![]() ![]() We were pleasantly surprised with the Nexar app. These are saved when the dash cam detects a collision or an instance of heavy braking. The app includes a tool for trimming and saving sections of footage, and potential incidents are automatically saved separately. All footage includes the date and time to help give legitimacy for when it might be needed as evidence. This footage is neatly organised and each journey is joined by a map to show the route you took. This worked seamlessly for us – so much so that we hadn’t realised it had happened until we discovered the saved footage in the Nexar app a few hours later. While the camera comes with a microSD card, it only uses this briefly, recording to the card then immediately sending this footage to your smartphone. The app is used to initially set up the camera – thankfully a quick and easy process that worked first time in our testing – and it then captures footage and logs every journey made with the dash cam. While many dash cams work with a companion smartphone app, few rely on them quite as much as this. This is where the Nexar Beam sets itself apart from much of the competition. (Image credit: Nexar) Nexar Beam review: Software and app Audio can also be recorded, but we prefer to leave this switched off in the interest of passenger privacy. We particularly liked how smooth the footage was, with no tearing or distortion when driving over potholes and speed bumps. Details like road signs and registration plates are legible in most situations and changes in lighting are handled well, with the image also well-balanced and not over- or under-exposed. ![]() While this isn’t as good on paper as some 1440p, 2K or 4K dash cams, but under £100 the Nexar’s video quality is impressive. The Nexar shoots in 1080p Full HD resolution and at 30 frames per second. This is a pleasant surprise, but we worry about whether Nexar will earn enough money from unit sales to comfortably cover the mounting cloud storage fees. Interestingly, Nexar offers free and unlimited cloud storage for footage taken by its dash cam. The app predicts that each hour of footage takes up a little over 1GB of your phone storage. You can then transfer the footage to your phone later, or copy it from the memory card to your tablet or computer. ![]() In this case, the camera can be set to record only to its microSD card, like most other dash cams. It is worth noting that your phone cannot connect to a car with wireless CarPlay or Android Auto and operate the Nexar Beam at the same time. This puts the camera into a state where it is not recording, but will spring into life if an incident is detected. There is also a parking mode that automatically switches on when the vehicle is turned off and the camera remains plugged in. Incidents like collisions and heavy braking are automatically saved separately. Instead, it simply gets on with the job of recording footage and saving it to its own storage, then transferring it to your smartphone (iPhone or Android). Some dash cam companies are guilty of packing too many features into their products. (Image credit: Nexar) Nexar Beam review: Features ![]()
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