SEE YOURSELF AS A RUNNER
This easy-to-use GPS running watch is designed for people of all skill levels to track their stats and chase their fitness goals.
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.
DESIGNED FOR FORM AND FUNCTION
Lightweight and comfortable, this smartwatch is the perfect fit for running and for everyday life.
SPORT-READY MATERIALS
Whether you’re running a 5K or sweating it out during HIIT sessions, experience the ultimate in comfort with this sporty silicone band.
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™ app
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.
FITNESS TRACKING
While you’re out and about, Forerunner 55 tracks steps, intensity minutes and more
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 to track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy. Log symptoms, get exercise and nutrition education, and more.
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
CONNECT IQ™ STORE
Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps from the Connect IQ Store.
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.
What You'll Love | |
| Battery life (smartwatch mode) | Up to 2 weeks |
|---|---|
| Daily Suggested Workouts | Yes (limited) |
| Watch display type | Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) |
| Water rating | 5 ATM |
General | |
| Strap material | Silicone |
|---|---|
| Lens material | Chemically strengthened glass |
| Quick release bands | Yes (20 mm, Industry standard) |
| Physical size | 42 x 42 x 11.6 mm Fits wrists with a circumference of 126-203 mm |
| Weight | 37 g |
| Display Size | 1.04″ (26.3 mm) diameter |
| Display Resolution | 208 x 208 pixels |
| Colour display | |
| Battery life | Smartwatch mode: Up to 2 weeks GPS mode: Up to 20 hours See details |
| Charging method | Garmin proprietary plug charger |
| Memory/history | 32 MB |
Clock features | |
| Time/date | |
|---|---|
| GPS time sync | |
| Automatic daylight saving time | |
| Alarm clock | |
| Timer | |
| Stopwatch | |
| Sunrise/sunset times |
Health & Wellness Monitoring | |
| Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) | |
|---|---|
| Daily Resting Heart Rate | |
| Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts | Yes (high and low) |
| Respiration Rate (24x7) | |
| Fitness Age | |
| Body Battery™ Energy Monitor | |
| All-day Stress | |
| Relaxation reminders | |
| Relaxation Breathing Timer | |
| Sleep | Yes (Advanced) |
| Hydration | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
| Women's Health |
Sensors | |
| GPS | |
|---|---|
| GLONASS | |
| Galileo | |
| Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor | |
| Accelerometer |
Daily smart features | |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth®, ANT+® |
|---|---|
| Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) | |
| Smart Notifications | |
| Calendar | |
| Weather forecasts | |
| Controls smartphone music | |
| Find my phone | |
| Find my watch | |
| Compatible with Garmin Connect™ Mobile | |
| Smartphone compatibility | iPhone®, Android™ |
Activity profiles | |
| Gym | HIIT, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping |
|---|---|
| WELLNESS | Walking, Pilates, Yoga |
| INDOOR RUNNING | Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running |
| Outdoor running | Running, Outdoor Track Running |
| Cycling | Biking, Indoor Biking |
| Swim | Pool Swimming |
Safety and tracking features | |
| Incident Detection during select activities | |
|---|---|
| Incident detection alert on phone for wearables | |
| Assistance | |
| LiveTrack | |
| Live Event Sharing | Android™ Only |
Activity tracking features | |
| Step counter | |
|---|---|
| Move alerts (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 | |
| Distance travelled | |
| Intensity minutes | |
| TrueUp™ | |
| Move IQ™ |
Training, planning and analysis features | |
| Customisable screen(s) | |
|---|---|
| Downloadable training plans | |
| HR Zones | |
| HR Alerts | |
| HR Calories | |
| Recovery Time | |
| Auto Max HR | |
| HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices) | |
| Respiration Rate (During Exercise) | Yoga and breathwork only |
| GPS speed and distance | |
| Customisable activity profiles | |
| Auto Pause® | |
| Interval training | |
| Advanced workouts | |
| HRM running pace and distance | |
| Auto Lap® | |
| Manual lap | |
| Configurable lap alerts | |
| VO2 Max (Run) | |
| Audio prompts | |
| Finish time | |
| Touch and/or button lock | |
| Activity history on watch | |
| Physio TrueUp |
Running features | |
| GPS-based distance, time and pace | |
|---|---|
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | |
| PacePro™ Pacing Strategies | |
| Run workouts | |
| Race predictor | |
| Foot pod capable | |
| Run/Walk/Stand detection |
Outdoor recreation | |
| Area calculation | Yes (via Connect IQ™) |
|---|---|
| Fish forecast | Yes (via Connect IQ™) |
| Sun and moon information | Yes (via Connect IQ™) |
Cycling features | |
| Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | |
|---|---|
| Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor) |
Swimming features | |
| 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 | |
| Countdown start | |
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate |
Kid activity tracking features | |
| Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app | Yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app) |
|---|