Advanced Car Eye 3.0 4+

Update July 2024: Updated with the latest firmware. Reset the volume & voice again. Low and behold, next time I get in the car all the volumes at zero again. BMW, seriously, sort this out!!!! You lose another * for taking so long to fix this.

Had the ACE 3.0 front camera fitted to my 22 plate 5 series as a replacement for the Surround Camera/Drive Recorder option which was deleted from my build due to chip shortages. On the surface, being hardwired, it’s always ready and the image quality seems good. Stick a 128GB Samsung Pro microSD in (suited for dashcams and CCTV) and good to go. However, still, after several updates and over 12 months, 2 problems remain: - Set the volumes on the app, for the beeps and voice replies, and it’s fine for a while, then randomly turns itself back to silent again. - The car has integrated Apple CarPlay and yet you have to faff about disconnecting CarPlay before you can connect the app to the dashcam. Really?? Surely this can be improved? Ideally, there would be the App in CarPlay, where you could use the big display on CarPlay to access the camera.

I purchased a new Mini Countryman and had the ACE 3.0 with front and rear cameras fitted. General the camera system works well, great image quality, the parking mode provides reassurance when leaving the car in car parks. But I have a few issues with the system and iPhone app. Firstly using the app I set the volume for the voice assistant and bleep signals, after an couple of journeys the volume has reset itself to zero, I am now resetting the volume every day before setting off on a trip. Secondly when you want to view old recordings you need to switch off car play on the iPhone, why, this does not make sense, it would be great is to be able to view old recordings on the dash via car play when the engine is switched off. Finally videos are only 1 min long so find a particular incident can be tricky, I would prefer an option in the app to set the recording duration to something like 1, 5, 10, 15 mins . In general a good product and app but need some issues sorting out.

Overall a good camera with settings menu easy to operate. If there was an option for live view without connecting to the camera via Bluetooth then I would of given 5 stars