Square Golf Announces $1,600 Indoor/Outdoor Launch Monitor: Did They Disrupt the Market Again?!
Square is back with a sequel to one of golf tech’s biggest disruptors—and this time, it’s going outdoors. The new Square Golf Omni Edition adds grass-ready performance, a built-in display, and long-missing club data while still undercutting the competition.
We’ve finally got the sequel to what’s easily been the biggest market disruptor of the past year-plus. Square, the company that brought us the first-ever sub-$1,000 photometric launch monitor, is now taking their tech outdoors with a new $1,600 Square Golf Omni Edition that works on both indoor mats and outdoor grass.
But is it good?
Well, given what we know about the original and what I’ve been able to see firsthand at the PGA Show, yeah. Yeah, it looks like there’s reason to believe it’s going to be very, very good. It’s got a built-in display, it includes key data metrics like smash factor and clubhead speed that are missing on the original Square, and it’s got four cameras for far better ball and club tracking.
That said, I can’t yet say for certain just how good this thing is. I’m definitely looking forward to testing this product extensively, but that’s not going to be for at least a few weeks.
In the meantime, let me share what I do know, what I can confirm, and all the reasons why I think you may want to pay attention to this developing story.
What is the New Square Outdoor Launch Monitor?
The new Omni Edition launch monitor is Square Golf’s second-generation photometric launch monitor, designed to work seamlessly both indoors for sim setups and outdoors for range practice and on-course training.
Like the original Square, it uses camera and infrared sensor technology to capture ball and club data at impact. But where the original could only function indoors, the new Square has been engineered to handle direct sunlight in outdoor conditions.
Plus, while the original Square has gotten dinged in customer and editorial reviews for its sketchy build quality, this new Omni Edition is much more robust. And it includes four high-speed cameras for a much more precise, more accurate data capture.
Then there’s the new Omni Edition’s built-in display. You can now use a Square and get five of the data metrics right on the device itself. Meaning, if you don’t want to, you don’t even have to interface with the app or another device.
And on top of all that, whereas the original indoor-only Square lacks key data metrics like smash factor and clubhead speed, they're all there with the new Square Omni Edition.
All of this still without any annual subscription.
In other words, there’s a lot to uncover with this new Square Omni, which is expected to start shipping in March 2026.
Why An Indoor/Outdoor Square is a Big Deal
No golf tech product has had a more meteoric rise in popularity than the original Square.
First released in late 2024, golfers were initially slow to catch on. There wasn’t much marketing. There wasn’t any familiarity. It was just kind of an unknown.
Then the golf forums started lighting up with all kinds of favorable reviews and commentary about this too-good-to-be-true-except-it-was golf launch monitor that was only $699.99 and was camera-based and sat to the side of the golf ball.
Before the Square, all of the sub-$1,000 launch monitors were radar-based and required a lot of space to operate accurately. That meant they weren’t great fits for a lot of indoor spaces. The Square completely disrupted that affordable launch monitor market.
But it only worked indoors. The sensors couldn’t tolerate direct sunlight. That limitation was a non-starter for golfers who wanted a launch monitor they could take to the driving range.
So now we’ve got a camera-based Square that can work indoors and outdoors. And yes, it’s more expensive than the original. But you’d expect that because it can do more.
How the Omni Adds the Data the Original Square Is Missing
As I said, the new Square Omni can do much more than the original Square. Outdoor use is only one of the Omni advantages. Perhaps even more exciting to many golfers will be that this new Omni includes all of the ball and club data metrics the original Square is famously missing.
No more frustrations because you can’t get smash factor and clubhead speed. With the Omni, you can!
The Square Omni data metrics:
Ball Data
- Ball speed
- Direction
- Angle
- Spin
- Spin Axis
Club Data
- Club path
- Attack angle
- Dynamic loft
- Face angle
- Clubhead speed
- Smash factor
- Impact location
I mean, all that for $1,600 in a photometric indoor/outdoor launch monitor? Damn!
The New Most Affordable Camera-Based Indoor/Outdoor Launch Monitor
(PlayBetter Sales Expert Daniel in the Square Omni Sim at the 2026 PGA Show)
So, as I mentioned, this new Square Omni is $1,600. But look around and you’ll see that that’s the least-expensive reputable indoor/outdoor camera-based launch monitor you can find.
In other words, Square has done it again.
They were the first to release a camera launch monitor for under $1,000. And now their updated indoor/outdoor version hits the market as the cheapest.
None of this really matters, of course, if the new Square isn’t any good. But I’d be surprised if that’s the case. Team PlayBetter hit a handful of shots with the new Omni at the 2026 PGA Show, and the early results are extremely promising.
Still, I’ll hold off on issuing any final judgement or review score until I can really get hands-on with this thing over an extended period of time.
In the meantime, I think there’s a very interesting comparison to consider…
The New Square Omni vs the SkyTrak+
Another launch monitor that primarily uses cameras (though also Doppler radar) to capture ball and club data indoors and outdoors is, of course, the SkyTrak+.
The SkyTrak+ used to cost $2,495. So at that price, it really wasn’t in the same conversation with this new $1,600 Square.
But now that SkyTrak has released the ST MAX, an upgraded version of the SkyTrak+, they are selling through their remaining SkyTrak+ stock. And PlayBetter’s selling them for only $1,995. Suddenly, that’s within $400 of a new Square. And that conversation gets very interesting.
That means that for a limited time, golfers shopping for photometric launch monitors with outdoor capability have two sub-$2,000 options:
I’ll know more once I can test the new Square. But I will say that the SkyTrak native software ecosystem is extraordinary and not anything that Square can compete with. That said, it’s going to cost you more ongoing, even beyond the retail price difference, to use a SkyTrak+ than a Square.
So, this will likely come down to use cases. My initial gut reaction is that the SkyTrak+ will be worth spending more for if you’re planning for indoor simulator use and appreciate a large library of compelling practice ranges and challenges.
The Square Omni, of course, will be the better choice if you want to spend the least. And it also could be the better choice if you plan to use the launch monitor to read shots hit off of natural turf. The SkyTrak+ isn’t reliable for that. So the first thing I plan to test with the new Square is how accurately it performs at the range on real grass. Stay tuned. If the Square Omni reads reliably off of grass, it could be $400 cheaper for better outdoor functionality.
Second-Gen Launch Monitor Establishes Square as a Legit Player
Like I said at the outset, the original Square rather quickly became something of a cult classic. The market reacted to what more and more consumers were confirming was a good value.
But there were and are significant tradeoffs. You can’t use the original Square outdoors. That eliminates it as a realistic option for a ton of people.
The build quality was also a bit cheap and janky. Didn’t inspire a ton of confidence.
And, of course, there were those missing key data metrics.
Now, those things have been addressed. Yes, the Square Omni Edition is going to cost you more than the original, but you can now access that legendary Square value in a device that works indoors or outdoors and that features a more robust build quality and gives you all the data you want.
As I’ve said, I’ll get hands-on with this new Square and update this review with more insights. For now, one thing is obvious: Square doesn’t look like they’re going anywhere. And I think they’re going to continue to shake up golf launch monitor pricing in a way that ultimately favors consumers.
(PlayBetter Golf Writer Marc with Jin from Square Golf at the 2026 PGA Show)
About PlayBetter Golf Reviewer Marc Sheforgen
Marc Sheforgen is a golf writer whose passion for the game far exceeds his ability to play it well. Marc covers all things golf, from product reviews and equipment recommendations to event coverage and tournament analysis. When he’s not playing, watching, or writing about golf, he enjoys traveling (often golf-related), youth sports coaching, volunteering, and record collecting.