Watches · Garmin

Forerunner 265

The runner’s AMOLED default. Two sizes with different resolutions, which is exactly the kind of detail that separates faces designed per display from faces stretched to fit.

The display, per variant

The single most important fact about any Garmin for watch faces: what screen it has. AMOLED renders faces in full color; always-on display is the main battery decision.

Variant	Display	Resolution	Character
265 (46 mm)	AMOLED	416 × 416	bright AMOLED
265S (42 mm)	AMOLED	360 × 360	smaller dial, own layout tuning needed

Changing the face on the Forerunner 265

Hold UP (the middle-left button), then select Watch Face, scroll, confirm with START. New faces come from the Connect IQ store app on your phone; the install guide covers that end, and the per-model switching guide covers every other Garmin.

Our faces on the Forerunner 265

Ours, so we are biased; every claim below is verifiable on the store page.

Quipu

Both sizes, layouts tuned separately for 416 and 360 px.

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Tessera

Both sizes.

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Tessera+

Both sizes.

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Tifo

Both sizes.

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Beyond ours: the full catalogue for this watch lives in the Connect IQ store.

Frequently asked

Will a data-heavy face slow my Forerunner 265 down?

A properly built face redraws once a minute and stays within a 128 KB memory budget, which the 265 handles without effort. If a face makes the watch feel sluggish or crashes to an IQ! triangle, that is the face’s bug, not your watch: our IQ! guide explains it.

Last verified: 2026-07-18 · SDK 9.1.0 device data + our face manifests