Golf Buddy Voice 2 Reviews

The Voice 2 GPS can be used right out of the box if it has charge. But eventually, you might have to update the course database to get the latest course maps.

For this, you must download the GolfBuddy Pro Course Manager to your Windows PC. You have to register your device and create a new login if you don’t already have one.

The update tool is available on the GolfBuddy website.

Once updated, you can switch it on near the course, and it will automatically recognize the course from its database and arrive at the correct hole. The operation is pretty much intuitive.

Distances

The Voice 2 shows/speaks distances to the front, center, and back of the greens. You can select whether you want the golf buddy voice meters to yards.

In the original Voice, the screen only displayed the distance to the center. You had to toggle through the distances one by one by pressing the Menu button. Now all the distances are displayed on the screen, the distance to the center of the greens being in a larger font.

The hole number and battery information are also displayed above this. Unfortunately, the Voice 2 doesn’t add hazard distances to the yardages it can tell.

Voice Feature

The Voice feature announces the distance to the greens every time you tee up. You can change the volume of Voice 2. You can even completely Mute it and solely depend on the distance readings on the screen.

One upgrade from the original Voice is that you can select between a Male and a Female voice for speaking out the distances. You can select from 8 different languages and the database can be expanded to 11 languages max.

Dynamic Green View

In this View, you can see an approximate representation of the green based on your approach. This screen displays the par information, hole number, satellite signal and identifies the greens as left or right on holes with multiple greens.

Shot Distance

The Voice 2 golf GPS allows you to measure the shot distance with a single button press.

You can note down this distance and take an average for each club over multiple shots. This gives you the club distance which helps you further in club selection.

Automatic functions

As we mentioned earlier, this GolfBuddy GPS automatically recognizes the courses near you when turned on.

Course Coverage

The GolfBuddy Voice 2 GPS comes preloaded with a 35,000+ course maps worldwide. You are likely to find your local courses over here.

Battery

Voice 2 claims a battery life of 14 hours. In our tests, it lasted at least 3 rounds. In contrast, the original Voice averaged 9 hours only when we used it.

Accuracy

This golf GPS proved to be highly accurate and consistent in our tests. We were always 1 yard within the readings from the laser rangefinder.

Miscellaneous

It has a flip-screen feature that flips the screen right side up when clipped on to the belt or the visor.

It also advances through the holes automatically. This way, with the voice feature, switched on the operation is pretty much hands-free. For the first-time buyers though, we recommend Voice2 over the original Voice, one of our best small golf GPS.

The GolfBuddy Voice 2 GPS addresses the biggest complaint we had with the original Voice: toggling to get front and back distances to the greens. While we appreciate the upgrade, we also wanted the hazard distances to feature just as badly.

If you are not satisfied with the GolfBuddy Voice 2, check out the newest GolfBuddy devices on GolfBuddy Voice X Golf GPS Handheld. While we appreciate the upgrade, we also wanted the hazard distances to feature just as badly.