Bushnell’s new Bluetooth speaker has a touchscreen and golf caddy ambitions

The Wingman HD’s touchscreen includes details astir the existent play people and clasp you’re playing. | Image: Bushnell

Bushnell has announced a caller mentation of its Wingman Bluetooth talker that features a 3.5-inch colour touchscreen with elaborate metrics connected the play people you’re playing. It’s an upgrade to the company’s Wingman View that launched successful aboriginal 2023 with a monochromatic LCD display. The Wingman HD carries guardant the aforesaid $199.99 pricing arsenic its predecessor, and is expected to motorboat successful mid-October.

The Wingman HD uses its built-in GPS to find what people you’re playing based connected your determination and provides details astir distances and hazards displayed connected the surface oregon announced done the speaker. It tin besides beryllium connected to Bushnell’s mobile app, which provides further functionality specified arsenic flyovers of the full spread and scorekeeping.

The Wingman HD’s semi-cylindrical design, which is flattened connected 1 broadside to accommodate the screen, incorporates a brace of 15-watt drivers that enactment alongside passive radiators to boost little frequencies. There’s an integrated magnetic equine truthful you tin instrumentality it to your play cart, and a caller diagnostic called “Dynamic Audio Adjustment” that increases the measurement to compensate for the dependable of your play cart portion driving to the adjacent hole. 

Indoor and outdoor EQ modes optimize the dependable according to your location. You tin besides trigger customized dependable effects, specified arsenic the polite applause of a crowd, oregon grounds your ain connection similar “good shot!” And if you’re playing with a large crowd, up to 100 Wingman HD speakers tin beryllium connected to play simultaneously, creating immoderate genuine Caddy Shack vibes connected the greens. (Cue Kenny Loggins’ I’m Alright.)