When golfing, I want to keep track of how far I hit the ball, the club I used, and where I landed. There are apps for this, of course, but I can't use them. By the time I've arrived at my ball, I'm not going to stop, take out my phone, and start fidling with UI controls to select a club or confirm a location.
I would love to have an app that let me keep one AirPod in my ear, and allow me to track my golf game. The UX would be something like this:
1. Arrive at course, and use phone to select the tees and confirm the course I'm playing. Start the round.
2. Tap my AirPod and say, "Teeing off on hole 1 using driver"
3. Hit the ball
4. When I arrive at my ball, tap again and say, "hitting seven iron"
5. When I sink a putt, tap and say, "next hole".
From just those interactions, the app could keep track of every shot, and also keep my score and number of putts. I could choose to not announce each and every shot if I wanted to, and instead say, "add three strokes" once I'm done with the hole.
I could also ask, "How far to the middle of the green?" and get a distance in my ear. "What did I hit last time on this hole, for this shot?" (Answer: "You used a nine iron, and hit it 107 yards")
All that would be killer for me. Nicer than staring at my phone screen in the sunlight, and looking like I'm farting around to the players waiting for me to clear the fairway.
I don't think there is any Siri integration yet but disc golf has an app with some of that functionality in the uDisc app. You can "map" a round and it can track all of your throws. I think you can input disc (club) selection as well? No AirPods integration like that but it does have Apple watch integration I think.
When golfing, I want to keep track of how far I hit the ball, the club I used, and where I landed. There are apps for this, of course, but I can't use them. By the time I've arrived at my ball, I'm not going to stop, take out my phone, and start fidling with UI controls to select a club or confirm a location.
I would love to have an app that let me keep one AirPod in my ear, and allow me to track my golf game. The UX would be something like this:
1. Arrive at course, and use phone to select the tees and confirm the course I'm playing. Start the round.
2. Tap my AirPod and say, "Teeing off on hole 1 using driver"
3. Hit the ball
4. When I arrive at my ball, tap again and say, "hitting seven iron"
5. When I sink a putt, tap and say, "next hole".
From just those interactions, the app could keep track of every shot, and also keep my score and number of putts. I could choose to not announce each and every shot if I wanted to, and instead say, "add three strokes" once I'm done with the hole.
I could also ask, "How far to the middle of the green?" and get a distance in my ear. "What did I hit last time on this hole, for this shot?" (Answer: "You used a nine iron, and hit it 107 yards")
All that would be killer for me. Nicer than staring at my phone screen in the sunlight, and looking like I'm farting around to the players waiting for me to clear the fairway.
Anything like this exist today?