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Garmin Approach S50 Specs

What You’ll Love

Sleep score and insights ✔
Battery life (smartwatch mode) Up to 10 days
Pulse Ox blood oxygen yes (spot-check and optionally in sleep)
Garmin Pay™ ✔
Music storage ✔
Watch display type AMOLED (optional always-on mode)
Touchscreen ✔
Watch water rating 5 ATM

General

Strap material ComfortFit nylon band
Lens Material Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
Bezel Material anodized aluminum
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)

Weight 29 g
Display Size 1.2″ (30.4 mm) diameter
Display Resolution 390 x 390 pixels
Color display ✔
Large font option ✔
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 ✔
GPS Time Sync ✔
Automatic daylight saving time ✔
Alarm clock ✔
Timer ✔
Stopwatch ✔
Sunrise/sunset times ✔

Health & Wellness Monitoring

Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) ✔
Daily resting heart rate ✔
Abnormal heart rate alerts yes (high and low)
Respiration rate (24×7) ✔
Fitness age ✔
Body Battery™ energy monitor ✔
All-day stress ✔
Relaxation reminders ✔
Relaxation breathing timer ✔
Meditation ✔
Breathwork ✔
Sleep yes (advanced)
Sleep coach ✔
Nap detection ✔
Hydration yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
Women’s health yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
Health snapshot ✔

Sensors

GPS ✔
GLONASS ✔
Galileo ✔
Compass ✔
Gyroscope ✔
Accelerometer ✔
Ambient light sensor ✔

Daily Smart Features

Connectivity Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) ✔
On-device Connect IQ™ Store ✔
Smart Notifications ✔
Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) ✔
View images from notifications on watch (Android™ only) ✔
Morning report ✔
Calendar ✔
Weather forecasts ✔
Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile ✔
Controls smartphone music ✔
Plays and controls watch music ✔
Find My Phone ✔
Find My Watch ✔
Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile ✔
Smartphone compatibility iPhone®, Android™

Activity Profiles

Gym Strength, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing
Wellness Walking, Pilates, Yoga, Indoor Walking
Indoor running Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running
Outdoor running Running, Outdoor Track Running, Trail Running
Outdoor recreation Hiking, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Climbing, Golfing
Cycling Biking, Mountain 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 ✔
Incident detection alert on phone for wearables ✔
Assistance ✔
LiveTrack ✔

Activity Tracking Features

Step counter ✔
Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity) ✔
Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) ✔
Calories burned ✔
Floors climbed ✔
Distance traveled ✔
Intensity minutes ✔
TrueUp™ ✔
Move IQ™ ✔
Garmin Connect™ Challenges app yes (optional Connect IQ app)

Gym & Fitness Equipment

Cardio workouts ✔
Strength workouts ✔
HIIT workouts ✔
Yoga workouts ✔
Pilates workouts ✔
On-screen workout animations ✔
On-screen workout muscle maps ✔
Automatic rep counting ✔

Training, Planning and Analysis Features

Customizable data pages ✔
Downloadable training plans ✔
HR zones ✔
HR alerts ✔
HR calories ✔
% HR max ✔
% HRR ✔
Recovery time ✔
Auto max HR ✔
HRV status ✔
HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices) ✔
Respiration rate (during exercise) yoga, breathwork and meditation only
GPS speed and distance ✔
Auto Pause® ✔
Advanced workouts ✔
Auto Lap® ✔
Manual lap ✔
Configurable lap alerts ✔
VO2 Max (Run) ✔
VO2 Max (Trail Run) ✔
Touch and/or button lock ✔

Running Features

GPS-based distance, time and pace ✔
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) ✔
Run workouts ✔

Golfing Features

Preloaded with 43,000 courses worldwide ✔
Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) ✔
Yardage to layups/doglegs ✔
Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) ✔
Digital scorecard ✔
Custom targets ✔
Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) ✔
Garmin AutoShot™ ✔
Auto CourseView updates ✔
Green View with manual pin position ✔
Hazards and course targets ✔
PinPointer ✔
PlaysLike distance ✔
Handicap scoring ✔
Swing Tempo ✔
Round timer/odometer ✔
CT10 Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) ✔
CT1 Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) ✔
Pairs with Garmin Golf app ✔
Tournament legal yes (with tournament mode enabled)

Cycling Features

Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) ✔
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) ✔
Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) ✔
Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) ✔
Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) ✔
Auto rest (pool swim only) ✔
Time and distance alerts ✔
Underwater wrist-based heart rate ✔

In the Box:

  • Approach S50 GPS golf watch in selected colour
  • Charging/data cable
  • Documentation