Garmin Dash Cam Mini 2 is here — and it's the size of a car key fob

Garmin Dash Cam Mini 2 is here — and information technology's the size of a car central fob

(Image credit: Garmin)

Information technology'southward e'er a skillful idea to take a dash cam your car, and Garmin has just announced four new models that await to be very stiff contenders.

These new nuance cams correspond an overhaul Garmin's existing range of cameras, and is the first time the company has included connected features on all models. Here's what you demand to know.

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Garmin Mini 2 dash cam — (Prototype credit: garmin)

The Dash Cam Mini 2 is the existent spectacle here, with Garmin offering a tiny discreet little camera that'southward evidently the same size as a car key play tricks. This offers Full HD/1080p recording resolution, and volition retail for $130. It does non come up with a congenital-in display. Don't forget to buy a high endurance microSD card though, because it doesn't come with one.

garmin dash cam 47 — (Epitome credit: Garmin)

The Dash Cam 47 offers 1080p video resolution and born GPS, a 2-inch rear display, and a 140-degree field of view. It retails for $169.99, and comes with a memory carte du jour pre-installed.

garmin dash cam 57 — (Epitome credit: Garmin)

The Nuance Cam 57 offers 1440p resolution, born GPS, some other two-inch rear display, and the same 140-field of view as the 47. It retails for $230, and comes with a memory card pre-installed.

garmin cash cam 67w — (Paradigm credit: Garmin)

The Dash Cam 67W offers the same 1440p resolution and GPS equally the 57, merely increases the field of view to 180 degrees. It besides comes with a 2-inch display, has a pre-installed memory carte, and retails for $260.

Similar whatsoever good nuance cam, all four cameras continually record and come with automated incident detection. That way, when you practice have an blow, you don't need to worry about handling the video bear witness.

If you're looking for more hi-tech options in your machine, it looks like Garmin has customers covered. The principal characteristic of note is that each of the iv cameras will automatically store recordings in Garmin's secure online vault. Then if something happens to your car or photographic camera, the footage will nonetheless exist there for another 24 hours, and is accessible through the Garmin Drive app

If you need to proceed your recording for longer, you volition accept to subscribe to one of Garmin'due south Vault storage subscription plans. The standard subscription costs $5 a month and saves your clips for seven days. The Avant-garde subscription saves clips for thirty days, merely costs $10 a calendar month.

Each camera also includes a Live view style for real-time monitoring, a Parking Guard that alerts you if something happens to your vehicle while it's parked, and voice control lets you access functions without having to take your hands off the steering wheel. Each nuance cam supports English, Spanish, German language, French, Italian and Swedish.

Better still, the Dash Cam 47, 57, and 67W also come up with driver alerts, to warn you about potential forward collision or lane deviation warnings. It'south useful for drivers that don't take a newer car with those features pre-installed. The Dash Cam Mini two does not come up with this feature, so bear that in mind.

All four cameras are available at present, and tin be purchased on Garmin'southward website.

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