Forerunner 245 Music - White
You do the running. Forerunner 245 Music does the thinking. It even gets to know you, mile after mile and song after song.
This GPS smartwatch has storage for your favorite tunes, so you can keep moving to the music without having to lug your phone along. It also tracks
your stats, crunches the numbers and gets to know all about your performance, your running form, your training history and even your goals. All you
need to focus on is putting one foot in front of the other.
Key Features
- Music - Store up to 2000 songs and access streaming music apps including Spotify, Deezer and Amazon music.
- Built-in GPS Tracking
- Optical Wrist-based Heart Rate Sensor - All-day heart rate tracking that Garmin uses to help you monitor your training performance, stress levels, activity levels and even your sleep cycle.
- Garmin Coach - Use Garmin’s very own coaching system to improve how far you can run. The guided plans come with an expert coach and free training plans that adapt your set goal.
- Training Effect Tracking - Track your training effect, either Aerobic or Anaerobic and ensure you balance both to get the best improvements.
- V02 Max - Your VO2 Max tracking system will give you an indicator of how you can expect to perform. This system even accounts for changes in both heat and altitude.
- Training Load Status - This metric tracks your current exercise level based on the past seven days and gives you information on the optimal load for you based on your current fitness level and recent training history.
- Advanced Running Form Tracking - The forerunner 245 music is compatible with running dynamics pod to improve your running form. It measures metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and balance, vertical oscillation and vertical ratio.
- Pulse Ox and Sleep Monitoring - With Garmin’s advanced sleeping metrics, you can keep track of your light, deep and REM stage of sleep, along with movement throughout the night.
Let the Music Play
If you can’t run without the perfect playlist, you won’t be able to run without Forerunner 245 Music. Sync your carefully crafted playlists from select music
streaming services — such as Deezer and Spotify — to your watch for ad-free listening. You can even store up to 500 songs right on your watch. It’s easy
to transfer music from your computer and then queue up your favorite playlist for easy listening through headphones enabled with BLUETOOTH® technology.
Advanced Performance Analytics
What amount of training is right for you? Forerunner 245 Music offers personalized training and recovery insight for smarter training decisions,
helping you prepare for your next race. It keeps tabs on your VO2 max and understands how heat and altitude impact your performance. And the
higher your VO2 max, the higher you can expect to perform, which is exactly what is shown by the performance condition metric. Training status
evaluates your recent exercise history and performance indicators to let you know if you’re training productively, peaking or overreaching.
See how your workouts influence the development of endurance, speed and power with aerobic and anaerobic training effect feedback. Recovery
time helps you maximize the benefit of your efforts by predicting when you will be ready for your next tough challenge. You can even view your
overall training load, which measures your exercise volume from the last 7 days and compares it to the optimal range for your fitness and recent training history.
More Ways to Work Out
Running is what you do, so train smarter with the tools available from our Garmin Connect online fitness community. Create your own custom workouts,
or download free ones that sync right to your watch. Or, if you’ve got a specific goal in mind for your next 5K, check out Garmin Coach. Featuring
guidance from expert coaches and free training plans that adapt to you and your goals, it’s a foolproof way to get to the finish line. As part of
your training plan, it can even help you predict your race time. What about when you want to switch it up? Forerunner 245 Music also has activity
profiles for cycling, pool swimming, indoor rowing and even for using the elliptical or stair-stepper.
Analyze Your Running Form
The Forerunner 245 Music GPS smartwatch also has the tools you need to improve your running form. The watch measures crucial
running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and balance, vertical oscillation and vertical ratio.
These measurements are the key to understanding your form, so you can bring your best on every run and at every race. Your
Forerunner 245 Music can start tracking these metrics with the addition of a compatible heart rate strap or the compact Running
Dynamics Pod, which clips right onto your waistband.
More Ways to Customize
Check out our Connect IQ Store, where you can add personality to Forerunner 245 Music by downloading apps, widgets, watch faces
and more. It’s easy and — even better — it’s free. New apps are added every day, so you can keep tabs on when your Uber will
arrive, turn on your lights at home with the SmartThings app, and even use the AccuWeather MinuteCast app to find out when the rain will start.
Stay Connected on the Run
Forerunner 245 Music makes it easy to run without leaving important smart features behind. Once paired with your compatible smartphone,
you’ll be able to receive text messages and see social media updates, emails and more right on your wrist. And new safety and tracking
features make it easy to share your location with chosen contacts in case you need assistance — manually, or automatically with built-in
incident detection, if needed. So, lace up your shoes, and head out with a little extra peace of mind.
Share and Compete
Syncing your activities to Garmin Connect is for more than just storing your data. Garmin Connect is a thriving online community where people on the
go can connect and compete by joining challenges, encourage each other’s successes and even share their triumphs via social media. Garmin Connect is
free and available on the web or on your smartphone.
