This is a list I created on the Garmin forums to track peoples real world experiences with wireless headphones and the new Garmin Forerunner 945. I’ve copied the info onto my personal website as the Garmin forums are due an upgrade, so using this as a backup! Please feel free to add your experiences to the forums to keep this table as up to date and accurate as possible.
UPDATED 9th August 2019
There is an official Garmin list available here
| Headphone model | Left wrist working | Tested with FW | Comments | Link |
| Bragi “The Headphone” | Yes | 2.4 | works fine indoor and outdoor. zero dropouts. Sadly Bragi have stopped production of headphones | https://amzn.to/2Vl3TVO |
| Skullcandy Method Wireless | Yes | 2.4 | No issues | Manufacturer site |
| Bose Soundsport wireless | Yes | 2.4 | Works very well, good range indoor and outdoors | https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/…-wireless.html |
| Bowers & Wilkins PX | Yes | 2.4 | not really for sports, but for office/home. Works great, no issues so far. | https://amzn.to/2H6AFzW |
| SkullCandy Smokin Buds 2 Wireless | Yes | 2.4 | Worked a charm. No dropouts. | Smokin buds |
| Aftershokz Trekz Air | Yes | 2.4 | Works fine – but it is based on very old BlueTooth Technology – making it a PITA to use with multiple devices | Aftershokz Trekz Air |
| Anker Soundcore Spirit | Yes | 2.4 | No issues at all, just working | Anker Soundcore Spirit |
| Powerbeats3 | Yes | 2.4 | Very good range indoor, just run outdoor. work perfectly for me , with watch on my left wrist, running and doing weight training | https://amzn.to/2Lsamda |
| Mpow Flame | Yes | 2.4 | Great indoor range, yet to try outdoor | https://amzn.to/2E0XX9X |
| Trekz Air | not tested | 2.4 | worked fine but quickly realized that I couldn’t control the music from the run app so was locked in to the playlist throughout… have since have added music controls to the run app | https://amzn.to/2E1tnN8 |
| Jabra Elite Active 65t | No | 2.4 | Had trouble reconnecting to watch each time | https://amzn.to/2WAfEID |
| Jaybird Run XT | No | 2.4 | had a better connection than Jabra but still cut out some outside with watch on left wrist, | https://amzn.to/2R268YT |
| JLab JBuds Air True Wireless | No | 2.4 | Poor connection quality | https://amzn.to/2F1QnvZ |
| Plantronics BackBeat FIT 3100 | Yes | 2.4 | Had to switch primary bud to left side from app but afterwards had zero dropouts with watch on left | https://amzn.to/2F0x1aS |
| Anker Soundcore Spirit X | Yes | 2.4 | They even work outside when my arms are on my side even if I’m 6’3 (1m90). | https://amzn.to/31oOVNK |
| JBL Reflect Mini 2 | Yes | 2.4 | works fine without dropouts | https://amzn.to/2KFHiN4 |
| Jaybird Tarah Pro | Yes | 2.4 | https://amzn.to/2KFOoRV | |
| Jaybird X3 | Yes | 2.4 | https://amzn.to/31wOHEC | |
| Aukey Latitude EP-B40 | Yes | 2.4 | No issues. No dropouts | https://amzn.to/2ZfWrc4 |
| RHA TrueConnect | No | 2.4 | occasional dropouts from left wrist when turning head to right – unknown firmware (not upgradable!) – rotating the stick part of the lollipop upward improves reception | https://amzn.to/2ZbEQ4W |
| Samsung Galaxy Buds | Yes | 2.5 | The sound is great and I had no issues with dropping out. only problem I have is that I lose the ability to use the custom button press option when playing music from the watch, so I have to adjust volume from the watch instead of tapping the buds, and I do not have the ambient sound mode option. Everything else works | https://amzn.to/2Wpwhli |
| Xiaomi Redmi Airdots | Yes | 2.5 | I am a left hander and i have no issues with connectivity. | https://amzn.to/2ZVieGu |
| OptiShokz Revvez | Yes | 2.5 | No Issues | www.indiegogo.com/…/4259649 |
| Trekz Titanium | Yes | 2.5 | they work 99.9% of the time, sometimes really short dropouts. Strangely I have encountered dropouts mainly under bridges…overall acceptable | https://amzn.to/2NjUCd8 |
| Tranya T3 TWS | Yes | 2.6 | Working for me 100% of the time indoors and outdoors | https://amzn.to/2M6CguN |
| Bose Soundsport Free Totally Wireless | Yes | 2.6 | Left wrist, very rare dropouts that happen only when standing still with arms straight at my side (i have very long arms) | https://amzn.to/2TiHZy9 |
