Camera Remote - Black screen since update

Hello there


Ever since updating to iOS 17.4 my Camera Remote has a constant black screen.

I tried restarting both devices. Closing the Apps. Opening the apps - both ways: first on apple watch, camera on phone. Changing Cameras on the watch. Changing Photo/Video Mode. Nothing...


I know that there has been a bug with the black screen around ever since, but it is just not working at all anymore since the update. Controls on the watch within Camera Remotes are working, I just have a black screen on the watch.


Any help? This is absolutely frustrating and I am pretty mad about it, as I use it quite a lot...


Devices & OS:

Iphone 13 Pro, iOS 17.4

Apple Watch 8, watchOS 10.4

Apple Watch Series 8

Posted on Mar 23, 2024 5:07 AM

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Posted on Apr 8, 2024 12:56 AM

I have the same problem and it is very annoying!


I have ultra 2 and all the time it is black screen, some of the time it is all blurred.


in order to work I have to restart both devices or one of them.



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May 8, 2024 12:43 PM in response to cethlol

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May 7, 2024 1:39 AM in response to cethlol

My remote camera has been stuck as well, here's what I tried successfully:

I changed the settings of automatically locking the screen on my iPhone in Settings/Display & Brightness/Auto-Lock/ from 30sec to 1min. After that the camera app on my Apple Watch worked again, even after switching back the time to 30sec display Auto-Lock on the iPhone.

Camera Remote - Black screen since update

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