Wellness and Advanced Sleep Monitoring
The Forerunner 245 Music smartwatch has tools to help keep tabs on your overall well-being and the sleep you’re getting at night. These tools provide
crucial insight you can use to maximize your training. For example, it’s our first running watch to include a Pulse Ox sensor. This wrist-based sensor
estimates your body’s blood oxygen saturation, which can help gauge how your body is absorbing oxygen — especially while you sleep. And to give you an
idea of how you’re sleeping, Forerunner 245 Music tracks your light, deep and REM stages of sleep, along with movement throughout the night. It also
features all-day stress monitoring for wellness tracking during the day. If your stress level starts to climb, use the relaxation breathing timer for a
few minutes of guided breathing, which can help calm your mind and body. And to help you optimize your body’s energy, Body Battery™ energy monitoring uses
collected data to gauge your energy reserves at any moment, so you can plan your day to optimize times for activity and rest.
General
| Lens Material |
Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 |
| Bezel Material |
fiber-reinforced polymer |
| Quick Release Bands |
yes (20 mm, industry standard) |
| Strap material |
silicone |
| Physical size |
42.3 x 42.3 x 12.2 mm (Fits wrists with a circumference of 127-204 mm) |
| Display size |
1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter |
| Display resolution |
240 x 240 pixels |
| Display type |
sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) |
| Weight |
38.5 g |
| Battery life |
- Smartwatch Mode: Up to 7 days
- GPS mode with music: Up to 6 hours
- GPS mode without music: Up to 24 hours
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| Water rating |
Swim, 5 ATM |
| Color display |
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| Memory/History |
200 hours of activity data |
Clock Features
| Time/date |
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| GPS Time Sync |
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| Automatic daylight saving time |
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| Alarm clock |
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| Timer |
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| Stopwatch |
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| Sunrise/sunset times |
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Sensors
| GPS |
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| GLONASS |
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| Galileo |
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| Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor |
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| Compass |
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| Accelerometer |
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| Pulse Ox |
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Daily Smart Features
| Connectivity |
Bluetooth® ANT+®, Wi-Fi® |
| Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) |
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| Smart notifications |
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| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) |
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| Calendar |
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| Weather |
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| Controls smartphone music |
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| Plays and controls watch music |
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| Music Storage |
Up to 500 songs |
| Find My Phone |
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| Find My Watch |
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| VIRB® Camera Remote |
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| Smartphone compatability |
iPhone®, Android™ |
| Compatibility with Garmin Connect™ Mobile |
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Safety and Tracking Features
| Incident Detection during select activities |
Yes (smartphone required) |
| Assistance |
Yes (smartphone required) |
| LiveTrack |
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| Live Event Sharing |
Android™ only |
Activity Tracking Features
| Step counter |
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| Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) |
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| Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) |
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| Sleep monitoring (monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep) |
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| Calories burned |
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| Distance traveled |
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| Intensity minutes |
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| TrueUp™ |
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| Move IQ™ |
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| Fitness Age |
Yes (in app) |
| Body Battery™ Energy Monitor |
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| All-day Stress Tracking |
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Gym & Fitness Equipment
| Available gym activity profiles |
- Strength
- Cardio and Elliptical Training
- Stair Stepping
- Indoor Rowing
- Yoga
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| Cardio workouts |
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| Strength workouts |
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| Automatic rep counting |
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Training, Planning and Analysis Features
| GPS speed and distance |
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| Customizable data pages |
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| Customizable activity profiles |
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| Auto Pause® |
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| Interval Training |
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| Advanced workouts |
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| Downloadable training plans |
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| Auto Lap® |
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| Manual lap |
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| Configurable lap alerts |
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| V02 max |
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| Training Status (lets you see if you’re training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend.) |
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| Training Load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC) |
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| Training Effect (aerobic) |
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| Training Effect (anaerobic) |
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| Customizable alerts |
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| Audio prompts |
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| Finish time |
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| Virtual Partner |
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| Race an Activity |
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| Course guidance |
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| Touch and/or button lock |
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| Auto scroll |
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| Activity history on watch |
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| Physio TrueUp |
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Heart Rate Features
| HR zones |
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| HR alerts |
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| HR calories |
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| % HR max |
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| % HRR |
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| Recovery time |
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| Auto max HR |
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| HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices) |
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Running Features
| Available run profiles |
- Running
- Indoor Track Running
- Treadmill Running
- Trail Running
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| GPS-based distance, time and pace |
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| Running dynamics |
yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Vertical oscillation and ratio (the degree of 'bounce' in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length) |
yes (with compatible accessory) |
| 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) |
yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Stride length (real time) |
yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) |
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| Performance condition (after running 6–20 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level) |
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| Run workouts |
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| Race predictor |
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| Foot pod capable |
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Outdoor Recreation Features
| Point-to-point navigation |
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| Bread crumb trail in real time |
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| Back to start |
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| TracBack® |
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| UltraTrac mode |
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| Distance to destination |
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| GPS coordinates |
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Cycling Features
| Available cycling profiles |
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| Courses |
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| Race an activity |
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| Time/distance alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goal) |
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| Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display) |
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| Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar) |
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| Compatible with Varia™ lights |
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| Speed and cadence sensor support (with sensor) |
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Swimming Features
| Available swim profiles |
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| Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count/rate, calories) |
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| Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) |
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| Swim efficiency (SWOLF) |
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| Drill logging |
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| Pool swim workouts |
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Connectivity
| Smartphone Compatibility |
iPhone®, Android™ |
In The Box:
- Forerunner 245 Music
- Charge/data cable
- Documentation
Reviews
Average Customer Rating:
(5 out of 5 based on 2 reviews)
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