![]() ![]() However, the hard braking detection works well, and in our three months with the camera seemed not to be too overly sensitive to be helpful.Īnother useful feature is the automatic incident notifications. Unlike our Vantrue N2 Pro review, we luckily haven’t had any experience with collision detection. It will automatically save, lock, and label short clips of these incidents for later use. Nexar claims it can even distinguish between a hard brake, evasive maneuver, or collision. The Nexar Beam GPS uses an internal G-sensor to detect a dangerous event. These videos stay on your phone until you’re connected to Wi-Fi, where it is then uploaded to the cloud storage that comes free with every camera purchase. Recorded footage is stored in either one of two places as it records: on the Beam’s internal memory card if you don’t have your phone, although it prefers to use your phone’s storage if it’s available. You’ll get a confirmation tone each time: you can shut that off if it gets annoying (it is relatively loud). ![]() The Nexar Beam GPS dash cam offers truly hands-free operation: it will start recording automatically when you start driving, and there is an automatic parking mode that activates when the car is shut off. There is no screen on the dash cam itself: just two lights - one to let you know the cam is on, the other to confirm a connection with a connected smartphone - and a power button. The Nexar Beam GPS is simple to install and simple to use. ![]() And don’t worry about losing a place to charge your phone: the car charger features two USB ports just for that purpose. It fits snugly behind the rearview mirror in most cars and doesn’t distract when it’s placed on the dash if your state prohibits windshield-mounted dash cams. Total installation time was no longer than 15 minutes, even on the cars where the installation wasn’t as smooth. As soon as we disconnected CarPlay, everything worked. One of our cars has wireless Apple CarPlay, and the phone app had all kinds of issues getting the cam to connect. The Nexar app takes care of the rest of the install, which goes smoothly if you’re not connected to Apple CarPlay or Android Auto wirelessly. In every install of this dash cam (we’re up to four cars), this was by far the most time-consuming part of the install. You will need a bit of force to get the headliner to budge enough in some cars: in our 2019 Volkswagen Golf R, there isn’t a lot of give, so it was a bit difficult.Īlso, you may need to modify how you feed the cable through the door seals: in the directions, it tells you to peel the seal back from the outside: in our Kia Soul, the open side of the seal was on the inside. Unlike other dash cams, the USB power cable isn’t as thick, so this is easy to do. To make this easier, Nexar provides a trim tool that will allow you to peel back the headliner, trim, and seal just enough to hide the cable underneath. Cable clips are also provided if you want to keep the cord from moving around when you run it back through to the USB charger. ![]() You can place the suction mount on your dashboard or windshield (check your local regulations), and the cable is hidden under the headliner, pillars, and inside the seals of your doors. ![]()
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