Garmin Forerunner 965 In-Depth Review: Finally AMOLED!

Here's everything you need to know about the Forerunner 965 based on tons of real-world usage! Buy the Forerunner 965 here ( link helps support the channel, much appreciated!!! 0:00 Quick Overview 0:42 10 New FR965 Differences 3:23 Pricing & Models 4:15 What's Unchanged 5:42 Always-On Option 6:03 Morning Report & Watch Faces 8:04 Training Readiness 9:00 New Training Load Ratio/Chronic Load 10:45 Unified Training Status 11:15 Sport Modes 13:10 Heart Rate Accuracy 14:02 GPS Accuracy 14:52 Wrist Running Dynamics Accuracy 15:18 Battery Life 16:45 Recommendations Garmin has just announced two new watches – the Forerunner 965 (this review), and the Forerunner 265/265S (linked above), both multisport watches and both equipped with swanky AMOLED displays. This nearly completes Garmin’s equipping of different watch lineups with fancier AMOLED displays, as last year we saw them introduce the Epix series (a Fenix 7 variant), and the year prior the Venu 2 series (a more mass market watch). Of course, the key difference between what Garmin does here and what other companies have done with AMOLED displays comes down to battery life – with Garmin’s variants typically lasting orders of magnitude longer than most. But more on that later in the review. In addition to the display, the new Forerunner 965 adds wrist-based native running dynamics (plus the wrist-based running power recently introduced on the Forerunner 955), as well as new training load metrics around Chronic Training Load and Training Load Ratio. These metrics essentially compare your recent training load to your longer-term training load. And the best new feature? Perhaps just the new Garmin USB-C charging cable. Sure, it’s still using the same tried and trueish Garmin charging connector on the watch side, but at least the box now includes the USB-C variant of it. As usual, I’ve been putting the Forerunner 965 (and Forerunner 265) through their paces – with swims, runs, rides – all indoors and outdoors, and then daily 24×7 usage as well. All in the pursuit of seeing how well these watches actually work for both daily endurance sports training and day-to-day usage.