why cant you automatically track a shot?

Question

this is such a subpar product, for its price if you want it to work like a GPS, it should automatically track shots, at least the distant, once you stand next to your ball, it should automatically use that as a starting point for your next shot? 
 
 also can you allow the use of buttons as short cuts? like tapping the shot monitor button twice to start tracking shot distance, doing it via a sub menu is super anti-intuitive and just make using this device during a round impractical.... 
 
 this is so far a very bad device mostly due to bad software design

Christian_ODQA · Answer

Unfortunately, the G82 does not have a accelerometer sensor and that is why it cannot track the shots automatically like most of our golf watches do. You can measure the shot by going through the golf menu and select Measure Shot to track that data. What you can also do attach some Approach CT10 sensors to your clubs and then pair those to the G82. The CT10s will then begin tracking your shots automatically. 
 
 That is also a great idea to be able to use the buttons to start measuring your shots. If you follow the link below this message it will bring you to our Share Ideas page. Filling out the Share Ideas form sends any and all ideas to our teams to get the feature/idea implemented as they see fit. 
 
 https://www.garmin.com/en-US/forms/ideas/