Description
Up-at-dawn runners and conditioned-for-pain triathletes, we want you to have peace of mind while you run, ride or swim. So leave your phone at home. This watch has got your back.
- Leave your phone at home — on purpose. LTE connectivity has you covered
- Put the perfect soundtrack right on your wrist
- Packed with powerful performance metrics to help you train smarter
- Easily pay for purchases2 using Garmin Pay with just a tap of your wrist
- Explore more routes with guidance from full-color onboard maps
- Get up to 7 hours of battery life in GPS mode with music and LTE LiveTrack
- LTE Connectivity
- Assistance: If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, it can send a message to your emergency contacts with your location information
- Assistance Plus: This watch can automatically send your name and location to the Garmin IERCC, a 24/7 staffed professional emergency response coordination center4 that can contact and communicate with local emergency services
- Livetrack: Use LiveTrack to let friends and family follow your real-time location and even view your entire preplanned course
- Spectator Messaging: Get midrace motivation with audio5 and text messages from your family and friends
- Live Event Sharing: Automatically send race updates to family and friends, without lifting a finger. While you’re powering through, they can stay up to date with your pace, miles completed and more.
- Daily Suggested Workouts
- Garmin Coach
- Sync Training Plans
- Training Effect
- Recovery Time
- Built-In Sports Apps
- Track Run
- Improved Intervals
- Vo2 Max
- Pace Pro
- Race Predictor
- Performance Condition: While You Run, Analyze Pace, Heart Rate And Heart Rate Variability
- Training Load Focus
- Training Status
- Wrist-Based Heart Rate
- Running Dynamics
- Extended Battery Life: Get Up To 2 Weeks Of Battery Life In Smartwatch Mode And Up To 7 Hours In GPS Mode With Music And LTE Livetrack.
- Full-Color Mapping
- Create More Courses
- Climbpro Feature
- Turn-By-Turn Navigation
- Round-Trip Routing
- Multiple Satellite Systems
- Pulse Ox Sensor
- Body Battery Energy Monitoring: Track Your Body’s Energy Levels Women’s Health Tracking
- Music On Your Wrist: Download Your Playlists From Select Music Streaming Services Such As Deezer, Amazon Music And Spotify
- Garmin Pay Payment Solution
- Smart Notifications: Receive Emails, Texts And Alerts Right On Your Watch, When Paired With A Compatible Smartphone.
- Smart Trainer Control: Control Your Tacx Smart Trainer Via Ant+ Technology
- Connect IQ Store
- Sync With Garmin Connect
NOTICE: No text messaging, calls or voice functionality. LTE connectivity (monthly service plan required) enables phone-free safety and tracking features, spectator messaging and live event sharing. No need to switch phone providers.
Product Reviews
Review Snapshot
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Most Liked Positive Review
Phenomenal fitness tracker
I've had Fitbit's for years... since they first came out. When my third one started showing signs of imminent failure, I started looking for something else. Enough with Fitbit, who's sleep tracking has always been... iffy. I went for this 945 LTE based on reviews and the astounding feature set. ...
Most Liked Negative Review
Poor battery and glitchy Bluetooth/ANT+
If you are looking for a watch to handle full distance 140.6 triathlons, DO NOT BUY this watch. This watch went from 100% to DEAD in 11:35 during ironman Texas. I bought this watch has an upgrade over my beloved 945, which only used 45% battery for Ironman Florida. Never had connectivity or battery ...
Reviewed by 69 customers
Great watch, with a learning curve
Verified Buyer
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I had a Forerunner 935 for 5 years before moving to a 945 LTE. The 935 was holding up just fine, but I wanted the safety tracking features from the LTE. The documentation that came with the watch left me struggling to figure out the music aspect and the live track options for emails and text message notifications. I received the watch on a Monday, with the intent of letting family and friends track me in my marathon that was 6 days away. I hated it for the first day and a half as I struggled to get live track emails to the correct people. I had to search online a few times and then found a setting in Garmin Connect that fixed the problem. I always wanted to load some music and struggled with getting Amazon Music set up. Again, google searching for half an hour got me to the right place. It would be great if this came with better how to guides, but now that I'm used to the features and how they work it's perfect. The GPS is very accurate, the live track and live event sharing worked flawlessly in my marathon, and the music feature works. The music interface is a bit clunky, but it's also a watch and not an iPod. This watch is perfect for folks who do not like to carry a phone while running, but still want the peace of mind of having a contact if there's an emergency. I was holding out as long as I could for a newer model to include LTE, but now that I have it I wish I would have bought it sooner.
Great watch, peace of mind with LTE
Verified Buyer
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Great watch, and like especially that with LTE I can leave my phone at home. If I need emergency help I have it. Dont want calls and messages while out on my adventures. Please add this to the next FR965 replacement. I am all in on the LTE features and wont upgrade without it.
Great watch with some issues
Verified Buyer
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I bought this device two years ago, is been great Watch Is Very Accurate And Can Help You Keep Track Of Your Progress. unfortunately I have been having issues syncing the watch with my personal phone at first was an android having issues with the weather and the TrainingPeaks sync, now I use an iPhone the problems are the same sync with TrainingPeaks has to be manually and the weather never display it say that it has to refresh on the app , I have the LTE extra line but not benefit out off it
Lots of options ..
Verified Buyer
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It took me a while to traverse the payyerns of choices. I hsd a lot of help from Gsrmin Support. They are awesome. Loving my device
Amazing watch
Verified Buyer
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I bought this device less than two years ago, and it is the best investment I have made in my fitness. The suggested workouts keep you fit without having to plan ahead or accommodate injuries and setbacks. If you want to race, the race widget constructs a plan based on your fitness and adapts in a similar fashion. The LTE is great for being able to update your friends with your progress if you don't have your phone. I would recommend this watch to anyone looking for a fitness watch that will take their performance to the next level. Garmin does a great job of having evidence-based metrics inform their algorithm-driven plans, and I look forward to seeing what they continue to come up with as hardware and sports science advance.
Great except the app sucks
Verified Buyer
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The watch is reliable even if the screen isn't that great. However you need the companion app, Garmin Connect, and it absolutely sucks. Most recent update and now I can't find past features like setting the alarm on my watch from my phone.
Almost Perfect
Verified Buyer
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By far my favorite Garmin watch (and I have had many). Would have been 5 stars but needs the same text functionality over LTE as the Garmin Bounce. That would make it perfect for me anyway,
Great Garmin Product!!!
Verified Buyer
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Very accurate position tracking and surprisingly accurate vertical tracking capabilities. LTE not overly useful for my purposes. Enhanced features included with LTE version are worth the upgrade. Early issues with wifi connectivity. This is apparently a version issue that was resolved with Garmin Beta upgrade.
issues with wifi connection after update,brand new
Verified Buyer
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I had a used FR945 lte and it was great but it had an issue with uploading my runs and other GPS activities to Garmin connect. so I bought this watch again, brand new this time. after updating and following Garmin's tech support directions to a T, it still was unable to find the wifi connection. too many dang issues, and too bad because I really like the fit of the watch size and weight. I have an O.G. 945 and will continue to use it.. unfortunately
Garmin 945
Verified Buyer
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I was excited to upgrade to the 945 from 935 . Unfortunately I have had nothing but problems with the WiFi and music which is the main reason for the upgrade . The fitness tracking works fine. But I have yet to fix the WiFi issues and download music . I have called Garmin twice , sent one watch back and received a new one . The second one still does not work with WiFi . . Now I am told I need to download application to fix a possible bug . Nothing but problems .