Garmin Approach S50 GPS Golf Smartwatch

We’ve got your game.

Get all the features you need on the course-and beyond-with the Approach S50 GPS golf smartwatch.

Features
• Bright and colorful 1.2-inch amoled display
• 43,000+ preloaded courses
• Distance to front, middle and back of the green
• Playslike distance
• Preloaded activity profiles and wellness features
• Up to 15 hours of battery in GPS mode
• Colorful and Capable: The stunning 1.2-inch Amoled touchscreen display makes it easy to see key yardages to the green, hazards and layups on 43,000+ courses
• Plan Your Shot: Get distance to the front, middle and back of the green. Plus, navigate bunkers, water hazards and layups with hazard view
• Enhance Your Game: With a Garmin Golf membership, get enhanced CourseView maps of every hole, green contour data, PlaysLike Distance and touch targeting for exact distance to any point on the hole
• Playslike Distance: Know how far each shot is truly playing with yardage adjusted for elevation changes
• Preloaded Activity Profiles: Improve your strength and mobility with preloaded activity profiles for strength, yoga, cardio and more so you can hit the ball farther and prevent injuries
• Health and Wellness Features: Get a more complete picture of your health with wrist-based heart rate, stress tracking, Body Battery™ energy monitoring, advanced sleep monitoring and more so you can perform your best on the course¹
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• 43,000+ Preloaded Courses: Your watch comes preloaded with more than 43,000 color maps of golf courses around the world. Get enhanced full-color CourseView maps with a Garmin Golf membership
• Club Tracking Compatibility: Pair with optional Approach® CT1 club tracking tags or Approach CT10 club tracking sensors(Both sold separately)for shot-tracking capabilities and a clearer picture of your game
• Go Green: Quickly reference distances to the front, middle and back of the green so you have all the data you need for the perfect shot
Health and Wellness
• Morning Report: Get a customizable overview of your sleep, training outlook, HRV status, weather and more as soon as you wake up
• Nap Detection: Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and the ideal time and duration they should be
• HRV Status: Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health through heart rate variability while you sleep
• Lifestyle Logging: Log behaviors-such as caffeine and alcohol intake-and view reports on how they impact your health in the Garmin Connect™ app
• Wrist-Based Heart Rate: The Approach S50 smartwatch constantly samples your heart rate, so you can stay in the know all day and night¹
• Stress Tracking: Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day
• Women’s Health Tracking: Track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy, and get exercise and nutrition education
• Pulse OX Sensor: Track your blood oxygen saturation while you’re awake or asleep²
• Meditation: Help reduce stress, anxiety and more with guided meditation practices
• Mindful Breathing: Start a breathwork activity to track your stress and respiration
• Hydration: Log your daily fluid intake as a reminder to stay hydrated
• Body Battery Energy Monitoring: Track your body’s energy levels to find the best times for activity and rest¹
• Garmin Coach: Prepare for your next race, train for a milestone, or simply improve your fitness with Garmin Coach adaptive or prebuilt training plans
• Activity Tracking: Keep tabs on your daily steps, calories burned and more from your wrist¹
• Fitness Age: Estimate how fit you are compared to your actual age
• Workout Creation: Create step-by-step workouts from more than 1,600 exercises in the Garmin Connect app, and send them directly to your watch
• VO2 Max: See your current fitness level, and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more(Not available in wheelchair mode)
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• Battery Life: Get up to 10 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 15 hours in GPS mode
• Music: Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer, Amazon Music or YouTube® Music accounts for phone-free listening(Subscription may be required)
• Garmin Pay™ Contactless Payments: Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers
• Smart Notifications: Receive emails, texts and alerts on your watch when paired with your compatible smartphone
• Connect IQ™ Store: Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch

Materials
• Strap: ComfortFit nylon band
• Lens: Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
• Bezel: Anodized Aluminum

