SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- GoPro,
Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRO) today shared that its latest flagship
camera, HERO7 Black, has received several industry awards
recognizing its groundbreaking new features. Innovation awards from
CES, CHIP, PCMag and Popular Science highlight a growing list of
accolades.
HERO7 Black is being celebrated for boasting innovative new
features including gimbal-like HyperSmooth stabilization, TimeWarp
and SuperPhoto—elements made possible by GoPro's custom-designed
GP1 processor—as well as improved audio and live streaming. The
flagship camera also boasts core GoPro characteristics, including a
waterproof and rugged design, voice control, intuitive 2-inch touch
screen and 3x faster WiFi transfer speeds. Below is a brief summary
of the awards HERO7 Black has garnered so far:
2018 YEAR-END AWARDS
- CES 2019 Innovation Awards Honoree – The annual CES
Innovation Awards program celebrates outstanding product design and
engineering in brand-new consumer technology products. HERO7 Black
collected honors in the digital imaging category.
- CHIP Photo Awards 2018 – Honoring the best photo
products and manufacturers of 2018, CHIP selected HERO7 Black as
Best Compact Camera of the Year.
- PCMag Best of the Year 2018 – In 16 top categories,
PCMag highlighted the very best products tested all year. HERO7
Black and GoPro's 360-degree camera, Fusion, were both honored in
the camera category.
- Popular Science 2018 Best of What's New Awards – A
definitive list of the 100 greatest innovations of 2018. To win, a
product or technology must represent a significant step forward in
its category, and HERO7 Black's HyperSmooth technology demonstrated
exactly that in the Gadgets category.
- The Lucie Technical Awards – Aims to honor the
large and small companies, as well as the individuals who have
advanced the photographic industry in a given year. HERO7 Black was
honored as the Best Action Camera.
- 2018 USA Today
10Best – Carefully selected by a panel of experts
and voted on by the public, HERO7 landed the No. 1 spot in the
"Best Gift for Family Travelers" category.
HERO7 Black has also been the recipient of more than a dozen
Editor's Choice Awards from publications around the world,
including PCMag, Mashable, Wired, Digital Photo, Kaden Hihyo and
Xataka, and Fusion was honored as "Best Specialty Camera" by
Videomaker in its Best Products of the Year 2018 awards.
GoPro also received several additional awards relating to
innovations in its business:
- IEEE's ICIP 2018 Visual Innovation Awards – "The
company has continuously pushed the limits with its HERO line of
cameras with ground-breaking features like 4K60 video recording,
electronic image stabilization and QuikStories."
- IEEE Spectrum's Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame –
"Woodman and GoPro democratized sports photography. Their simple,
rugged camera allowed anyone to share their experiences in a way
that was just not possible before."
- Newsweek: America's Best Customer Service – "As we
examined the larger, impersonal forces that are transforming
retail, it seemed like a good time to recognize a more personal
factor in business success: The ways in which many companies
nurture their relationships with customers."
- Sequoia Consulting: Top-5 Healthiest Bay Area
Workplaces – "A culture of well-being for employees to
keep them healthy, happy and stoked on life."
About GoPro, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRO)
GoPro helps the world celebrate and share itself in immersive
and exciting ways.
GoPro, HERO and their respective logos are trademarks or
registered trademarks of GoPro, Inc. in the United
States and other countries. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
For more information, visit www.gopro.com. GoPro users
can submit their photos, raw clips and video edits to GoPro Awards
for social stoke, GoPro gear and cash prizes. Learn more
at www.gopro.com/awards. Connect with GoPro
on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter, YouTube,
and GoPro's blog The Inside Line.
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