Live Camera View in the U.K.

[nxsynjs]

relevant to dash cams and Tesla cams.

 

[Mark-R]

Sentry Mode Live Camera Access is now available in the UK (part of 2021.44.25.2)

 

[Kalessin]

Sentry Mode Live Camera Access is now available in the UK (part of 2021.44.25.2)

Thanks for sharing! I’ve just got that update and saw no sign they’d enabled it in the UK

 

[GRiLLA]

My car is too old for the external speaker, do folks with newer cars get the option for the robot voice thing?

 

[MrBadger]

I really don't get why they implemented live/snooping view before they implemented the ability to view/save recorded clips. The latter would have been very useful on dozens of occasions, unlike the ability to live view surroundings which would have been useful precisely zilch. Thankfully it sounds like live view is not entirely covert.

 

[Mr H]

My car is too old for the external speaker, do folks with newer cars get the option for the robot voice thing?

Yes, and it works great...so funny. The new 'Megaphone' feature added to BoomBox produces the same voice

 

[Magstauk]

Yes, and it works great...so funny. The new 'Megaphone' feature added to BoomBox produces the same voice

Megaphone worked for me while in the car but not when I was trying from my app through sentry live view. Wonder why.

 

[Mr H]

Megaphone worked for me while in the car but not when I was trying from my app through sentry live view. Wonder why.

you need to hold the button down and i also had to change the permission in my iphone settings

 

[Mrklaw]

live view is useful probably only if you get a warning alert if your alarm is triggered when you’re away from the car. Lets you see if its a false alarm, not that you can do anything if someone really is stealing it or broken into it.

 

[Magstauk]

you need to hold the button down and i also had to change the permission in my iphone settings

yeah, i've done all that, held the button and made sure my app had the microphone enabled. I'll give it a go on my ipad, my phone is an adroid.

 

[Mr H]

yeah, i've done all that, held the button and made sure my app had the microphone enabled. I'll give it a go on my ipad, my phone is an adroid.

also make sure both your car and phone are not on wi-fi

 

[Magstauk]

also make sure both your car and phone are not on wi-fi

Thank you Mr H. Closed the app and tried again, seemed to work just fine although a little delayed. Live view is so cool though.

 

[khew1988]

I really don't get why they implemented live/snooping view before they implemented the ability to view/save recorded clips. The latter would have been very useful on dozens of occasions, unlike the ability to live view surroundings which would have been useful precisely zilch. Thankfully it sounds like live view is not entirely covert.

I kind of think they need to both be present - look at a ring doorbell cam for example. It records and saves but also offers the option of Live View to try and deter as well as/instead of capture.

Will be interesting to see if they take a similar approach with having a cloud save for Dash/Sentry Cam in the future... would be another selling point for Premium Connectivity and would mean no recording is lost in the event that the USB got lost/corrupted.

 

[Smartest]

Live sentry is now available in the UK with the latest software update! Hooray!!

 

[M3noob]

Live sentry is now available in the UK with the latest software update! Hooray!!

It's live in UK cars in Spain, too. Happy Christmas

 

[Adams901]

It's live, but I've just found out theres a daily data limit for the car, I've only looked at it a few times today and now it's unavailable.

 

[gdallas]

Presume you all have enabled your phone key? When I try to access the camera from the app I get hit with " To view camera, enable phone key." I wonder why that would be? I can't have the phone enabled as at home, my phone keeps the doors enabled for being opened. It's the reason I bought the key fob. Shame I won't be able to use it without doing that though! Seems weird.

 

[Nick77]

Presume you all have enabled your phone key? When I try to access the camera from the app I get hit with " To view camera, enable phone key." I wonder why that would be? I can't have the phone enabled as at home, my phone keeps the doors enabled for being opened. It's the reason I bought the key fob. Shame I won't be able to use it without doing that though! Seems weird.

It might say connected i.e. that it's in Bluetooth range, but the doors won't open until you get right up close to the car.

I tried it whilst leaving the phone in the house and I couldn't open the door.

 

[Dilly]

It's live, but I've just found out theres a daily data limit for the car, I've only looked at it a few times today and now it's unavailable.

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I don’t think the car has a data limit. It’s not your phone is it

 

[doats1]

Presume you all have enabled your phone key? When I try to access the camera from the app I get hit with " To view camera, enable phone key." I wonder why that would be? I can't have the phone enabled as at home, my phone keeps the doors enabled for being opened. It's the reason I bought the key fob. Shame I won't be able to use it without doing that though! Seems weird.

The car can be connected to your phone via Bluetooth when in range, but won’t allow the doors to open until you’re really close to the car.