How to turn an Android smartphone into a Dash Cam to record videos of the road while driving in the car

Dash Cam to record videos

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The Dash Cam is the video camera that you put in the car to take the road you are traveling on, thus recording a video of what happens while driving the car.

The Dashcam, often used by passionate video amateurs when traveling on a road that is worth filming or waiting (hoping) to capture an interesting moment, can also be useful in the case of an accident, to prove their innocence.

Who does not want to spend money to fix a Dash Cam in the car which then has to be dismantled every time and can become an object of the thieves’ wishes, can try to transform any smartphone into a DashCam, perhaps using an older cell phone that is no longer used.

The important thing is that it is a smartphone with an operating system Android and that, even without an internet connection, it has a functioning camera.

What you need for using the smartphone as a Dash Cam it’s just a charging cable to keep in the car and then adequate support that it can attach itself to the glass to hold the phone in the right position to resume the road.

There are plenty of car mounts on Amazon, although not all of them are adequate to hold it in the video recording position. Looking for the most suitable ones, we can choose support like iOttie Easy One Touch which makes it easy to attach and detach the phone by keeping it high above the dashboard or, a cheaper one like this with sucker with 360-degree rotation or even this Car Dock flat and simple.

After correctly arranging the smartphone, need a dashcam app, which allows you to record videos continuously. There are many apps to choose from, some specializing in the task like AutoBoy Dash Cam BlackBox. This application has a quick button to record videos, also showing the free memory storage space on the screen so you know when you will need to stop recording and delete the video to make a new one.

When the memory is full, the app will ask you to automatically overwrite the previous video, without the need to manually delete it. The recording is continuous and can be paused with one touch to quickly resume it.

Touching the three points at the top left opens the menu of options, to switch from horizontal to vertical mode, adjust the exposure, the color effect, the focus, the screen, and whether to shoot using the front camera (for the record the interior of the car).

Other options from the menu on the side, allow you to upload videos to Youtube, watch recorded videos, and set automatic recording based on the Bluetooth connection or with other triggers.

Other good apps to turn your Android smartphone into a DashCam I’m:
DailyRoads Voyager, which supports continuous recording, with or without sound, cyclically by deleting the previous video when the memory runs out.

You can also use the photo mode, to take repeated shots and then create a timelapse video. The app also shows street addresses and maps, with an indication of the speed and GPS coordinates of the road you are driving on and supports protection in case of overheating of the phone.

AutoGuard Dash Cam which records videos without interruption shows acceleration, latitude, longitude, and speed on the screen and automatically manages the memory space to be able to replace old videos with new ones automatically unless they are marked to be saved.