- After selling out upon launch, Nextbase iQ smart dash cam
keeps getting better with highly anticipated features and
enhancements via OTA updates to firmware and app
- Update includes Guardian Mode, improved Rear Cam
functionality, and enhanced SmartSense Parking
- Offering real-time access from anywhere, Nextbase iQ
protects any vehicle, making it safer, smarter, and more
secure
- Named Billboard's "Best New Vehicle Security System" at 2024
CES, as well as listings among TIME Best Inventions, the
Best of CES, and Fast Company's Innovation by Design, Nextbase iQ
is the world's first and only aftermarket connected-car
platform
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ANGELES, May 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/
-- Nextbase, a global leader in dash cam technology, today
announced its first major over-the-air (OTA) update for the
AI-powered, 4G IoT-connected iQ smart dash cam, select models of
which sold out around the world upon launch late last year.
The first of many planned updates, the latest versions of
Nextbase iQ firmware and app add the much-anticipated Guardian
Mode, which protects the vehicle when it is in use while the owner
is away (e.g., Parents monitoring new drivers in their family,
leaving it with a valet or service mechanic, or loaning it to
another driver). In addition, the app and firmware updates include
enhancements to iQ Rear Cam functionality, SmartSense Parking, day
and night Cabin View image quality and other functions.
"Around the world, demand for the Nextbase iQ exceeded our
forecasts and outstripped initial supply. It's fantastic to see our
drive to innovate the with the iQ is being rewarded by continuing
to win awards, including a 'Best of CES' award, this time from
Billboard, who named it the 'Best New Vehicle Security System',"
said Richard Browning, Chief
Marketing and Sales Officer for Nextbase. "But as good as iQ is, it
was always designed to keep getting better through regular updates
that continue to add further functionality to this already market
leading product. This first firmware enhancement provides even
greater protection, whether you're in your car or away from
it."
Guardian Mode expands Nextbase iQ's vehicle protection to cover
situations when the vehicle is in use but the owner is away. The
owner can set parameters for remote, real-time alerts when leaving
their vehicle with another person, such as a valet, service
mechanic or a teenage son or daughter. Triggers can include
excessive speed or traveling outside of a certain geographical area
(geofencing).
Enhancements to SmartSense Parking enable users to toggle on or
off remote alerts initiated by Nextbase's radar-based
Spatial-awareness technology. These notifications, which alert the
user to threats breaching a certain radius around the vehicle, are
especially helpful as they allow the user to monitor, engage and
even take proactive measures to deal with an incident before
it happens.
Other enhancements in this first release include the addition of
"Picovoice," built-in voice recognition software, which enables
users to engage hands-free with iQ simply by saying: "Hey, iQ …"
Picovoice also enables multiple user languages.
Additionally, to kick off Summer Drive Season, Nextbase is
offering the following promotions on iQ:
- 5/20-6/2 $100 off iQ 1K, $50 off Rear
cam
- 6/3-6/16 $100 off iQ 2K, $50 off Rear
cam
- 6/17-6/30 $150 off iQ
1K, $150 off 2K, &
$50 off Rear cam
Nextbase iQ and Rear Cam is available nationwide through Best
Buy, Amazon.com and various retailers,. Nextbase.com, is one of a
select few partners included in Best Buy's Partner+ program.
Items may be ordered through Nextbase.com and picked up in-store
the same day.
For more information on the Nextbase iQ, visit
https://nextbase.com/iQ
ABOUT NEXTBASE DASH CAMS:
Nextbase is a world-class
innovator of automotive-based imagery technology with hundreds of
patents and design protections to its name. Having created the
consumer dash cam category and dominated markets in the UK,
Europe, Australia, New
Zealand and North America .
With its multi-award-winning product range, UK-based Nextbase is
now expanding into Asia. With the
recent launch of the AI-powered, IOT-connected Nextbase iQ – the
world's first truly smart, fully connected dash cam and the world's
only aftermarket connected car platform – Nextbase is transcending
the category it created. Nextbase has successfully integrated both
market-leading software and data services into its millions of dash
cams on the road, positioning itself as a leading imagery provider
to the mapping, autonomous-vehicle and digital-infrastructure
industries. Nextbase customers include: Best Buy, Amazon, Walmart,
Halfords, Autobacs, Toyota, VW Group, Uber, Grubhub/Hungry House.
To learn more, visit www.Nextbase.com/en-us/ and follow along
on Instagram at @Nextbase.
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