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Open GoPro App. Garmin edge can start recording on my gopro......

DavidKroter
over 3 years ago

   With the new feature in GoPro  cameras (Open Go Pro) is any news about an GarminIQ to program start recording when the Edge unit  detect and BPM up to 170 or when the speed on my garmin is up to 60 mph or some value i could choose. IT would be a nice feature for garmin and go pro cams

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    I agree it would be  a great feature to allow one's Garmin Edge to control a GoPro camera in a similar way to how the Edge units were able to control the Garmin VIRB cameras. If you look on DC Rainmaker's web page he has an article about this as well. 

    My preference would be for Garmin to add this native capability to a future set of firmware updates for the Edge units however, I'd also be happy if someone uses the Open GoPro API's to create a Connect IQ app or set of data fields.

    I'd love to be able to:

    • Control turning my GoPro On and Off like we could do with the old VIRB units
    • Within such an app or native environment or via a separate data field be able to see the GoPro's battery status
    • Be able to control multiple GoPro's via the same app or data screen on my Garmin Edge.

    I keep looking in Connect IQ and on the web and haven't seen anything yet but it is just two weeks since GoPro made the Open GoPro announcement so perhaps I'm just being impatient!

    If there are any Connect IQ app developers who were interested in giving this a go this is an app I'd be willing to pay for if it was of decent quality.  However, like I said, I really hope that Garmin will add this capability to the native Edge units via firmware.  It would really increase the value proposition of the Edge units for a lot of people I think and I can't see any downside for Garmin for what would probably not be too much effort given that they had already built the Edge API's to control the Virb units.  If Garmin aren't going to take the Virb product line any further - which seems to be the case given when the last Virb was released and the fact that they can no longer be bought new - then why not add the capability do this for GoPro's via these Open GoPro API's?

    Marcus