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Venu®
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Forerunner® 45
$199.99 USD
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Venu®
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$349.99 USD
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Forerunner® 45
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GPS smartwatch features AMOLED display, built-in sports apps, contactless payments, music and all-day health monitoring |
GPS running smartwatch with Garmin Coach training plan support |
General
| Lens Material |
Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 |
chemically strengthened glass |
|---|---|---|
| Bezel Material |
stainless steel |
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| Case material | fiber-reinforced polymer with polymer rear cover | |
| Quick Release Bands | yes (20 mm, Industry standard) | |
| Strap material |
silicone |
silicone |
| Physical size |
43.2 x 43.2 x 12.4 mm Fits wrists with a circumference of 125-190 mm |
42 x 42 x 11.4 mm Fits wrists with a circumference of 129-197 mm |
| Touchscreen | ||
| Color display | ||
| Display size | 1.2" (30.4mm) diameter | 1.04" (26.3 mm) diameter |
| Display resolution | 390 x 390 pixels | 208 x 208 pixels |
| Display type |
AMOLED Optional always-on mode |
sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) |
| Weight |
46.3 g |
Small: 32 g |
| Battery life |
Smartwatch mode: Up to 5 days |
Smartwatch Mode: Up to 7 days GPS mode: Up to 13 hours |
| Water rating | 5 ATM | 5 ATM |
| Memory/History | 7 timed activities, 14 days of activity tracking data | 200 hours of activity data |
Clock Features
| Time/date | ||
|---|---|---|
| GPS Time Sync | ||
| Automatic daylight saving time | ||
| Alarm clock | ||
| Timer | ||
| Stopwatch | ||
| Sunrise/sunset times |
Sensors
| GPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| GLONASS | ||
| Galileo | ||
| Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor | ||
| Barometric altimeter | ||
| Compass | ||
| Gyroscope | ||
| Accelerometer | ||
| Thermometer | yes (with a separately sold accessory) | |
| Pulse Ox |
Daily Smart Features
| Connectivity | Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® | |
|---|---|---|
| Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) | yes (watch faces only) | |
| Smart notifications | ||
| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) | ||
| Calendar | ||
| Weather | ||
| Controls smartphone music | ||
| Plays and controls watch music | ||
| Music Storage | up to 500 songs | |
| Find My Phone | ||
| Find My Watch | ||
| Smartphone compatibility | iPhone®, Android™ | iPhone®, Android™ |
| Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile | ||
| Garmin Pay™ |
Safety and Tracking Features
| LiveTrack | ||
|---|---|---|
| Live Event Sharing | Android™ Only | |
| Incident Detection during select activities | yes (Smartphone Required) | |
| Assistance | yes (Smartphone Required) |
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) | ||
| Sleep monitoring (monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep) | ||
| Calories burned | ||
| Floors climbed | ||
| Distance traveled | ||
| Intensity minutes | ||
| TrueUp™ | ||
| Move IQ™ | ||
| Fitness Age | yes (in app) | yes (in app) |
| Body Battery™ Energy Monitor | ||
| All-day Stress Tracking |
Gym & Fitness Equipment
| Available gym activity profiles | Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Yoga, Pilates and Breathwork | Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Yoga may be added through app |
|---|---|---|
| Cardio workouts | ||
| Strength workouts | ||
| Yoga workouts | ||
| Pilates workouts | ||
| On-screen workout animations | ||
| Automatic rep counting |
Training, Planning and Analysis Features
| GPS speed and distance | ||
|---|---|---|
| Customizable data pages | ||
| Customizable activity profiles | ||
| Auto Pause® | ||
| Interval training | ||
| Advanced workouts | ||
| Downloadable training plans | ||
| Auto Lap® | ||
| Manual lap | ||
| Vo2 max | ||
| Audio prompts | ||
| Touch and/or button lock | ||
| Auto scroll | ||
| Activity history on watch | ||
| Physio TrueUp |
Heart Rate Features
| HR zones | ||
|---|---|---|
| HR alerts | ||
| HR calories | ||
| % HR max | ||
| HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices) | ||
| Respiration rate (during exercise) | yoga and breathwork only | |
| Respiration rate (all-day and in sleep) |
Running Features
| Available run profiles |
Running, Indoor Track Running, Treadmill Running |
Running, Treadmill Running. Indoor Track Running may be added through app |
|---|---|---|
| GPS-based distance, time and pace | ||
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | ||
| Run workouts | ||
| Foot pod capable |
Golfing Features
| 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™ | ||
| Green View with manual pin position | ||
| Hazards and course targets | ||
| PinPointer | ||
| Round timer/odometer | ||
| Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) |
Outdoor Recreation
| Available outdoor recreation profiles |
Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing |
|
|---|---|---|
| Back to start | ||
| Total ascent/descent |
Cycling Features
| Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Available cycling profiles |
Biking, Indoor Biking |
Biking. Indoor Biking may be added through app |
| Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar) | ||
| Compatible with Varia™ lights | ||
| Speed and cadence sensor support (with sensor) |
yes |
yes |
Swimming Features
| Available swim profiles |
Pool Swimming |
|
|---|---|---|
| Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | ||
| Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) | ||
| Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) | ||
| Time and distance alerts | ||
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate |