GoPro app reaches Android, captures reckless Nexus adventures

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[GoPro](http://www.engadget.com/tag/GoPro/) left its Android-using audience hanging (from a paraglider) when it posted an [iOS app](http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/10/gopro-app-iphone-ipad/) for remote controlling its cameras, but the group won't have been in suspense for long. The action video camera maker has posted a Google-native version that covers roughly the same feature spread as its Apple-oriented counterpart, including remote control, video previewing and daily highlight clips. Any aspiring movie makers will have to fit a narrow set of criteria to start shooting, however -- on top of an [HD Hero 2](http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/24/gopro-launches-hd-hero2-helmet-cam-announces-video-streaming-wi/) and a [WiFi BacPac](http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/05/gopro-wifi-bacpac-and-remote-now-available/), Android 4.0 is a minimum requirement to start shooting without hiccups. [Hero 3](http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/17/gopro-hero3-action-camera-hands-on/) support won't be coming until later this month. Despite the limitations, it's nice to know that we won't need an [elaborate Google Glass setup](http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/sergey-brin-demos-project-glass-on-stage-at-google-i-o/) to record our next skydive in a Mountain View-approved fashion.

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