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As usual with Garmin, one of the retailers got a little excited about releasing their product page and leaked the upcoming Garmin Forerunner 955.
The product listing isn’t very detailed, it’s just a general marketing pitch, but it does confirm a lot of things.
Garmin Forerunner 955 and Forerunner 945
The feature set hasn’t changed much, so many people may not want or need to upgrade from the already excellent Forerunner 945.
- like Phoenix 7the new Forerunner 955 will be equipped with a touch screen.
- The battery gets a modest upgrade, with the smartwatch from 14 to 15 days, but GPS performance from 26 to 48 hours.
- Under ideal conditions, solar charging can add an additional 5 days to smartwatch mode. Or 7 hours with basic GPS and 2 hours with all systems GNSS.
- At least one or both models should have the new multi-band GPS
- New next-level full-color mapping – but it’s unclear what that is.
- HRV state and HRV during sleep.
- Increase music storage space
Overview
Below is the archived text, the actual page has now been removed.
Lead the way with the Forerunner 955, an advanced GPS running and triathlon smartwatch. A workout readiness feature tells you when you’re ready for a productive workout—while multi-band GPS and full-color built-in maps keep you on track while you’re on the road. The Forerunner 955 features traditional buttons and a touch-screen display to give you full control as you make your way to the podium.
Product Highlights:
Up to 15 days of battery life in smartwatch mode
Full color touch screen display
Access extensive maps and routes with improved satellite-based navigation
Generate personalized health reports and training prompts
Features:
long battery life
Battery life: Up to 15 days of battery life in smartwatch mode for a complete view of your health—from sleep to training; plus up to 42 hours in GPS mode and up to 42 hours in UltraTrac mode 80 hours.
Click or swipe through maps and statistics using traditional button controls or the new responsive touchscreen
next level mapping
Whether you’re running on city streets or tight trails, the Forerunner® 955 offers a full-color built-in map to keep you on track.Access to multiple GNSS and access to multiple frequencies sent by the navigation satellites to improve accuracy in areas where GNSS signals are reflected, weak or not normally penetrated – giving you superior accuracy, knowing your Running distance and speed – even in challenging environments
Personalized reports
From the moment you wake up, get a training readiness score based on your sleep quality, recovery, training load, and more, so you can determine whether today is a good day to work out or relax. Get ready for your next race with the race widget – it offers training tips, personalized daily suggested workouts and a finish time prediction based on class details, weather and performance.Based on technology developed by the Garmins Firstbeat Analytics team, HRV Status gives you a deeper understanding of your overall health, recovery and training performance from HRV while you sleep
training skills
With new metrics like HRV status, your most recent workout history and performance, it’s easy to understand your overall effort by training status – and see if your training is working, peaking or tense
Various profiles
Switch between your workouts with over 30 activity profiles, including cycling, triathlon, pool and open water swimming, track and field running, and more; for competition and brick workouts, switch sports at the touch of a button.
safety features
If you feel unsafe, or if your watch senses an accident, assistance and accident detection will send your location to emergency contacts; by default, incident detection is only enabled for selected activity profiles (setup required and your smartphone is in an area with network coverage and a data connection available).