Specifications
What You'll Love
• Sleep Score and Insights: Yes
• Battery Life(Smartwatch Mode): Up to 10 days
• Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen: Yes(Spot-check and optionally in sleep)
• Garmin Pay™: Yes
• Music Storage: Yes
• Watch Display Type: Amoled(Optional always-on mode)
• Touchscreen: Yes
• Watch Water Rating: 5 ATM
General
• Quick Release Bands: Yes(20mm, Industry standard)
• Physical Size(WxLxH): 43x43x11.4mm(S/M version fits wrists with a circumference of 127-190 mm(Ivory), M/L version fits wrists with a circumference of 145-217mm(Black))
• Weight: 29g
• Display Size: 1.2"(30.4mm)diameter
• Display Resolution: 390x390 pixels
• Color Display: Yes
• Large Font Option: Yes
• 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)
• Charging Method: Garmin proprietary plug charger
• Memory/History: 4 GB
Clock Features
• Time/Date: Yes
• GPS Time SYNC: Yes
• Automatic Daylight Saving Time: Yes
• Alarm Clock: Yes
• Timer: Yes
• Stopwatch: Yes
• Sunrise/Sunset Times: Yes
Health & Wellness Monitoring
• Wrist-Based Heart Rate(Constant, Every Second): Yes
• Resting Heart Rate: Yes
• Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts: Yes(High and low)
• Respiration Rate: Yes
• Fitness Age: Yes
• Body Battery™ Energy Monitor: Yes
• All-Day Stress: Yes
• Relaxation Reminders: Yes
• Relaxation Breathing Timer: Yes
• Meditation: Yes
• Breathwork: Yes
• Sleep: Yes(Advanced)
• Sleep Coach: Yes
• Nap Detection: Yes
• Hydration: Yes(In Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
• Women's Health: Yes(In Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
• Health Snapshot: Yes
Sensors
• GPS: Yes
• Glonass: Yes
• Galileo: Yes
• Garmin Elevate™ Wrist Heart Rate Monitor: Yes
• Pulse OX Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor: Yes
• Compass: Yes
• Gyroscope: Yes
• Accelerometer: Yes
• Ambient Light Sensor: Yes
Daily Smart Features
• Connectivity: Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
• Connect IQ™(Downloadable Watch Faces, Data Fields and Apps): Yes
• On-Device Connect IQ™ Store: Yes
• Smart Notifications: Yes
• Text Response/Reject Phone Call With Text(Android™ Only): Yes
• View Images From Notifications On Watch(Android™ Only): Yes
• Morning Report: Yes
• Calendar: Yes
• Weather Forecasts: Yes
• Realtime Settings SYNC with Garmin Connect™ Mobile: Yes
• Controls Smartphone Music: Yes
• Plays and Controls Watch Music: Yes
• Find My Phone: Yes
• Find My Watch: Yes
• Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile: Yes
• Smartphone Compatibility: iPhone®, Android™
• Passcode: Yes
Workout and Training Plans
• Cardio Workouts: Yes
• Strength Workouts: Yes
• Hiit Workouts: Yes
• Yoga Workouts: Yes
• Pilates Workouts: Yes
• On-Screen Workout Animations: Yes
• On-Screen Workout Muscle Maps: Yes
Activity Profiles
• 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
• Outdoor Recreation: Golfing
• Cycling: Biking, Indoor Biking
• 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
• 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
• Incident Detection During Select Activities: Yes
• Incident Detection Alert on Phone for Wearables: Yes
• Assistance: Yes
Activity Tracking Features
• Step Counter: Yes
• Move Alerts(Displays on Device After a Period Of Inactivity): Yes
• Auto Goal(Learns Your Activity Level and Assigns a Daily Step Goal): Yes
• Calories Burned: Yes
• Distance Traveled: Yes
• Intensity Minutes: Yes
• Trueup™: Yes
• Move IQ™: Yes
• Garmin Connect™ Challenges App: Yes(Optional Connect IQ app)
• Automatic Rep Counting: Yes
Training, Planning and Analysis Features
• Customizable Data Pages: Yes
• Downloadable Training Plans: Yes
• HR Zones: Yes
• HR Alerts: Yes
• HR Calories: Yes
• % HR Max: Yes
• % HRR: Yes
• Recovery Time: Yes
• Auto Max HR: Yes
• HRV Status: Yes
• HR Broadcast(Broadcasts HR Data Over ANT+® to Paired Devices): Yes
• Respiration Rate(During Exercise): Yoga, breathwork and meditation only: Yes
• GPS Speed and Distance: Yes
• Auto Pause® Automatic Timer Halt: Yes
• Advanced Workouts: Yes
• Auto Lap® Interval Tracking Feature: Yes
• Manual Lap: Yes
• Configurable Lap Alerts: Yes
• VO2 Max(Run): Yes
• VO2 Max(Trail Run): Yes
• Touch and/or Button Lock: Yes
Running Features
• Gps-Based Distance, Time And Pace: Yes
• Cadence(Provides Real-Time Number of Steps Per Minute): Yes
• Run Workouts: Yes
Golfing Features
• Preloaded with 43,000 Courses Worldwide: Yes
• Yardage to F/M/B(Distance to Front, Middle and Back of Green): Yes
• Yardage to Layups/Doglegs: Yes
• Measures Shot Distance(Calculates Exact Yardage for Shots from Anywhere on Course): Yes
• Digital Scorecard: Yes
• Custom Targets: Yes
• Stat Tracking(Strokes, Putts Per Round, Greens And Fairways Hit): Yes
• Garmin Autoshot™: Yes
• Full Vector Map: Yes(With Garmin Golf membership)
• Auto Courseview Updates: Yes
• Green View with Manual Pin Position: Yes
• Hazards and Course Targets: Yes
• Pinpointer: Yes
• Playslike Distance: Yes
• Touch-Targeting(Touch Target On Display To See The Distance To Any Point): Yes(With Garmin Golf membership)
• Handicap Scoring: Yes
• Swing Tempo: Yes
• Round Timer/Odometer: Yes
• Ct10 Automatic Club Tracking Compatible(Requires Accessory): Yes
• Ct1 Automatic Club Tracking Compatible(Requires Accessory): Yes
• Pairs With Garmin Golf App: Yes
• Tournament Legal: Yes(With tournament mode enabled)
• Green Contours(With Garmin Golf Membership): Yes
Cycling Features
• Alerts(Triggers Alarm When You Reach Goals Including Time, Distance, Heart Rate Or Calories): Yes
• Speed And Cadence Sensor Support(W/Sensor): Yes(Using ANT+ or BLE)
Swimming Features
• Open-Water Swim Metrics(Distance, Pace, Stroke Count/Rate, Stroke Distance, Swim Efficiency(Swolf), Calories): Yes
• Pool Swim Metrics(Lengths, Distance, Pace, Stroke Count, Swim Efficiency (Swolf), Calories): Yes
• Stroke Type Detection(Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly)(Pool Swim Only): Yes
• Basic Rest Timer(Up From 0)(Pool Swim Only): Yes
• Auto Rest(Pool Swim Only): Yes
• Time and Distance Alerts: Yes
• Underwater Wrist-Based Heart Rate: Yes

What's in the Box
• Approach S50 GPS golf watch
• Charging/data cable
• Documentation