TechPhonesAndroid PhonesGoogle’s turning your Pixel phone into a dashcamSmartphones are The Very Hungry Caterpillar of tech. And now they want dashcams for dinnerWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechPhonesAndroid PhonesGoogle’s turning your Pixel phone into a dashcamSmartphones are The Very Hungry Caterpillar of tech. And now they want dashcams for dinnerWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Smartphones are The Very Hungry Caterpillar of tech. And now they want dashcams for dinner
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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A newGoogle Pixelphone feature sounds like it could be great news for drivers and terrible news for thebest dashcamfirms: code spotted in Google’s Personal Safety suggests that a new dashcam mode is coming toPixel phonesand to some otherbest Android phonesincluding theNothing Phone (1).
This is a great idea, and I hope Apple steals it
I’ve experimented with in-car phone mounts ever since the firstiPhone, and I’ve come to the conclusion that the best place for a phone is just beside the steering wheel and just proud of the dashboard. That turns out to be not just the best place for sightlines when you’re navigating – I can see it when I need to but it doesn’t dominate my field of view, particularly at night when even a little light can be too much – but a really great place for dashcam mode too.
Of course, there are some dashcam things this can’t do. It doesn’t appear to offer front and back recording, and depending on your phone it won’t have the same widescreen view of the road as a dedicated dashcam can deliver. If your phone mount is a bit wobbly you’re going to be recording in super shake-o-vision. And of course, you’re not going to leave your phone when you park the car so you don’t get the parking monitoring that some of the top dashcams can offer. So far it’s also unclear how widespread the compatibility will be, so we don’t know just what phones will be supported.
But there are benefits too. You don’t need to wire anything, and your phone can move from car to car in a way wired-in dashcams can’t – handy if you don’t own a car but rent or borrow from time to time. And if you’ve got one of thebest phones, its camera is probably far superior to anything in a budget or mid-range dashcam too.
I think this is a brilliant idea, and I can’t wait to see it in action. I also hopeApplecopies it.
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