Approach S50 is a golf smartwatch with playslike distance, a heart rate sensor, touchscreen display, 43,000 preloaded courses, and distances to the green.
What You’ll Love
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| Sleep score and insights |
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| Battery life (smartwatch mode) |
Up to 10 days |
| Pulse Ox blood oxygen |
yes (spot-check and optionally in sleep) |
| Garmin Pay™ |
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| Music storage |
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| Display type |
AMOLED (optional always-on mode) |
| Touchscreen |
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| Water rating |
5 ATM |
General
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| Strap material |
ComfortFit nylon band
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| Lens Material |
Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
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| Bezel Material |
anodized aluminum
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| Quick Release bands |
yes (20 mm, Industry standard) |
| Physical size |
43 x 43 x 11.4 mm
S/M version fits wrists with a circumference of 127-190 mm (Ivory)
M/L version fits wrists with a circumference of 145-217 mm (Black)
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| Weight |
29 g
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| Display Size |
1.2″ (30.4 mm) diameter |
| Display resolution |
390 x 390 pixels |
| Color display |
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| Large font option |
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| Battery life |
Smartwatch mode: Up to 10 days
GPS Mode Up to 15 hours (using default display settings: gesture wake-up in Smartwatch mode and always-on while golfing)
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| Charging method |
Garmin proprietary plug charger |
| Memory/History |
4 GB |
Clock Features
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| Time/date |
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| GPS Time Sync |
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| Automatic daylight saving time |
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| Alarm clock |
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| Timer |
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| Stopwatch |
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| Sunrise/sunset times |
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Health & Wellness Monitoring
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| Heart rate (constant, every second) |
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| Resting heart rate |
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| Abnormal heart rate alerts |
yes (high and low) |
| Respiration rate |
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| Fitness age |
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| Body Battery™ energy monitor |
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| All-day stress |
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| Relaxation reminders |
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| Relaxation breathing timer |
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| Meditation |
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| Breathwork |
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| Sleep |
yes (advanced) |
| Sleep coach |
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| Nap detection |
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| Hydration |
yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
| Women’s health |
yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
| Health snapshot |
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Sensors
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| GPS |
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| GLONASS |
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| Galileo |
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| Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor |
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| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor |
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| Compass |
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| Gyroscope |
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| Accelerometer |
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| Ambient light sensor |
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Daily Smart Features
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| Find My Phone |
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| Connectivity |
Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® |
| Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields and apps) |
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| On-device Connect IQ™ Store |
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| Smart Notifications |
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| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) |
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| View images from notifications on watch (Android™ only) |
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| Morning report |
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| Calendar |
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| Weather forecasts |
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| Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile |
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| Controls smartphone music |
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| Plays and controls watch music |
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| Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile |
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| Smartphone compatibility |
iPhone®, Android™ |
| Passcode |
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Workout and Training Plans
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| Cardio workouts |
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| Strength workouts |
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| HIIT workouts |
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| Yoga workouts |
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| Pilates workouts |
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| On-screen workout animations |
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| On-screen workout muscle maps |
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Activity Profiles
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| Gym |
Strength, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Indoor Rowing |
| Wellness |
Walking, Pilates, Yoga, Indoor Walking |
| Indoor running |
Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running |
| Outdoor running |
Running
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| Outdoor recreation |
Golfing
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| Cycling |
Biking, Indoor Biking
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| Swim |
Pool Swimming |
| On the Water |
Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking |
| Racket sports |
Tennis, Pickleball, Badminton, Squash, Table Tennis, Padel, Platform Tennis, Racquetball |
| Snow & winter |
Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Snowshoeing
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| Team sports |
Basketball, Volleyball, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Football/Soccer, American Football, Lacrosse, Rugby, Ultimate Disc, Cricket, Softball, Baseball |
| In the ring |
Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts |
Safety and Tracking Features
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| Incident Detection during select activities |
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| Incident detection alert on phone for wearables |
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| Assistance |
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Activity Tracking Features
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| Step counter |
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| Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity) |
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| Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) |
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| Calories burned |
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| Distance traveled |
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| Intensity minutes |
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| TrueUp™ |
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| Move IQ™ |
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| Garmin Connect™ Challenges app |
yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
| Automatic rep counting |
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Training, Planning and Analysis Features
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| Customizable data pages |
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| Downloadable training plans |
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| HR zones |
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| HR alerts |
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| HR calories |
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| % HR max |
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| % HRR |
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| Recovery time |
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| Auto max HR |
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| HRV status |
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| HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices) |
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| Respiration rate (during exercise) |
yoga, breathwork and meditation only |
| GPS speed and distance |
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| Auto Pause® automatic timer halt |
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| Advanced workouts |
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| Auto Lap® interval tracking feature |
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| Manual lap |
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| Configurable lap alerts |
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| VO2 Max (Run) |
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| VO2 Max (Trail Run) |
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| Touch and/or button lock |
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Running Features
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| GPS-based distance, time and pace |
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| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) |
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| Run workouts |
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Golfing Features
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| Preloaded with 43,000 courses worldwide |
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| Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) |
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| Yardage to layups/doglegs |
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| Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) |
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| Digital scorecard |
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| Custom targets |
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| Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) |
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| Garmin AutoShot™ |
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| Full vector map |
yes (with Garmin Golf membership) |
| Auto CourseView updates |
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| Green View with manual pin position |
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| Hazards and course targets |
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| PinPointer |
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| PlaysLike distance |
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| Touch-targeting (touch target on display to see the distance to any point) |
yes (with Garmin Golf membership) |
| Handicap scoring |
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| Swing Tempo |
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| Round timer/odometer |
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| CT10 Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) |
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| CT1 Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) |
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| Pairs with Garmin Golf app |
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| Tournament legal |
yes (with tournament mode enabled) |
| Green Contours (with Garmin Golf membership) |
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Cycling Features
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| Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) |
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| Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor) |
yes (using ANT+ or BLE) |
Swimming Features
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| Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) |
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| Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) |
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| Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) |
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| Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) |
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| Auto rest (pool swim only) |
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| Time and distance alerts |
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| Underwater wrist-based heart rate |
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