Imaging Edge Mobile

Sony Corporation

About this app

Imaging Edge Mobile allows images/videos to be transferred to a smartphone/tablet, enables remote shooting, and provides location information to images captured by a camera.

■ Transfer images from a camera to a smartphone
- You can transfer images/videos.
- The selection and transfer of images after shooting are no longer needed as the automatic background transfer function allows images to be transferred to a smartphone as they are captured. *1
- High bit rate video files including 4K can be transferred. *2
- You can view and transfer images in your camera from your smartphone even when the camera is turned off. *2
- After transferring, you can immediately share your high quality images on social networks or through email.
*1 See here for supported cameras. Files are imported in 2MP size when using this function.
https://www.sony.net/dics/iem12/
*2 See here for supported cameras. Availability of video transfer and playback varies depending on smartphone in use.
https://www.sony.net/dics/iem12/

■ Remote shooting of a camera using a smartphone
- You can capture photos/videos remotely while checking the live view of a camera on a smartphone. *3
This is convenient for capturing night views or water flowing scenes which need long-exposure, or macro shooting in which you need to avoid to directly touch the camera.
*3 Models that support PlayMemories Camera Apps can use this feature by installing "Smart Remote Control" (in-camera app) on your camera in advance.
http://www.sony.net/pmca/

■ Record location information
- With cameras that have a location information linkage function, the location information acquired by the smartphone can be added to the captured image in your camera.
For supported models and detailed operation methods, see the support page below.
https://www.sony.net/dics/iem12/
- Even with cameras that do not have a location information linkage function, it is possible to add location information acquired by your smartphone to the photos saved on your smartphone during remote shooting.

■Save and Apply Settings
- You can save up to 20 camera settings in Imaging Edge Mobile.
You can also apply a saved setting to a camera. *4
*4 See here for supported cameras. Save and Apply Settings are supported only for cameras with the same model name.
https://www.sony.net/dics/iem12/

■ Notes
- Supported operating systems: Android 9.0 to 14.0
- This app is not guaranteed to work with all smartphones/tablets.
- Features/Functions available for this app vary depending on the camera you are using.
- For supported models and information on features/functions, see the support page below.
https://sony.net/iem/

Ratings and reviews

Incredibly bad UX. The app restarts if you leave it for even a second. It shows my camera, but I can't reconnect to it, so I have to go through a ten step process involving both the app and the camera to reconnect the camera every time I want to use it. Everything takes 2-3 times as many taps as is necessary. The only good thing is that the actual photo transfer takes about 5% as long as the photo transfer on the Nikon app.

It simply does not function. hard to believe that the Sony corporation who makes great cameras can churn out such an unusable app. It will not stay connected to the phone when it does choose to function, issues messages such as "cannot shoot", Bluetooth is unusable. it might be both a hardware issue as well, or a firmware problem with the phone. But this app needs a complete overhaul.

The app makes undismissable notifications, which is unforgivable. And the notification is just the beginning of the connectivity issues others have documented. Update: after trying to use this in a crowded bat where camera was ceiling mounted , I had to drag a ladder out into the crowd twice to reconnect.

What’s new

- Improved the issue where the app would terminate abnormally on certain smartphones.