Details
For athletes and outdoor adventurers, the fēnix 5 Plus Series watches are the high-performance way to beat yesterday and bring your maps and music along. These rugged, premium-crafted watches feature routable color mapping, wrist-based heart rate, storage for up to 1,000 songs and our Garmin Pay contactless payment solution.
Your Roadmap to Success
Whether you’re in the city or on the trail, all fēnix 5 Plus Series watches provide built-in mapping and navigation features to help keep you oriented and on course. Full-color TOPO mapping comes preloaded with map data optimized for at-a-glance navigation and location tracking. For runners and cyclists, the device also features Trendline popularity routing, which uses billions of miles of Garmin Connect™ data to help you find and follow the best trails and routes.
Multinetwork Navigation
Every fēnix 5 Plus Series watch features multinetwork (GPS, GLONASS and Galileo) satellite reception to track in more challenging environments than GPS alone. In addition to map-based guidance, each watch also provides a set of ABC (altimeter, barometer and compass) sensors for outdoor navigation. The built-in altimeter provides elevation data to accurately monitor ascent and descent for activities such as hiking, while the tilt-compensated three-axis electronic compass keeps your bearing — whether you’re moving or not.
Advanced Performance Metrics
When you’re pushing your limits, you need a decisive edge. fēnix delivers with sophisticated training features to monitor your form and performance. Tap into physiological metrics, running dynamics and more to track your workout stats, measure your progress and fine-tune your form. Training status automatically evaluates your recent exercise history and performance indicators to let you know if you’re overtraining, maintaining or peaking. You can also view your overall training load, which measures your exercise volume from the last 7 days and compares it to the optimal range for your fitness and recent training history. Special preloaded activity profiles are provided for swimming, running, biking, hiking, skiing, rowing, paddle boarding and more. For added motivation, download advanced workouts and training plans from Garmin Connect.
Wrist-based Heart Rate
On your wrist, Elevate™ wrist heart rate technology lets you monitor your heart rate without wearing a chest strap. In addition to counting steps and monitoring sleep, the watch uses heart rate to provide calories burned information and quantify the intensity of your fitness activities. It also measures your heart rate variability to calculate a stress score that helps you assess what level of activity your body is ready for.
A Little Traveling Music
Got a power song that gets you pumped up for a race or tough workout? Now you can have up to 1,000 songs stored right on your watch, for phone-free listening on the go. It’s easy to transfer music from your computer and then queue up your favorite playlist for easy listening through compatible Bluetooth headphones (sold separately). fēnix 5 Plus Series is also compatible with some of your favorite streaming services — and more are being added all the time. If you have a premium membership to these compatible services then every track in their massive library is yours to download for offline listening on your watch. And check back soon to see who we’re adding next to the list.
Pay with a Wave of Your Hand
To help keep pace with your active lifestyle, fēnix 5 Plus devices feature our Garmin Pay contactless payment solution. Use it to pay for purchases so you can breeze through checkout lines while leaving your cash and cards at home. It works just about anywhere there’s a scanner for contactless payments.
Stay Smartly Connected
All fēnix 5 Plus Series models support smart notifications when paired with a compatible device. Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch — whether you're on the trail, on the golf course or simply away from your desk. Other connected features include automatic uploads to our Garmin Connect online fitness community, live tracking, GroupTrack and social media sharing through our free Garmin Connect and Garmin Connect Mobile applications.
Safety and Tracking Features
fēnix 5 Plus provides safety and tracking features4 to help provide a little extra peace of mind for you and your loved ones. If anything should happen — and your watch is paired with your compatible smartphone — hold the light button down until you feel the watch vibrate 3 times. This activates the assistance feature, which discreetly sends a message with your real-time location to your preloaded emergency contacts. That way, help has an easier time finding you. This watch also has incident detection, which automatically sends a message with your real-time location to preloaded emergency contacts if an incident is detected during an outdoor walk, run, hike or bike activity.
