GoPro announces open API for HERO9 cam, updates for Quik

GaryPageau

GoPro announced “Open GoPro,” an open API initiative for third-party developers to integrate HERO9 Black into their own development efforts. Open GoPro is live for HERO9 Black starting today with the release of the camera firmware update v1.6

With Open GoPro, developers have API access to the following HERO9 Black features:

  • Wireless Connectivity
  • Camera Command and Control
  • Camera Status
  • Camera Preview
  • SD Card Media Review and Transfer

Demos and sample code are available on GoPro.com/OpenGoPro. No application or approval process is necessary.

Companies already incorporating Open GoPro include:

  • Amazfit smartwatches: wirelessly control your GoPro using the Amazfit watch touch display.
  • Centurion Boats: wirelessly control your GoPro via the boat’s helm control screen.
  • Orqa FPV Goggles: wirelessly control a GoPro mounted on an FPV drone using the Orqa FPV.Connect app and see camera status directly in the goggles.
  • Pixellot sport broadcasting: wirelessly control GoPro cameras and manage the transfer of content via Pixellot’s mobile platform.
  • Sena Bluetooth® devices: take voice-control of your GoPro using the built-in mics on the Sena Communications 50S and 50R headsets, ideal for motorcycle and other high-wind applications.

The HERO9 Black camera firmware update v1.6,includes the following additional updates:

  • Improved camera power on/power off speed and consistency
  • Improved Quik app connectivity
  • Improved touch screen sensitivity in menus and settings
  • Improved reliability when using ‘The Remote‘ to control your camera

GoPro updates Quik app to improve frame grab feature

GoPro updated its video editing app, Quik 8.8, so users can take frame grabs from videos captured on their phones. The editing process has also been streamlined. The company also released five GoPro Original music tracks for Quik video edits.

The company said Quik’s Frame Grab feature is better than the built-in screen grab tool, which only captures the screen resolution. Quik’s Frame Grab tool saves images in the same resolution that the video was captured in.

Quik is free to download and use on a trial basis. Customers can unlike the app for $1.99/month or $9.99/year. This will include unlimited cloud backup of imported photos and videos at their original quality when the backup feature is released later this year, the company said.