Slowly but steady , Garmin has been updating its golf - specific Approach scout every year , take them from asimple method acting of finding your way around a coursetoserving as a personal assistantwhile you ’re aside from work . Now , thenew S6can even help you ameliorate your swing and your check .
Its most obvious improvement is a new full color touchscreen providing elaborated maps of over 30,000 courses including your current location , thanks to built - in GPS hardware , and even direction tips on which way you should be front when assume a shot to hit the green .
So the Approach S6 will let you know just how close your terrible shot are to sand traps and water hazards , but it go one step further and helps you ameliorate your game so your shot do n’t actually finish up so far off the fairway . unified gesture sensing element and accelerometer measure the motion of your golf swing , including the speed of your guild and the baron with which you strike the ball . And it will even wager audible tonus designed to assist you meliorate the timing of your golf shot .

The $ 400 Approach S6 will be available later this year , and on a full flush you’re able to bear to get about ten minute of barrage fire sprightliness using all of its tracking and GPS functionality . When just using it as a watch , though , Garmin claims it should run for about 14 weeks , which is a fleck more reasonable . [ GarminviaWired ]
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