Physical & Performance
Display size | 1.2” (30.4 mm) diameter |
Display resolution | 240 x 240 pixels |
GPS | Yes |
Weight |
86 g |
Display type | sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) |
Battery life |
Smartwatch: Up to 12 days |
Maps & Navigation
Memory/History | 16 GB |
Features
"Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only) | Yes |
3-axis compass with HSI (horizontal situation indicator) | No |
Touch and/or button lock | Yes |
GPS coordinates | Yes |
Audio prompts | Yes |
Sleep | yes (Advanced) |
Auto CourseView updates | Yes |
Downloadable training plans | Yes |
Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) | Automatic |
Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) | yes (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™) |
Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar) | Yes |
Swing Tempo | No |
Task timers (2, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes) | No |
Plays and controls watch music | Yes |
Pool swim workouts | Yes |
Race an Activity | Yes |
Hot keys | Yes |
Activity history on watch | Yes |
Ground contact time and balance (shows how much time, in the running motion, your foot is on the ground rather than in flight and lets you check your running symmetry) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
Auto max HR | Yes |
Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display) | Yes |
HR alerts | Yes |
Foot pod capable | Yes |
Compatible with Vector™ (power meter) | Yes |
Training Effect (anaerobic) | Yes |
Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts | No |
Vertical speed | Yes |
Lactate threshold (through analysis of your pace and heart rate, estimates the point where your muscles start to rapidly fatigue) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
Customizable data pages | Yes |
Race an activity | Yes |
Finish time | Yes |
Elevation profile | Yes |
Configurable lap alerts | Yes |
Automatic sync (automatically transfers data to Garmin Connect) | No |
Incident Detection during select activities | Yes |
PlaysLike distance | No |
Virtual Partner | Yes |
VO2 Max (Run) | Yes |
Relaxation reminders | Yes |
Reminder alerts | No |
Physio TrueUp | Yes |
Custom alerts | Yes |
Back to start | Yes |
Vertical oscillation and ratio (the degree of 'bounce' in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
Training Load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC) | Yes |
Altimeter with adjustable baro setting | No |
Physical size |
47 x 47 x 15.8 mm Fits wrists with the following circumference: |
Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) | Yes |
Compatible with BaseCamp™ | Yes |
Chronograph | No |
Music storage | Up to 1000 songs |
Available gym activity profiles | Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing and Yoga |
Ambient light sensor | No |
Bezel Material |
stainless steel or titanium |
Touch-targeting (touch target on display to see the distance to any point) | No |
Hazards and course targets | Yes |
Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) | Yes |
TruSwing™ compatible | Yes |
UltraTrac mode | Yes |
Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) | Yes |
Calendar | Yes |
Barometric altimeter | Yes |
Unlock new step icons | No |
Weather | Yes |
Auto Lap® | Yes |
Sunrise/sunset times | Yes |
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor | No |
Relaxation breathing timer | Yes |
Floors climbed | Yes |
Respiration rate (24x7) | No |
% HR max | Yes |
% HRR | Yes |
Case material | fiber-reinforced polymer with metal rear cover |
Available outdoor recreation profiles |
Hiking, Climbing, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Jumpmaster, Tactical |
Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) | Yes |
TracBack® | Yes |
Storm alert | Yes |
Water rating | 10 ATM |
Advanced Vector support | No |
Handicap scoring | No |
Audible alerts | No |
Color display | Yes |
Multiple bike profiles | No |
Wrist-based Heart Rate (constant, every second) | Yes |
HR zones | Yes |
Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) | Yes |
Connectivity | Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® |
Find My Phone | Yes |
Stride length (real time) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
Sleep score and insights | No |
Custom targets | No |
Downloadable cartography support | Yes |
Available run profiles |
Running, Treadmill Running, Trail Running |
Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) | Yes |
Stopwatch | Yes |
Run workouts | Yes |
Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | Yes |
Training Effect | Yes |
Worldwide airport database(s) | No |
GPS speed and distance | Yes |
Round-trip course creator (running/cycling) | Yes |
Area calculation | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
Find My Watch | Yes |
Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) | Yes |
Preloaded road and trail maps | Yes |
Advanced workouts | Yes |
Trendline™ Popularity Routing | Yes |
Strava Live Segments | Yes |
VIRB® Remote | Yes |
Smartphone compatibility | iPhone®, Android™ |
Dual grid coordinates | Yes |
TrueUp™ | Yes |
Timer | Yes |
Multiple time zones with Zulu/UTC | No |
Courses | Yes |
Compatible with Varia™ lights | Yes |
Thermometer | Yes |
Hydration | yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
Alarm clock | Yes |
Wirelessly receive flight plans from Garmin Pilot™ | No |
Group LiveTrack | Yes |
Intensity minutes | Yes |
Interval training | Yes |
Gyroscope | Yes |
Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | Yes |
Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile | Yes |
Touchscreen | No |
Countdown start (pool swim only) | No |
Virtual starting line | No |
Preloaded topographical maps | Yes |
Sun and moon information | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
ClimbPro™ Ascent Planner | Yes |
Night vision mode | No |
Available swim profiles |
Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Swimming/Running |
Tempo Training | No |
Move IQ™ | Yes |
Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor) | Yes |
Records heart rate while swimming | yes (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™) |
Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor | Yes |
Tides | No |
GLONASS | Yes |
Smart Notifications | Yes |
Sight 'N Go | Yes |
Garmin Pay™ | Yes |
Automatic daylight saving time | Yes |
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation | No |
Depth sensor | No |
Projected waypoint | Yes |
Bread crumb trail in real time | Yes |
Time/date | yes |
Rewards (coins) | No |
Calories burned | Yes |
Customizable activity profiles | Yes |
Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app | yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
Garmin Live Segments | Yes |
Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) | Yes |
HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices) | Yes |
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | Yes |
Controls smartphone music | Yes |
Power meter compatible | Yes |
Total ascent/descent | Yes |
Auto multisport activities | Yes |
Cycle Map (routable cycling-specific street map) | Yes |
PinPointer | No |
Step counter | Yes |
Quick Release bands | No |
60-minute activity goal | No |
Trail run auto climb | Yes |
Manual multisport activities | Yes |
Chores | No |
Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert | Yes |
Automatic rep counting | Yes |
LiveTrack | Yes |
HR calories | Yes |
Point-to-point navigation | Yes |
Anchor Alarm | No |
Tides | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
Garmin Connect™ Challenges app | yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
Yardage to layups/doglegs | Yes |
XERO™ Locations | Yes |
Auto Pause® | Yes |
All-day Stress | Yes |
Running dynamics | yes (with compatible accessory) |
Full vector map | No |
Tack assist mode | No |
Body Battery™ Energy Monitor | No |
Available cycling profiles |
Biking, Indoor Biking, Mountain Biking, Triathlon |
Future elevation plot | Yes |
QuickFit™ watch band compatible |
included (22 mm) |
Accelerometer | Yes |
Recovery time | Yes |
Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) | Yes |
Around Me mode | Yes |
Hunt/fish calendar | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
Drill logging (pool swim only) | Yes |
Preloaded with 42,000 courses worldwide | Yes |
Course guidance | Yes |
Strap material |
silicone, leather or titanium |
GPS Time Sync | Yes |
Countdown timer | No |
Auto scroll | Yes |
Analog hands | No |
Round timer/odometer | Yes |
Compass | Yes |
Digital scorecard | yes |
Lens Material |
domed chemically strengthened glass or sapphire crystal |
Cardio workouts | Yes |
Green View with manual pin position | Yes |
Performance condition (after running 6–20 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level) | Yes |
Strength workouts | Yes |
Galileo | Yes |
Distance to destination | Yes |
Woman's Health | yes (in Garmin Connect™) |
Training Status (lets you see if you’re training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend.) | Yes |
Manual lap | Yes |
Distance traveled | Yes |
Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | Yes |
GPS-based distance, time and pace | Yes |
Daily Resting Heart Rate | Yes |
Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) | Yes |
Garmin AutoShot™ | Yes |
Fitness Age | yes (in app) |
Unit-to-unit route/location sharing | No |
Built-in barometer and tide tables | No |
Assistance | Yes |
Race predictor | Yes |
In the Box:
- fēnix® 5 Plus
- Charging/data cable
- Quickfit™ 22 black silicone band
- Documentation
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