-Hunting and fishing calendar:yes (via Connect IQ™)
-Trip-based directions:Yes
-GPS time synchronization:Yes
-Automatic screen change:Yes
-Compass:Yes
-digital scorecard:And it is
-lens material:Corning® Gorilla® Glass DX
-Green view with manual pin positioning:Yes
-strength training sessions:Yes
-Distance to destination:Yes
-Women´s Health Tracking:Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
-training status:Improved
-Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count/speed, calories):Yes
-Daily resting heart rate:Yes
-Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily goal):Yes
-Garmin AutoShot™:Yes
-Age according to your physical form:Yes
-FTP (functional power threshold):yes (with compatible accessory)

In the box:

Forerunner® 955 Multisport Watch
charging/data cable
Documentation