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Camera Remote Widget

· v1.1.7
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About

Remote control the phone camera shutter from your smartwatch and take a picture without touching your phone. Please watch the video and read the FAQ: http://www.cameraremotewatch.com/ Open the phone app "Camera Remote Watch" (paid app available in iPhone App Store and Google Play Store) and adjust the camera view. On your watch: open "Camera Remote Widget" and tap the Camera button to trigger the camera shutter on your phone. The photo will be stored in your phone photo gallery and you can access it with the iOS "Photos" app or the Android Photo Gallery app. A copy of the photo will be shown on your watch, so that you can check if it looks good or if you should take another picture. Please make sure that the watch and the phone are connected before starting to take pictures. Be patient when downloading the new photo (the watch is slow). If the picture download was interrupted by a watch Notification display and stopped working, press the Back button and try again. Garmin requires internet access when they transfer your pictures to your watch. But you can still take pictures when you are offline. Instead of seeing the camera picture on your watch, you will then get a text confirmation that your picture was successfully stored on your phone. When Garmin needs more than 15 seconds to display your picture, the picture download will be aborted and you will get a text confirmation that the picture was successfully stored on your phone. This may be the case if you have a large, high resolution watch display or when the phone connection is slow. Please read the FAQ: http://www.cameraremotewatch.com/faq/ Widgets have the advantage that they can be used without stopping your current Activity. But Widgets have a short life and when the time is up, the Garmin System will close the Widget automatically. If you prefer the Camera Remote in a long running watch app, you should get the watch app "Camera Remote Watch". The widget "Camera Remote Widget" and the watch app "Camera Remote Watch" are based on the same phone app "Camera Remote Watch", i.e. you pay only one time for the phone app and can use both. All our smartwatch apps and watch faces are free. No Subscription, No Ads, No Soliciting for Donations. You pay only one time for the phone app and can switch watches without having to pay again (Fitbit, Android Wear OS, Garmin, ...).

What's new

Remote control the phone camera shutter from your smartwatch and take a picture without touching your phone. Please watch the video and read the FAQ: http://www.cameraremotewatch.com/faq/ This app version works also with Forerunner 70 and 170 devices.

Permissions

Communications

Details

Compatible with 85 devices
Updated Jun 11, 2026
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