Garmin Forerunner 245, Merlot
Merlot
AED 1,219.00
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Description
Description
MUSIC FOR THE EXTRA MILE
You do the running. This GPS running smartwatch does the thinking. It even gets to know you, mile after mile and song after song.
Monitor your training load to see if you’re fully owning it or just overdoing it.
Up to 6 hours in GPS mode with music — that’ll take you all the way to the finish.
Prep for your next race like a boss with free Garmin Coach adaptive training plans.
Finesse your form by tracking running dynamics1.
We’ll watch your back for you with incident detection and assistance features2.
Here’s something to sing about: music storage right on your wrist.
BATTERY LIFE
Run your heart out with a watch that’s got the power to keep up. You’ll get up to 7 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 6 hours in GPS mode with music.
A DESIGN THAT CUTS BACK ON BULK
It’s sleek and lightweight — perfect for running and everyday wear.
THESE MATERIALS ARE READY TO RUN
Featuring a sweatproof silicone band and durable Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3, Forerunner 245 Music can handle whatever’s ahead.
DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS
For personalised training guidance, get daily run recommendations of varying intensities based on your training history, fitness level and recovery time.
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.
Built-in Sports Apps
Switch up your workout routine with activity profiles for cycling, pool swimming, track running, elliptical, stair-stepper and more.
Wrist-based heart rate
Get heart rate data 3 along with alerts if your heart rate stays too high or too low while you’re at rest. Gauge how hard your heart is working during activities, even underwater.
Built-in GPS
Track where you run, and get accurate stats, including distance, pace and intervals.
RUNNING DYNAMICS
When used with a compatible accessory 1 , Forerunner 245 Music measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and balance, and more.
VO2 Max
Train smarter with VO2 Max an indicator of how you can expect to perform. This metric even accounts for changes in performance that could be caused by heat or altitude.
Pulse Ox sensor
This wrist-based sensor estimates your body’s blood oxygen saturation 4 , which can help gauge how your body is absorbing oxygen — especially while you sleep.
Training status
This metric evaluates your recent exercise history and performance indicators to let you know if you’re training productively, peaking or overreaching.
Training Effect
See how your workouts influence the development of endurance, speed and power with aerobic and anaerobic Training Effect feedback.
Training load
This stat measures your exercise volume from the last 7 days and compares it to the optimal range for your fitness and recent training history.
Recovery time
After each workout, the built-in recovery time advisor lets you know how long to rest before another big effort. It even accounts for all-day stress, sleep and daily activity outside of workouts.
INTENSITY MINUTES
With improvements based on guidance from the WHO, now you can understand when you earned daily intensity minutes and during what activity.
BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITOR
Track your body’s energy levels so you can find the best times for activity and rest.
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. Even get details on your wrist with the Menstrual Cycle Tracking and Pregnancy Tracking app.
MUSIC ON YOUR WRIST
Download up to 500 songs plus playlists from your Spotify®, Deezer or Amazon music accounts (subscription may be required).
Smart notifications
Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with a compatible smartphone.
LIVETRACK FEATURE
Use LiveTrack to let friends and family follow your real-time location 5 and even view your entire preplanned course. Rest assured that your loved ones know exactly where you’re running.
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 2 .
Connect IQ™ Store
Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps and widgets from the Connect IQ Store.
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.
Additional information
Additional information
| Series | |
|---|---|
| Music | No |
| Model/Color |
SPECS
General |
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| 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 |
| Colour display | |
| 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 |
| Water rating | 5 ATM |
| Memory/history | 200 hours of activity data |
Clock features
Time/date
GPS time sync
Automatic daylight saving time
Alarm clock
Timer
Stopwatch
Sunrise/sunset times
Health monitoring |
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| Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) | |
|---|---|
| Daily Resting Heart Rate | |
| Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts | Yes (high and low) |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation | yes (spot-check and optionally in sleep) |
| Fitness age | Yes (in app) |
| Body Battery™ Energy Monitor | |
| All-day stress tracking | |
| Relaxation breathing timer | |
| Sleep | Yes (Advanced) |
| Hydration | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
| Women’s Health | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
Sensors
GPS
GLONASS
Galileo
Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor
Compass
Accelerometer
ThermometerYes (tempe™ sensor required)Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor
Daily smart features |
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| Connectivity | Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® |
|---|---|
| Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) | |
| 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 | |
| VIRB® camera remote | |
| Smartphone compatibility | iPhone® and Android™ |
| Compatible with Garmin Connect™ Mobile | |
Safety and tracking features
LiveTrack
Live Event SharingAndroid™ OnlyIncident Detection during select activities
Assistance
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)
Calories burned
Distance travelled
Intensity minutes
TrueUp™
Move IQ™
Garmin Connect™ Challenges appYes (optional Connect IQ app)
Fitness equipment/gym
Available gym activity profilesStrength training, Cardio training, Elliptical training, Stair stepping, Indoor rowing and YogaCardio workouts
Strength workouts
Automatic rep counting
Training, planning and analysis features
HR zones
HR alerts
HR calories
% HR max
% HRR
Recovery time
Auto max HR
HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices)Yes (using ANT+ or BLE)GPS speed and distance
Customisable screen(s)
Customisable activity profiles
Auto Pause®
Interval training
Advanced workouts
Downloadable training plans
Auto Lap®
Manual lap
Configurable lap alerts
VO2 Max (Run)
Training status (lets you see if you’re training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend)
Training load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC)
Training effect (aerobic)
Training effect (anaerobic)
Improved recovery time
Daily suggested workoutsYes (limited)Customisable alerts
Audio prompts
Finish time
Virtual partner
Race an activity
Course guidance
Touch and/or button lock
Auto scroll
Activity history on watch
Physio TrueUp
Running features |
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| Available run profiles | Running, Treadmill running, Indoor track running, Trail running |
|---|---|
| GPS-based distance, time and pace | |
| Running dynamics | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Vertical oscillation and ratio | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Ground contact time and balance | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Stride length (real time) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | |
| Performance condition | |
| PacePro™ Pacing Strategies | |
| Run workouts | |
| Race predictor | |
| Foot pod capable | |
Outdoor recreation
Point-to-point navigation
Breadcrumb trail in real time
Back to start
TracBack®
UltraTrac mode
Distance to destination
GPS coordinates
Cycling features
Available cycling profilesBiking, Indoor bikingAlerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Courses
Race an activity
Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display)
Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar)
Compatible with Varia™ lights
Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor)
Swimming features |
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| Available swim profiles | Pool swimming |
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| 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) | |
| Pool swim workouts | |
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate | |
| Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) | Yes (with HRM-Tri™, HRM-Swim™ and HRM-Pro™) |
Kid activity tracking features
Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges appYes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app)
IN THE BOX
- Forerunner 245 Music
- Charging/data cable
- Documentation
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