Garmin officially announces its latest duo: The Forerunner 165 Series GPS running watches featuring vibrant AMOLED displays and the HRM-Fit heart rate monitor

March 25, 2024
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Standing out with appealing prices, Garmin’s newest Forerunner series is geared towards novice runners looking to enhance their health. Alongside this, the brand introduces the HRM-Fit wireless heart rate monitor strap tailored specifically for women, aiding users in precise and comfortable workout tracking.

In Vietnam, on March 25, 2024 – Garmin Vietnam officially unveils the Forerunner 165 Series today. It’s a specialized GPS running watch, reasonably priced for those new to running, aiming to boost their health. Also, there’s the HRM-Fit, its newest heart rate monitor created for women. The Forerunner 165 Series includes two versions: Forerunner 165 and Forerunner 165 Music. They leave a strong impression with features like a sharp AMOLED display, easy-to-use touch and button interface, and impressive battery life. Continuing its leadership in the world of running watches, the Forerunner 165 series boasts advanced sports features to help users develop running habits efficiently and scientifically, yet in an easy-to-understand manner. The device also serves as a valuable companion during races, providing performance evaluations, race strategies, acting as a true running coach. Moreover, the Forerunner 165 Series stands out among competitors in the running watch market thanks to its deep 24/7 health monitoring features, offering detailed advice and health tracking charts.

Features to love on the Forerunner 165 Series

Connectivity & General Features:

  • AMOLED Touchscreen: Easily view metrics, smart notifications on the 1.2-inch AMOLED display, snugly fits the wrist.
  • Compatibility with Android & iOS smartphones: Receive smart notifications, incoming call alerts.
  • Music Storage: Forerunner 165 Music allows direct storage on the watch for Bluetooth headphone connection for music listening without the need for a phone. Or sync with Spotify playlists easily.
  • Garmin Pay™ Contactless Payments: Easy payment at select stores through partner networks.
  • Battery life: 11 days in smartwatch mode or 19 hours continuous activity with GPS.

Prominent Sports & Physical Features:

  • Race Adaptive Training Plans: Receive training tips, personalized daily suggested workouts and completion time predictions based on race details entered into the Garmin Connect™ app.
  • Wrist-Based Running Power and Dynamics: View real-time power admeasure crucial running metrics, like cadence, stride length and ground contact time – all from the wrist – to help improve running form.
  • Training Effect: See how workouts are affecting fitness and understand benefits from training runs and workouts.
  • Courses: Create or find existing courses in the Garmin Connect app and from third-party platforms, then sync them directly to the watch.
  • Additional Activity Profiles and Workouts: Stay active with more than 25 activity profiles, including trail running, open water swimming, pickleball, tennis and more, plus new workouts for strength, HIIT, cardio, yoga and Pilates.
  • Morning Report: Start the day off right with a customizable report that provides an overview of last night’s sleep1 and the day’s training outlook, alongside HRV (heart rate variability) status and weather.
  • PacePro: Based on the individual preferences of the user, the Forerunner 165 watch provides speed distribution strategies to help achieve race goals accurately.

Health Features:

  • Pulse Ox: Track blood oxygen saturation while awake or asleep2.
  • Sleep Monitoring and Sleep Score: Every morning, receive a personalized score for last night’s sleep, view the different sleep stages and gain insights for improved sleep quality.
  • Nap Detection: Automatically track or log naps to see how they may benefit the body and the suggested time and duration they should be
  • Health statistics: Within 2 minutes, the watch records heart rate, breathing rate, stress level, and SpO2 as a regular health check.
  • Fitness age: Based on actual health status and training intensity, the Forerunner 165 rates your fitness age and provides improvement advice.

HRM-Fit: Designed to fit and build to perform.

This is a new product in Garmin’s sports ecosystem, HRM-Fit – a wireless heart rate monitor strap designed specifically for women. Designed to provide advanced running technical metrics and improve the accuracy of heart rate monitoring, HRM-Fit boasts a range of standout and unique features such as:

  • Specialized design for female users: Users can clip it directly onto their sports bra, providing maximum comfort.
  • Multi-sport heart rate monitoring: Whether you’re playing indoor or outdoor sports, from running, cycling, treadmill running, gym workouts to high-intensity HIIT workouts, HRM-Fit can fully function.
  • In-depth running analysis: When connected to a compatible Garmin smartwatch, HRM-Fit provides in-depth running analysis, including balanced ground contact time, pace, stride length, etc., contributing to improved running technique.
  • Data storage: Even when you remove your smartwatch and are out of range, the HRM-Fit sensor still records workout data and
  • automatically syncs once you wear the watch again, including data on steps, calorie consumption

The Forerunner 165 is now available on the market with a price of 6.690.000 VND for the standard version and 7.990.000 VND for the Music version. Additionally, the HRM-Fit sensor is currently being sold for 4.090.000 VND. The product will officially go on sale on March 25, 2024, at Garmin.com.vn online store, Garmin Brand Store in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Danang, Nghe An, as well as authorized retail chains and dealers nationwide.

Furthermore, aiming to expand into new runner markets, this year Garmin Run Asia Series will be officially introduced in Vietnam through the Longbien Garmin Run event. Garmin becomes the main sponsor of the 5KM, 10KM races, the largest running event in Vietnam with over 16,000 runners in 2023. The event will take place on October 27, 2024, in Long Bien District, Hanoi, featuring a flat route, ideal for runners to achieve personal goals in a cool and comfortable atmosphere. Longbien Garmin Run 2024 honors the spirit of healthy sportsmanship, accompanying you in conquering yourself.

Proud to possessing a race route with straight, few turns, flat, and beautiful running routes, that meet the IAAF-AIMS standards, conducive to setting new personal records, Longbien Garmin Run 2024 is part of the Longbien Marathon race, an official member of the International Marathon Association (AIMS).