Don't phones get really hot if you record video for long periods of time?
Edit: Whoops - the article mentions that.
Google will soon let Pixel phones double as dashcams
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#12FTA:
> We also wonder about how Personal Safety will be able to do this type of always-on recording without generating excess heat, especially if your phone needs to be mounted in a position that’s likely to see a lot of direct sunlight.
That's what I immediately thought of. I can't see this working too well unless they solve the overheating issues.
I had my Google Pixel 7 Pro shut down due to overheating, on a reasonably hot day (~35C) where I was walking around and taking a bunch of photos.
I had to use my hands to absorb the heat, to cool it down enough to turn back on so I could call a Taxi and get somewhere cool.
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#13The concept separation of concerns I apply every where, and I like my dashcam not connected to any cloud, if I ever needed a footage, I’ll just take it from the sdcard.
Nothing in the settings shows any way to upload the videos to the cloud.
There's a good chance that it'll save to a folder which is synced with Google Drive.
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#14I thought there were already apps to do this with most phones. The phone itself has a poor form factor for a dashcam though, and it uses too much power.
Yep, I used to use Sygic for some time as I needed an offline maps in the middle of nowhere, and they have a dashcam addon that worked pretty well, except the heating issue others mentioned.
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#15Don't phones get really hot if you record video for long periods of time? Edit: Whoops - the article mentions that.
I've been curious about why that is, surely it's just pumping data from the camera sensor, through a hardware-encode unit, then straight to flash?
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#16FTA: > We also wonder about how Personal Safety will be able to do this type of always-on recording without generating excess heat, especially if your phone needs to be mounted in a position that’s likely to see a lot of direct sunlight. That's what I immediately thought of. I can't see this working too well unless they solve the overheating issues. I had my Google Pixel 7 Pro shut down due to overheating, on a reaso…
A mount that moves AC air directly to phone should work.
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#17I have an old iPhone 8 lying around and might try out some dash cam apps for it. Remember seeing a Linus Tech Tips video about how bad most dashcam cameras are, so even though the iPhone 8 camera isn’t stellar the bar is pretty low.
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#18The concept separation of concerns I apply every where, and I like my dashcam not connected to any cloud, if I ever needed a footage, I’ll just take it from the sdcard.
Nothing in the settings shows any way to upload the videos to the cloud.
Not necessarily the video itself -although I don’t even trust google studio app-, but the meta data google will collect: when did you use the cam, duration, location, and other data that will be collected “to enhance the service” that’s already crap from the get go.
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#20My Pixel 6 Pro gets too hot on my dash that it stops working when it's in the sun. There's even a notification from the device that tells me it's too hot to operate normally!
So I doubt this will work too well unless Pixel >=7 phones perform better under high temperature than mine does.