Its not, I had the hero, hero2, Hero3b, Hero5b, Hero6b... and knew the hero 8 was coming, The Hero7 has nearly the same Hypersmooth.
The hero6 black did not have hypersmooth, the 7 did. Thus why I did not move from the 6 to the 7.
If this camera is not a hit, GoPro is not going so good, I expect it to go under within this next year... sad.
They have a massive competition from China, DJI is killing them.
The worlds best Drone makers, who trumped GoPro in the drone stakes, DJI, have a better camera already.