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    Forerunner 945 Music
    The Garmin Forerunner 945 Music is a smartwatch with a 1.2-inch sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) color LCD display, compatible with iOS and Android and includes step counting, sleep tracking and calories burned.
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    Description
    The Garmin Forerunner 945 Music is a smartwatch with a 1.2-inch sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) color LCD display, compatible with iOS and Android and includes step counting, sleep tracking and calories burned.
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    CR Expert Take

    How did it perform in our expert lab testing?

    Overall Score

    The Overall Score for this model is derived from our expert lab test results.
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    What goes into the Overall Score?

    Ease of use
     /  5
    Versatility
     /  5
    Health
     /  5
    Step-count performance
     /  5
    Heart-rate performance
     /  5
    Scratch test
     /  5
    Water resistance test
     /  5
    Ease of interaction
     /  5
    Readability in bright light
     /  5
    Readability in low light
     /  5
    Ease of pairing
     /  5
    Heart-rate monitor accuracy
     /  5
    Step count accuracy
     /  5
    Color
     /  5

    Detailed Test Results

    Overall this model was very easy to use, somewhat accurate for counting steps, and only fair at measuring heart-rate accuracy. With recent version smartphones, our experts found it somewhat easy to pair, somewhat easy to interact with, and very easy to connect to charger. The watch face was very good in our scratch resistance hardness test. It passed our water immersion test at 164 feet for 10 minutes.

    About

    The Garmin Forerunner 945 Music is a smartwatch compatible with iOS and Android. It includes real-time heart rate monitor, steps, sleep and calories. It has 240 x 240 screen resolution, always-on display capability, on-screen battery indicator, phone notifications, and sound/vibration alerts. It includes inactivity alerts that remind you to move if you are sitting for a long time. Has Standalone music which allows you to connect to GPS without having your phone nearby. This Garmin watch stores and controls music on the device while streaming it to headphones wirelessly. Has Spotify for streaming music which requires the Spotify application be installed on your mobile phone; a compatible mobile digital device and premium subscription is required. It has find my phone and find my watch features, WiFi, NFC, interchangeable straps, and weather at-wrist. This is a running-triatholon sports and activity watch which includes some advanced features. A strong feature that Garmin provides is the ability to interface with optional accessories like external heart-rate sensor chest straps, speed/cadence sensors, foot sensors, VIRB cameras, and others. Has SWOLF for measuring swimming efficiency, skiing and winter sports, workouts, and target training, heart-rate zones, activity tracking, and heart-rate while swimming. The Body Battery feature analyzes your heart rate variability, stress level, sleep quality, and activity data to determine your overall Body Battery heart health level. Has safety and tracking features with incident detection. You can use the GPS navigation features on your device to view your path on a map, save locations, and find your way home. After it is saved to your device, you can navigate the course on your device. For example, you can save and follow a bike friendly commute to work. You can also follow a saved course, trying to match or exceed previously set performance goals. You can save your current location to navigate back to it later. It has multi-sport tracking features: running, strength training, cardio training, elliptical training, stair stepping, floor climbing, Indoor rowing, yoga, golf, skiing, snowboarding, XC Skiing, paddle boarding, rowing, cycling, indoor biking, swimming, pool swimming metrics: lengths, distance, pace, stroke count/rate, calories, swimming stroke type detection for (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly), and swim efficiency (SWOLF). Its dimensions are 1.9 x 1.9 x 0.5 inches (LxWxD) and it weighs 1.7 ounces.

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