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Garmin Forerunner 45 Plus
Looks like there is a Garmin Forerunner 45 Plus coming out in the very near future as Garmin is already teasing with the video below and some select retailers are already listing it. The Forerunner 45 Plus includes the basics like GPS, Garmin’s adaptive training, recovery time, race predictor (new!), and the latest Garmin Elevate HR sensor. Smart notifications are still onboard as is the incident detection.
I’m not entirely sure what’s new other than the RACE PREDICTOR & RECOVERY. Remember that RACE PREDICTOR is one of the Firstbeat features that was used to replaced Garmin’s original race predictor and I found it to be reasonably accurate.
The Garmin Forerunner 45 Plus is coming in at an rrp of GBP140, if you can wait for a little while longer there might be something interesting and non-Garmin coming with vastly more features for just a little extra.
Via: @JohnK, many thanks.
Garmin Forerunner 45 Plus – Specifications & Features
Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps)
Yes (watch faces only)
Smart notifications
Yes
Calendar
Yes
Weather
Yes
Controls smartphone music
Yes
Find my phone
Yes
Find my watch
Yes
Smartphone compatibility
iPhone®, Android™
Compatible with Garmin Connect™ Mobile
Yes
Safety and tracking features
LiveTrack
Yes
Live Event Sharing
Android™ Only
Incident Detection during select activities
Yes (Smartphone required)
Assistance
Yes (Smartphone required)
Activity tracking features
Step counter
Yes
Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it)
Yes
Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
Yes
Calories burned
Yes
Distance travelled
Yes
Intensity minutes
Yes
TrueUp™
Yes
Move IQ™
Yes
Fitness equipment/gym
Available gym activity profiles
Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Yoga may be added through app
Training, planning and analysis features
HR zones
Yes
HR alerts
Yes
HR calories
Yes
HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices)
Yes
GPS speed and distance
Yes
Customisable screen(s)
Yes
Customisable activity profiles
Yes
Auto Pause®
Yes
Interval training
Yes
Advanced workouts
Yes
Downloadable training plans
Yes
Auto Lap®
Yes
Manual lap
Yes
VO2 max
Yes
Audio prompts
Yes
Touch and/or button lock
Yes
Activity history on watch
Yes
Physio TrueUp
Yes
Running features
Available run profiles
Running, Treadmill Running. Indoor Track Running may be added through app
GPS-based distance, time and pace
Yes
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
Yes
Run workouts
Yes
Foot pod capable
Yes
Cycling features
Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Yes
Available cycling profiles
Biking. Indoor Biking may be added through app
Speed and cadence sensor support (with sensor)
yes
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Or maybe you right? The bottom of the overview page and the specs page seem to contradict each other.
Taken from the overview page: “Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps and widgets from the Connect IQ Store.”
Maybe Garmin read the following and added in full app store support 😉 “It’s coming in at an rrp of GBP140, if you can wait for a little while longer there might be something interesting and non-Garmin coming with vastly more features for just a little extra.”
So Garmin is going to take advantage of it’s acquisition of Firstbeat by releasing Plus versions with a couple of additional Firstbeat metrics instead of releasing them as software updates?
Also, the release was probably derailed due to the ransomware hack.
“if you can wait for a little while longer there might be something interesting and non-Garmin coming with vastly more features for just a little extra”
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Coros Pace 2
On the video of 45+, we see « adaptativ training programs »
Garmin coach – generally for slower runners. i doubt it will be this https://the5krunner.com/2020/07/05/firstbeat-the-last-secret-metric-adaptive-triathlon-training/
At 0:27
yep, Garmin Coach is adaptive (from launch)
Ah yes.
Did the 45 have Recovery Time?* Also does this have intervals?
CIQ app support will be nice as the 45 only supported watch faces. Music will be nice as well but then they would have called it 45 Music.
*It sucks that Firstbeat has dummed down it’s website since the takeover.
music will require CIQ apps, like the 130+ i would have guessed this had ciq data fields but looks like i would have guessed wrong: https://buy.garmin.com/en-GB/GB/p/731641#specs
Or maybe you right? The bottom of the overview page and the specs page seem to contradict each other.
Taken from the overview page:
“Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps and widgets from the Connect IQ Store.”
Maybe Garmin read the following and added in full app store support 😉
“It’s coming in at an rrp of GBP140, if you can wait for a little while longer there might be something interesting and non-Garmin coming with vastly more features for just a little extra.”
“APPS and widgets”, indeed. well spotted. let’s see
What’s the non-Garmin option you’re referring to in the article?
all leak and speculation are generally updated here to the extent that i can disclose them
https://the5krunner.com/2020/12/29/january-2021-sports-watch-update/
The watch came out last week. It’s available to buy in Argos. There is a video on YouTube with unboxing too
So Garmin is going to take advantage of it’s acquisition of Firstbeat by releasing Plus versions with a couple of additional Firstbeat metrics instead of releasing them as software updates?
Also, the release was probably derailed due to the ransomware hack.
yeah the info is all above, i think garmin may have scheduled a release adn then forgot to unschedule it during the ransom attack.
“if you can wait for a little while longer there might be something interesting and non-Garmin coming with vastly more features for just a little extra”
Y U DO DIS??
Well I know about market segmentation, but man this 150$ watch has vo2max and the 400$ instinct solar doesn’t..