[Wear OS General] bernarbernuli:
Hello, I extend the previous post with 2 new methods to take photos at distance:

How to take photos and videos remotely on your phone with a Wear OS watch. (continued)

II. METHODS:

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Owners of Galaxy Watch 4 watches along with any Samsung phone (does not work with other phones) have another method and that is through a camera app integrated into the watch. Just install (if you don't already have it installed) the Samsung Camera Controller app and that's it. The app like Google Camera or third-party apps has real-time viewer of what is seen by the phone camera, but has the disadvantage that the phone screen must be unlocked and turned on, otherwise it will not work.

All three of the above methods have a built-in viewfinder of what is seen by the phone's camera, and other sophisticated elements like adjusting zoom, flash exposure etc, but if you just want a method to use the watch as a simple remote shutter button for your favorite camera app via bluetooth use a app to automate tasks like Macrodroid.

Macrodroid allows you to automate a myriad of tasks on any Android phone, it's a great app if you're looking to get the most out of your phone. The free version is limited to only 5 macros but it is a very easy to use application (unlike tasker for an initiated user). I use it among other things to activate the flashlight with a shake when I'm in the dark, when I go to work the phone is put on silent, on holidays from Monday to Friday turn off the alarm clock, when I enter the car plays music and runs the road navigator and radar detector. In addition Macrodroid is compatible with Wear OS and you can press on the watch to take a picture or record a video from the phone remotely. To get the latter follow the steps below:

Make sure the watch is connected to the phone.

On the phone, install Macrodroid. You will need to accept different permissions for it to work properly.

On the watch, install Macrodroid.

Now from the phone app click "Add macro".

- At the top enter a name for the macro, for example "Take photo".

- Under Triggers, press "+" and select "Android Wear" under Connectivity and then select the appropriate icon.

- Under Actions, press "+" and select "UI Interaction" under Device Actions. Then select "click", then "Identify app". Next open the camera, and before pressing the camera shutter, click on the UI interaction notification.

Save the macro and open Macrodroid on the watch. You will see the macro you have created there, now just click on it and if everything went well it will take the picture.

This would be a basic macro setup for taking a photo from your favorite phone camera app. A more advanced macro would be the capture macro. Your explanation of what the macro does would be this:

Once you press the button from the watch, if the camera app is not open it will open it, once open and if you press the watch button again, it informs you to position yourself for the photo and will start a 3 second timer, finally it will take the photo by tapping on the phone shutter button for you.

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CONSIDERATIONS IN MACRODROID METHOD:

Unlike third-party apps this method takes photos from your camera app with the settings you have defined.

All macros containing the "Android Wear" trigger are displayed in the Macrodroid app on the watch.

If you have video mode selected in the camera when you run the macro, it will record video instead of taking photos.

To work properly Macrodroid you must disable the power saving feature for the app on the phone, so that it works in the background. This permission is needed because some phones such as Nokia, Huawei, OnePlus and Xiaomi "kill" this app completely when not in use.