Forerunner 55

SEE YOURSELF AS A RUNNER

This easy-to-use GPS smartwatch is designed for people of all skill levels to track their stats and chase their fitness goals.

• Track your time, distance, pace and speed during your run or walk with built-in GPS.
• Get up to 2 weeks of battery life. Because less charging is always a good thing.
• Monitor your overall health and wellness with wrist-based heart rate1 and more.
• Take guesswork out of training. This smartwatch suggests runs tailored to you.
• High-end running features help you meet your potential. Minus the high-end price tag.
• Track more than just running with an array of built-in activity profiles.

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 working out another way, experience the ultimate in comfort with this sporty silicone band.

We’ve got all the running essentials.

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™ app2.

DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS

For personalized training guidance, get daily run recommendations of varying intensities based on your training history, fitness level and recovery time.

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 meters.

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 specialized 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.

More ways to track health and wellness.

FITNESS TRACKING

While you’re out and about, Forerunner 55 tracks steps, intensity minutes and more1.

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 app2 to track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy. Log symptoms, get exercise and nutrition education, and more.

Customize and connect.

SMART NOTIFICATIONS

Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your smartwatch when paired with your compatible smartphone.

SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES

If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, assistance and incident detection features3 send your location to emergency contacts. Incident detection is enabled by default for select activity profiles only.

CONNECT IQ™ STORE

Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps from the Connect IQ Store app2.

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)
• 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
• COLOR DISPLAY Yes
• BATTERY LIFE
  • Smartwatch Mode: Up to 2 weeks
  • GPS mode: Up to 20 hours
• CHARGING METHOD Garmin proprietary plug charger
• MEMORY/HISTORY 32 MB

Clock Features

• TIME/DATE yes
• GPS TIME SYNC Yes
• AUTOMATIC DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME Yes
• ALARM CLOCK Yes
• TIMER Yes
• STOPWATCH Yes
• SUNRISE/SUNSET TIMES Yes

Health & Wellness Monitoring

• WRIST-BASED HEART RATE (CONSTANT, EVERY SECOND) Yes
• DAILY RESTING HEART RATE Yes
• ABNORMAL HEART RATE ALERTS yes (high and low)
• RESPIRATION RATE (24X7) Yes
• FITNESS AGE Yes
• BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITOR Yes
• ALL-DAY STRESS Yes
• RELAXATION REMINDERS Yes
• RELAXATION BREATHING TIMER Yes
• SLEEP yes (advanced)
• HYDRATION yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
• WOMEN'S HEALTH Yes

Sensors

• GPS Yes
• GLONASS Yes
• GALILEO Yes
• GARMIN ELEVATE™ WRIST HEART RATE MONITOR Yes
• ACCELEROMETER Yes

Daily Smart Features

• CONNECTIVITY Bluetooth®, ANT+®
• CONNECT IQ™ (DOWNLOADABLE WATCH FACES, DATA FIELDS, WIDGETS AND APPS) Yes
• SMART NOTIFICATIONS Yes
• CALENDAR Yes
• WEATHER FORECASTS Yes
• CONTROLS SMARTPHONE MUSIC Yes
• FIND MY PHONE Yes
• FIND MY WATCH Yes
• PAIRS WITH GARMIN CONNECT™ MOBILE Yes
• SMARTPHONE COMPATIBILITY iPhone®, Android™

Activity Profiles

• GYM HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping
• WELLNESS Walking, Pilates, Yoga
• INDOOR RUNNING Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Virtual Running
• OUTDOOR RUNNING Running, Outdoor Track Running
• CYCLING Biking, Indoor Biking
• SWIM Pool Swimming

Safety And Tracking Features

• INCIDENT DETECTION DURING SELECT ACTIVITIES Yes
• INCIDENT DETECTION ALERT ON PHONE FOR WEARABLES Yes
• ASSISTANCE Yes
• LIVETRACK Yes
• LIVE EVENT SHARING Android™ Only

Activity Tracking Features

• STEP COUNTER Yes
• MOVE ALERTS (DISPLAYS ON DEVICE AFTER A PERIOD OF INACTIVITY) Yes
• AUTO GOAL (LEARNS YOUR ACTIVITY LEVEL AND ASSIGNS A DAILY STEP GOAL) Yes
• CALORIES BURNED Yes
• DISTANCE TRAVELED Yes
• INTENSITY MINUTES Yes
• TRUEUP™ Yes
• MOVE IQ™ Yes

Training, Planning And Analysis Features

• CUSTOMIZABLE DATA PAGES Yes
• DOWNLOADABLE TRAINING PLANS Yes
• HR ZONES Yes
• HR ALERTS Yes
• HR CALORIES Yes
• RECOVERY TIME Yes
• AUTO MAX HR Yes
• HR BROADCAST (BROADCASTS HR DATA OVER ANT+® TO PAIRED DEVICES) Yes
• RESPIRATION RATE (DURING EXERCISE) Yoga and Breathwork only
• GPS SPEED AND DISTANCE Yes
• CUSTOMIZABLE ACTIVITY PROFILES Yes
• AUTO PAUSE® Yes
• INTERVAL TRAINING Yes
• ADVANCED WORKOUTS Yes
• HRM RUNNING PACE AND DISTANCE Yes
• AUTO LAP® Yes
• MANUAL LAP Yes
• CONFIGURABLE LAP ALERTS Yes
• VO2 MAX (RUN) Yes
• AUDIO PROMPTS Yes
• FINISH TIME Yes
• TOUCH AND/OR BUTTON LOCK Yes
• ACTIVITY HISTORY ON WATCH Yes
• PHYSIO TRUEUP Yes

Running Features

• GPS-BASED DISTANCE, TIME AND PACE Yes
• CADENCE (PROVIDES REAL-TIME NUMBER OF STEPS PER MINUTE) Yes
• PACEPRO™ PACING STRATEGIES Yes
• RUN WORKOUTS Yes
• RACE PREDICTOR Yes
• FOOT POD CAPABLE Yes
• RUN/WALK/STAND DETECTION Yes
• 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) Yes
• SPEED AND CADENCE SENSOR SUPPORT (W/SENSOR) Yes

Swimming Features

• POOL SWIM METRICS (LENGTHS, DISTANCE, PACE, STROKE COUNT, SWIM EFFICIENCY (SWOLF), CALORIES) Yes
• STROKE TYPE DETECTION (FREESTYLE, BACKSTROKE, BREASTSTROKE, BUTTERFLY) (POOL SWIM ONLY) Yes
• DRILL LOGGING (POOL SWIM ONLY) Yes
• BASIC REST TIMER (UP FROM 0) (POOL SWIM ONLY) Yes
• "REPEAT ON" REST TIMER (POOL SWIM ONLY) Yes
• AUTO REST (POOL SWIM ONLY) Yes
• TIME AND DISTANCE ALERTS Yes
• TIME AND DISTANCE ALERTS Yes
• COUNTDOWN START (POOL SWIM ONLY) Yes
• UNDERWATER WRIST-BASED HEART RATE Yes

Kid Activity Tracking Features

• TOE-TO-TOE™ CHALLENGES APP yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app)