Further details of Garmin Forerunner 955 will appear, and it looks like the next multi-sports watch will come in a standard and solar variant – which means a large increase in battery life.
Forerunner 945, which was launched back in 2019, has a lens made of corning Gorilla Glass, but exchanged that for photovoltaic Garmin glass will keep the battery filled throughout the day with regular sun exposure, allowing it to run longer between the two. cost.
To enter things, Forerunner 945 has a maximum battery life of two weeks in smartwatch mode, and 36 hours in GPS mode. With improvements in battery technology, more efficient components, and solar power, forerunner 955 can provide performance more similar to 47mm Fenix 7 Solar Garmin, which runs up to 22 days in smartwatch mode, and 73 hours in GPS mode.
New info comes through Gadgets & WeoTibles (open on the new tab), which sees a list for the solar version and forerunner 945 standards at the Swedish Runningshop sports equipment retailer (open on the new tab). The pages for both watches are now lowered, but not before Google cache page for solar models (open on the new tab).
As you can see, the new Garmin watch details (the page is basically the placeholder), but this is not the first time the forerunner 955 (open in the new tab). Back in January, a list for Corerunner 955 LTE Bundle briefly appeared at the official Garmin Australia online store, suggesting that you can take a watch version with cellular data connectivity.
It will allow you to upload biometric data, and download maps and applications from Garmin connect IQ without Bluetooth connection to your mobile, which will be a real gift for the event you cannot bring your handset.
Coming soon on the wrist near you …
There are still many things that we don’t know about new watches, but based on new info, we can make some educated guesses.
It is possible that the forerunner 955 will be available in various sizes (such as Garmin Fenix 7 and the newly released Instinct 2), but because we have not seen references to the version ‘s’ or the bigger ‘X’ model, it seems that the possibility of a new watch will be Stay with a single 47mm diameter case from its predecessor.
The presence of solar options means new watches also tend to use a memory-in-pixel (MIP) display rather than bright OLED screen like Garmin Venu 2 or Epix (Gen 2). The recently published patent shows that Garmin works on technology that will allow him to integrate photovoltaic cells to the OLED panel, but we do not expect that technology to appear in consumer products for several years.
Forerunner 945 is clearly due to reshuffle, and we will not be surprised if the replacement is only a few months away. We will keep our ears on the ground for other news and rumors, and bring you more details as soon as we have it.