Though undoubtedly, that’s a huge part of it. What’s New:Īs noted, the Forerunner 945 LTE is more than just cellular. If you found this review useful, you can use the links at the bottom, or consider becoming a DCR Supporter which makes the site ad-free, while also getting access to a mostly weekly video series behind the scenes of the DCR Cave. After which I’ll likely go out and buy my own for future use. Once this review is done, I’ll get it boxed back up and sent back to them. Note that Garmin sent over a Forerunner 945 LTE media loaner, which I’ve been using for a while now to put through its paces. Instead, we’ll focus on the Forerunner 945 LTE specifically today and get cookin’ on this review. Now, I’ll dive into Garmin’s entire line of thinking on this in a separate post coming up tomorrow, as it’s pretty interesting – and clearly sets the stage for a much broader push of products in the future. Everest, is now also handing emergency calls from your watch during your ill-fated trail run. The same emergency response center that has historically handled stranded boats in the ocean, crashed planes in Alaska, and stranded hikers on Mt. And if you get yourself in a serious pickle, you can contact Garmin’s international emergency response center, and they’ll save your bacon. All while also watching you suffer as a blue dot across the landscape. Your workouts will LiveTrack via cellular automatically, and your friends and family can send both text and audio messages to you in real-time. Garmin’s entire focus on the FR945 LTE is about athletic connected features, not general smartwatch features. Instead, those work just like before – text messages require your phone, and Spotify music syncs ahead of time via WiFi. Nor will you stream Spotify wirelessly in real-time via cellular networks. Which, sounds obvious yes – but less obvious is that you won’t get regular text messages via LTE on it. Still, with those gel-infused FR955 closet screams out of the way, the Forerunner 945 LTE is all about cellular connected sports adventures, both tracking and safety-wise. But don’t worry, I’ll touch on this later in the post again. In essence, it’s effectively a Forerunner 945 Plus. But ultimately, Garmin said they decided against calling it the Forerunner 955 LTE as it didn’t quite meet the bar for a complete next gen product (or name). It’s got new internals, new optical HR sensors, and a pile of new features that have nothing to do with LTE, and a lightly refreshed user interface.

So much so that Garmin themselves even long debated about calling it the Forerunner 955, as they did plenty more than just adding LTE.

So no, this is not a (or the) Forerunner 955 – at least in name. I know, I can hear the screams already ‘But…but…but…Forerunner 955!’.

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