Auto Cloud Backup for GoPro Plus

Small but big. What seems like a small update to the GoPro App is another step forward for the GoPro user experience.

GoPro, Inc. just released a new feature for its cloud-based subscription service, PLUS, that will automatically offload photos and videos from your GoPro to the cloud via a mobile device. At $4.99 a month, PLUS features a ‘you break it, we’ll replace it’ camera protection policy and provides users with unlimited photo and 35 hours of video storage in the cloud.

Now, PLUS users can simply connect their HERO6 or HERO5 camera to their mobile device via the GoPro App and the photos and videos they recently captured will automatically upload to PLUS.

Shoot, share and enjoy
This functionality will give PLUS users an end-to-end experience, eliminating the need to remove SD cards or plug the GoPro into a computer to offload, edit and backup content.

The process is simple:

• Capture unique and awesome shots with your GoPro

• Use GoPro App on your phone to auto-transfer your photos and videos

• GoPro App and QuikStories automatically creates a video for you

• Your original photos and videos are automatically uploaded and saved in the PLUS cloud account

“This new functionality solves a pain point for our customers by giving them an easy way to offload and save their content in the cloud from their mobile device – no computer needed. And with the content preserved in the PLUS cloud you can go out and keep capturing awesome new moments with your GoPro,” said Meghan Laffey, VP, product, GoPro. “This is just one of the cool new functions for PLUS that we will roll-out this year.“

The company recently enhanced it’s PLUS subscription service at the end of January and since then has seen nearly 20,000 new subscription signups.

This mobile offload feature for PLUS is available for iOS users via the GoPro App, with Android device compatibility coming soon.