This then got me wondering why all videos are automatically pushed over to the app on your phone. It was set to 50% by default, and I didn't know there was an option to change that as it wasn't obvious from the menu. This makes it really easy to look through your videos on your smartphone, without even having to be near to the dashcam or fiddling about with the SD card and a computer.Īfter contacting Nexar, I discovered that you can set the app to use less storage on your phone, by switching the option in the app (More > Account > Phone Storage) to use only 20% of available storage space. I then realised that all drives are pushed across from the dashcam to the smartphone. After browsing through the settings, the phone told me that the Nexar app was using over 20gb of space. Now, after a few days of usage - and admittedly having driven a few hundred miles - I noticed that the storage space on my smartphone was running low. The Nexar Pro came with a 32gb SD card, which should give a few hours of recordings at the 1080p resolution of the device. I'm not sure I would be happy with this longer-term, but again a thing of personal preference. I took that as a proxy for "I'm recording your drive". After a few days of driving with this model, I switched to the same level of confidence by seeing that the two lights on the back of the Nexar Pro were constantly lit. This was a concern for me at first, as I'm used to confirming that the dashcam is working and recording by what I can see on the screen. Neither the Nexar Pro - or it's baby brother the Nexar Beam - have a screen showing what the camera can see (or to play back recorded videos). This is usually a sign of a well-developed app, where all of the common bugs have already been ironed out. I was also pleased to see that Google reports that it has 'more than 100k users'. This may be a thing of personal preference, but the Nexar one just seemed to be more stable to me. Being a regular user of the Nextbase dashcam and app, the first thing I noticed when connecting the Nexar app to its dashcam, was that the Nexar app seems to work more robustly than the Nextbase one. Next thing is to download and setup the Nexar app on your smartphone. I had one of these already hard-wired into my test vehicle, so it literally took just a couple of minutes to get the Nexar Pro stuck on the windscreen and connected to the power. I was lucky that the dashcam uses a common 'USB Mini B' fitting for its power. I've bought cheap, unbranded dashcams from Amazon, and sometimes they feel as though they will fall apart at the first slight knock. It feels nice and solid, as though it will last a long time. Nexar definitely get it - the 'feel good factor' starts when you first go to unbox your new Dashcam! This quality feel was pioneered by Apple back in the noughties - and has been followed by just a few companies since. The first thing you notice when receiving the product, is the quality of the packaging. Get the Nexar Beam for only $119.95 on their website and if you’re planning to get more for your family, Nexar is also offering a family bundle where you only need to spend only $89.95 for each dashcam.We were very kindly sent the Nexar Pro GPS Dashcam to test and review, by their UK office. Never have to worry about losing your car too with the dash cam’s Parking mode feature where it will tell you where you parked your car via its built-in GPS. You can also create a detailed insurance report straight from the app. The app also lets you record automatically any collisions that the built-in G-sensor detects and safely edit and share it to your Nexar cloud account with no monthly charges. Just set the app to save footage to 20% to 80% of your available phone storage and you’re good to go. The app can let you save your dashcam footage to your phone without taking up too much space. What’s amazing about this piece of hardware is the generous free software that it provides. The Nexar App Packs A Lot Of Road Safety Features
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