--- description: Go inside GoPro's smallest-ever camera with the teardown experts at iFixit title: See What's Inside the GoPro HERO4 Session image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9862048d5a32cbe/69885b592dce0176ab9e4acf/gopro-hero-4-teardown10.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See What's Inside the GoPro HERO4 Session by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 17, 2015 2:49 PM CUT  Cracking open the protective casing (don't try this at home) exposes the internal battery. Cracking open the protective casing (don't try this at home) exposes the internal battery.iFixit by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 17, 2015 2:49 PM CUT The [Hero 4 Session](http://time.com/3946420/gopro-hero-4-session/ "undefined") is GoPro’s newest and smallest action camera, shooting 1080p video, eight megapixel still photos and built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity for easily uploading your action-packed exploits to social media. Check out what’s inside the GoPro Hero 4 Session thanks to our good friends at iFixIt. X-ray video by Creative Electron  The GoPro HERO4 Session (left) compared to a GoPro HERO3 (right). iFixit  The GoPro HERO4 Session is carefully disassembled. iFixit  Removing the side paneling begins to reveal the Session's guts. iFixit  Cracking open the protective casing (don't try this at home) exposes the internal battery. iFixit  The Session's internal battery gives all-day performance, according to several reviews. iFixit  Here we see the tiny technical guts that make an action camera as small as the Session possible. iFixit  The Session sports a 170-degree wide angle lens for getting all the action in the frame. iFixit  The GoPro HERO4 Session entirely dismantled. iFixit ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3961979/gopro-hero4-teardown/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3961979/gopro-hero4-teardown/"},"headline":"See What's Inside the GoPro HERO4 Session","datePublished":"2015-07-17T14:49:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:44:35.702Z","description":"Go inside GoPro's smallest-ever camera with the teardown experts at iFixit","url":"https://time.com/3961979/gopro-hero4-teardown/","keywords":["Tech","Gadgets","photography","GoPro"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9862048d5a32cbe/69885b592dce0176ab9e4acf/gopro-hero-4-teardown10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9862048d5a32cbe/69885b592dce0176ab9e4acf/gopro-hero-4-teardown10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"gopro-hero-4-teardown10","caption":"Cracking open the protective casing (don't try this at home) exposes the internal battery.","creditText":"iFixit","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3961979/gopro-hero4-teardown/","name":"See What's Inside the GoPro HERO4 Session"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"GoPro X-Ray","description":"Another way to see inside","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/APNHn2V6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-07-17T00:27:09.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/APNHn2V6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3961979/gopro-hero4-teardown/","duration":"PT12S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3961979/gopro-hero4-teardown/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```