Widget: BLE remote control for Insta360 One R 360° Action Cam

[updated 2023-04-05]

A widget to remote control (via Bluetooth) Insta360's One R & X cameras.

https://apps.garmin.com/en-EN/apps/bb53f4bb-6c8c-4369-bca9-84cc09b25526

Also available as a data-field for touch based Edge device

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/f0cdaa9c-5733-4748-ba66-1c7a3b008922

Insta360 Remote Control

Features:

  • Start / Stop Recording
  • Select  video or photo shooting mode (Standard, HDR, Time-lapse, 24-25-30 fps, etc).
  • Send GPS telemetry to the camera to be stored in the video file.
  • Add a "Highlight" marker in the video file (not available in the DF).
  • Add a "Track That" marker  in the video file(not available in the DF).
  • Last state is saved, so will resume where it was if the widget exits or was disconnected.

Known limitation & issues:

  • Users have reported that this widget also works with the One X, X2 & X3, but the menus for the various shooting modes are only the ones available one the One R
  • Same goes with the 4K & 1inch module of the One R: only the shooting modes for the 360° module are availbale
  • The widget will auto exit after some time (depending on your device). This is a limitation from Garmin.If you have a newr watch (starting with Fenix 7) you can use the widget as an app, and it won't exit,
  • The widget can be launched from within one of Garmin's official activity (but not if you are in Glance mode) by pressing & holding the back button.
  • There is no countdown / delay option
  • While the widget is active, if the recording is started or stopped from the camera, the widget will react accordingly but will not know in which mode the camera is in.
  • When starting the widget, if it indicates that the camera is still recording and it's not the case, got to the menu and re-select a shooting mode. This will reset the widget.

This thread is to discuss problems with the widget and also possible future functionality.

Have fun!

Greg

  • Hi .

    Thank you for publishing this app. So great to have this option in absence of a sensible alternative from Insta360 themselves.

    I have a Fenix 7, and X2. For some odd reason, it connects to the cam, but don't start recording. Tried restarting the phone, cam multiple times, reinstalling the app. Nothing helped.

    What else should I try?

    • Watch: Fenix 7 Sapphire Solar
    • Watch software version: 22.06
    • App version: 0.9.79
    • Cam firmware: 1.0.92

    Really appreciate any guidance you have. Thank you.

  • Did you try and restart the watch ? Also once connected to the X2, go into the widgets menu (long press on the middle left button) and select one of the recording modes. This has for effect to reset the internals of the widget.

    When your camera is connected to your watch, and you start a recording from the camera, does the watch react ? it should.

  • Thank you for a quick reply!

    I restarted watch and cam too, multiple times. I did use the widgets menu to reset the app/widget status also.

    When the camera is connected to watch, when I hit record, the watch does record.. it says starting, but the camera is not responding. 

    In this instance, I hit the start button on watch again and stopped recording. App on watch shows stopping.. and it won't go away. That's when I'm using the widgets/middle button to reset the status.

    Tried this quite a few times for good measure and couldn't succeed in getting it to work even once Disappointed 

  • And when you start the recording from the camera does the watch react ?

  • I hadn't considered trying that. I'll do that in sometime and report back!

  • Just tested; the watch doesn't react to starting recording from the camera.