For years, the honest truth about launch monitors was simple: the accurate ones cost as much as a decent used car, and the affordable ones asked you to squint at half a picture. The Square Golf OMNI is built to close that gap.

Square Golf made its name with a small, side-mounted camera unit that put simulator golf within reach of ordinary players. The OMNI is the second-generation follow-up, and it answers almost every criticism levelled at the original: it works outdoors as well as in, it reads clubhead speed and smash factor, it maps where you strike the face, and it shows your numbers on a screen built into the device itself. It landed to a strong reception at the 2026 PGA Show and has been one of the most talked-about launch monitors of the year since.

This guide walks through exactly what the OMNI does, how its four-camera system actually captures a shot, every metric it reads, and the honest trade-offs, so you can decide whether it belongs in your garage, spare room or kit bag.

What the Square Golf OMNI actually is

The OMNI is a photometric, camera-based launch monitor. In plain terms, that means it uses high-speed cameras to photograph the ball and clubhead at the moment of impact, then calculates your shot from those images. It is the opposite approach to radar units, which sit behind you and track the ball through the air using the Doppler effect.

Because it reads impact directly, the OMNI sits to the side of the ball rather than several feet behind you. That side-on position is a big part of why it works so well indoors: it does not need the ball to fly for metres before it can gather data, so it fits comfortably into a garage, spare room or net setup where radar units can struggle for space.

It ships on a small folding tripod, runs on a removable battery, and connects to your phone, tablet or PC. At £1,599.99, it slots in below established camera systems while offering something most of them do not at the price: genuine indoor and outdoor use with no ongoing fees.

How the four-camera system works

The heart of the OMNI is a bank of four high-speed infrared cameras, arranged vertically along the face of the unit alongside infrared illuminators. When you make contact, those cameras fire in unison and capture a rapid burst of frames of both the ball and the clubhead as they pass through the hitting zone.

From that burst of images, the system measures how the ball leaves the face, how fast it is travelling, the direction it starts on, and how it is spinning. Using four cameras rather than two gives the OMNI more vantage points on the same shot, which improves how reliably it reads the trickier numbers, spin and spin axis in particular, that single or twin-camera units can find harder to pin down.

Why photometric suits indoor golf

Photometric tracking reads everything it needs at the point of impact, so it does not care that your ball only travels a couple of metres into a net or screen. That is precisely why camera systems have become the default for home simulators. The OMNI leans into this, then adds the outdoor capability that its indoor-only predecessor lacked.

The stickers, and why they matter

Here is a detail worth understanding before you buy. For ball data, the OMNI needs no marked or dotted balls at all. You can tee up whatever you normally play and it will read the ball cleanly, a genuine convenience upgrade over the original Square.

For full club data, though, you apply small reflective stickers to the clubface and shaft. These give the cameras clear reference points to track how the club is delivered. The stickers are included in the box, and they are a minor step rather than a chore, but they do wear and will need replacing over time. It is the one bit of routine the OMNI asks of you in exchange for face-impact and delivery numbers.

Four vantage points on the same strike, read at impact rather than in flight, is what lets a sub-£1,600 unit chase numbers usually reserved for far pricier systems.

Every metric the OMNI captures

This is where the OMNI separates itself from cheaper tech and from the original Square. It reads a full suite of both ball and club figures, more than twenty data points in total, covering not just where the ball went, but why.

Two additions stand out against the original Square. Clubhead speed and smash factor were the metrics golfers most missed, and they are here now, so you can finally see how efficiently you are transferring speed into the ball. And impact location maps precisely where on the face you made contact, which is one of the most useful teaching numbers you can have, since a heel or toe strike explains distance loss that raw swing speed never will.

Software, simulator and the no-subscription promise

The OMNI runs Square Golf's own software across the App Store, Google Play and Windows, and crucially, there are no subscription fees for the core experience. Where many rivals lock features or full data behind a monthly or annual membership, Square hands you the metrics, the practice modes and course play out of the box.

It arrives with 1,000 welcome credits, enough for roughly 55 rounds on the built-in courses straight away. The native software gives you four ways to play:

• Driving range for everyday practice with full ball flight on screen.
• Closest to the pin to sharpen wedges and approach dispersion under a little pressure.
• Putting practice, since the OMNI reads putts as well as full swings.
• Course play across a library of recreated 3D courses, for up to four players, with adjustable tees and green speeds.

If you want to go further, the OMNI connects to the leading third-party platforms, GSPro, E6 Connect and Awesome Golf, with no additional hardware-unlock fee from Square. You only pay for whatever subscription those platforms charge directly, which keeps the door open to some of the most respected course libraries in simulator golf.

Specifications and what is in the box

In the box

OMNI launch monitor, tripod stand, removable battery, shaft stickers, clubface stickers, charging cables, alignment stick and 1,000 welcome credits. Worth noting for buyers: a protective travel case is not included as standard, and several reviewers have called that out, so factor a case in if you plan to move the unit between home and the range.

Who the OMNI is for

The OMNI makes most sense for a specific kind of golfer, and it is worth being clear about it.

• Home simulator builders who want strong, camera-based accuracy and real course play without stepping into five-figure territory.
• Improvers who value data, since full club delivery numbers and impact location turn vague range time into targeted practice.
• Golfers short on space, because the side-on design needs far less room than a radar unit.
• Players who resent subscriptions and want to own their data outright, with the option to plug into GSPro or E6 later.

If your priority is ultra-portable, all-weather outdoor use in any light, or genuine fitting-grade precision for building clubs, it is worth weighing the OMNI carefully against dedicated outdoor and premium fitting systems first. For the home-and-occasional-range golfer who wants serious numbers at a sane price, though, it is one of the most compelling options of 2026.

Strengths and trade-offs

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