How I turned my old Android phone into a dashcam for free - in 5 easy steps

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• An old Android phone (or iPhone) can work as a free dashcam.
• Dashcam apps enable loop recording, GPS, and timestamps.
• A solid mount and charger help the setup to work best.

I don't review phones as much as I did at the start of my tech journalism career, but at one point, I was flipping between two or three devices a month. So, today, I have a lot of old Android phones and iPhones stashed away in forgotten totes. Lately, though, I've been repurposing some of them. I even turned a spare Pixel into a security camera. That got me thinking: Can a phone be a dashcam?

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