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PlayMemories Camera Apps Downloader

This extension is needed to install PlayMemories Camera Apps applications.

Users100KCurrent public install base

Rating1.6Store average score

Reviews517Public review volume

Manifest versionV3Extension platform version

7-day growth0Net users gained this week

7-day growth rate0%Relative weekly velocity

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2026年7月18日2026年7月24日

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Version1.0.1.10040

ManifestV3

Size24.51KiB

Languages2English / 日本語

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It helps you install applications onto your Sony camera at PlayMemories Camera Apps web site by relaying communications between your camera and Google Chrome.

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Store average score1.6Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text

Synced text average1.4Average computed only from synced review bodies below

Reviews with text342Synced review bodies

Total ratings / reviews517Chrome Web Store public rating/review count

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Kevin O'Sullivan2017年8月8日

It's all been said before. Sony need a kick up the backside.Utterly useless rubbish. They don't listen,I tried "Forgot Password "on the main Sony website,that was over a month ago and still waiting for my email.Had to make another account. Good god Apple have detractors but Sony need to learn from them.

Laura Combden2017年8月8日

Wasting a day trying to download software on my Mac that doesn't work.

André FAURE2017年8月5日

Like many I tried and failed o get the Timelaps app. The process is bugged as hell. Trying to download a windows extension on a mac (WHY?), get to a link to the mac version, install, reboot (WHAT?). I verified the extension was installed in the browser and came back to the site and...still it asks to install that module. Nice infinite loop. So I tried to download the app directly from the camera (TERRIBLE!) and after an even more painful experience and confirming the purchase, the mini website doesn't go to a download phase. Bravo Sony, you've confirmed twice here that you can make great hardware but cannot write software at all.

Eugeny Fomin2017年8月2日

Бесполезность и убогость ПО сони поразила. Мало того что не понятно для чего это расширение, так оно еще и не работает.

yannis marigo2017年8月1日

marche pas sur MAC

xus medrano2017年7月29日

No funciona en chrome+MAC.

Pierre Coroller2017年7月25日

Ne marche pas sur Mac! Impossible de mettre le mode Time Lapse. Pas terrible Sony!

Jacek Kalamarz2017年7月25日

Useless on MacOS 10.12. How to debug camera connection? Went OK on Windows 10 though.

Ray Williams2017年7月23日

I have a macbook pro and it doesnt work. i installed play memories app downloader 2x and it doesnt function the way it is inteneded. I cannot purchase the apps because the downloader PMCAD is prompted all the time.

AI product read

Bridge/relay extension that enables communication between the PlayMemories Camera Apps website and a user's Sony camera via a native messaging host installed on the user's computer

Google Chrome cannot directly communicate with USB-connected Sony cameras to install camera apps; this extension bridges the gap between the web-based PlayMemories Camera Apps store and the local native messaging host that interfaces with the camera

1. User visits PlayMemories Camera Apps website in Chrome. 2. The website sends commands to the extension via chrome.runtime.sendMessage (externally_connectable). 3. The extension relays these commands to the native messaging host (com.sony.pmcadl.msghost) via chrome.runtime.connectNative. 4. The native host communicates with the USB-connected Sony camera to install/manage apps. 5. Responses flow back through the same chain.

Target users: Sony camera owners who want to install apps from PlayMemories Camera Apps / Users of Sony cameras that support PlayMemories Camera Apps (older Sony mirrorless/compact cameras)

Extension source code is very small (96 lines in background.js, 6 files total), providing high confidence in the analysis
Cannot verify whether the PlayMemories Camera Apps website itself requires login or has paid apps since that is external to the extension
The PlayMemories Camera Apps service appears to be discontinued/deprecated by Sony (based on the 2015 copyright and service status), which may affect real-world usability

Monetization

No paid features detected

The extension is a pure message relay bridge between the PlayMemories Camera Apps website and a native messaging host (com.sony.pmcadl.msghost) installed on the user's computer. It contains zero payment, subscription, billing, or feature-gating code. The extension has no UI, no premium features, and no payment integration. While the destination service (camera app store) may sell camera apps, the extension itself does not implement or gate any paid functionality.

Confidence: 85
Payment platform: --
Source: AI / High
Login required: Yes
Reason: The extension itself contains no login code or authentication logic. However, it is a bridge/relay that operates exclusively with the PlayMemories Camera Apps website (playmemoriescameraapps.com), which is a Sony camera app store. To browse and install apps from that service, users must have a Sony/PlayStation Network account. The extension's entire workflow depends on the destination website, which requires account authentication.

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敏感权限：nativeMessaging

Publisher

Sony Corporation

石井秀浩

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +12133147867
Address: 1-7-1, KONAN MINATO-KU, 東京都 108-0075 JP

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