App opens on phone – SnapBridge Review

All of a sudden, no no apparent reason, whenever I turn my camera on the SnapBridge app opens in my phone. This is quite annoying and there’s no setting to stop this behavior. Other than this odd quirk that just started happening for no apparent reason, I’ve had good luck with the SnapBridge app. I only use the app for syncing the time and location data with my camera. Some improvements: - Why why why can we only auto sync 2MP photos to our phone? Because syncing a 24MP photo would be slow? Who cares if it’s slow… give me the option. I would love to be able to have a wireless backup to my phone for added security…. 2MP photos are useless. Yes, I know I can manually transfer original sized photos…. manually. This doesn’t help me when I’m at a paid gig, I just want to automatically backup original sized photos to my phone, automatically. And the feature is there….. just for 2MP photos???? Come on! Why? - I tried to control the camera remotely and do some bird photography. So I set my Z 6ii on a tripod, pointed it to a birdhouse, connected the app to control wirelessly. All works if you’re within like 10 feet. I was hoping it would work at a longer (but still reasonable) distance so I wouldn’t scare the birds. I can’t even set my camera on one side of my yard and sit on the deck about 30 yards away… connection doesn’t work. Z6ii and iPhone Pro 13. I also tried it with the iPad Pro M1 thinking it was a phone antenna issue… nope. The range is terrible. - Again, why 2MP photos for auto sync??? Who came up with that? Who at Nikon felt it was useful for photographers to automatically and wirelessly backup 2MP photos to their phone?? Answer from Nikon-transfer speeds are slow and it would drain battery….. So what, I’ll buy a 2nd battery in order to have wireless backups happen automatically as I shoot. - Two megapixels??? Useless.
Review by Seneschal on SnapBridge.