Can Apple Watch Camera Remote control a GoPro?
No. Camera Remote is a viewfinder and shutter for your iPhone's camera, and it can't see a GoPro. To control a GoPro from the watch you need a GoPro app on it.
Camera Remote
Built into Apple Watch
- iPhone camera
- GoPro ✕
- Camera Remote: iPhone only
- GoPro needs its own app
- Checked against Apple's guide
Overcrank is free to start. iOS 17 and watchOS 10 or later.
Watch a GoPro app on Apple Watch: the 1:48 tutorial
Camera Remote vs a GoPro app on Apple Watch
Camera Remote (Apple)
- A live viewfinder of your iPhone's camera
- Takes photos and records video on the iPhone
- Flash, a shutter timer and a review of your shots
- Works within Bluetooth range of the iPhone, about 10 m (33 ft)
A GoPro app (Overcrank)
- Talks to the GoPro itself, over Bluetooth
- Starts and stops recording, switches modes
- Shows the GoPro's battery, card and recording time
- Changes the GoPro's settings (Pro)
Camera Remote facts are from Apple's Apple Watch User Guide.
What a GoPro app on the watch looks like
Record
One tap starts the GoPro; the watch taps back to confirm.
Status
The GoPro's battery, card and time left. Every GoPro Apple Watch app, compared
Questions
What is Camera Remote on Apple Watch?
Apple's built-in app that turns the watch into a viewfinder and shutter for your iPhone's camera. Photos and videos save to the iPhone. Apple's guide.
Can Camera Remote control a GoPro?
No. It only works with the camera in your paired iPhone, so a GoPro never shows up in it.
Can Apple Watch control a GoPro at all?
Yes, with a GoPro app on the watch. GoPro doesn't make one any more, but third-party apps like Overcrank do. How to set it up.
Can I see the GoPro's view on my watch?
In Overcrank Pro, yes: a framing preview relayed by your iPhone, which has to be nearby. Record, modes and status work with the watch alone.
Overcrank is an independent app, not affiliated with or endorsed by GoPro, Inc. Camera Remote and Apple Watch are Apple's. Photos: GoPro MISSION 1 Pro and Apple Watch Ultra, 30 August 2026.