Garmin announces new Forerunner smartwatch series

Garmin launched an all-new series of Forerunner smartwatches fitted with more features. It comes with 4 new models.

Garmin announces new Forerunner smartwatch series

Meet the new Garmin Forerunner smartwatches

There are 4 new smartwatches in the series namely the Forerunner 45, 245, 245 Music and 945. The devices now come with sporting music capabilities, full-color mapping, advanced training, safety, and tracking features. They are designed to monitor stats, athlete's performance, training history, goals, and more.

Forerunner 45

Forerunner 45

Designed for casual and beginner runners, Forerunner 45 is the perfect companion for training for your first race or starting a new exercise program. Aside from tracking your heart rate and GPS integration, it can also record stats from cycling workouts, elliptical, cardio, yoga, and more.

It is designed to be worn 24/7 to track daily steps, distance walked, calories burned, sleep and stress levels. It also features Body Battery energy monitoring that provides information for users to focus on for their wellness plan. The Forerunner 45 can go for 7 hours on smartwatch mode and 13 hours in GPS mode.

Forerunner 245 and 245 Music

Forerunner 245 Music

Forerunner 245 and 245 Music adds more features to GPS running smartwatch series. For one, the 245 Music can store up to 500 songs and lets users sync playlist from select music streaming services like Spotify.

Both also include performance monitoring tools like VO1 max and training status with adjustments for heat, recovery time and aerobic and anaerobic training effects, It also has six running dynamics built-in the watch, Pulse OX sensor that gauges oxygen absorption, and 7 days of battery life in smartwatch mode, up to 24 hours on GPS mode, and up to 6 hours on GPS with music mode.

Forerunner 945

Forerunner 945

Forerunner 945 is the premium running and triathlon smartwatch that can hold up to 1,000 songs and support for playlist sync from music streaming services like Spotify. It can show full-colored, onboard maps. It also has robust performance monitoring tools. It also has a new training load focus feature that allows athletes to sort recent training history into different categories according to activity structure and intensity.

Users can also see all six running dynamics on their watch with the use of a Running Dynamics Pod or a compatible heart rate strap. This is intended to be worn 24/7 so that the

Forerunner 945 can provide athletes with additional insights to their body’s performance. 

With Pulse Ox 4, users can see how well their body is absorbing oxygen. The Forerunner 945 features up to two weeks of battery life in smartwatch mode, up to 36 hours in GPS mode and up to ten hours in GPS mode with music.

All of the Forerunner variants are available at all Garmin Brand Stores. Forerunner 45 will be priced at PHP 12,595, Forerunner 245/245 Music at PHP 24,595 and Forerunner 945 at PHP 42,995.

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