Garmin’s New All-In-One Dashcam-Navigator Helps You Stay On The Road

The days of standalone automobile GPS unit have been numbered ever since Google Maps started turning - by - act directions , but Garmin is still keep them relevant by packing in smarting . The latest nuviCam LMTHD not only feature a dashcam , but it can use that same crystalline lens to prevent you from crashing .

Integrating a dashcam into a standalone GPS building block is a move that makes a fortune of sense — which is why Garmin is n’t the first , that crown perish toMagellan . The smart ( ba - dum ) thing is using that same camera to watch the road , and ply real - time alerts to the equipment driver if he strays from his lane , or gets too tight to the motorcar in front .

Lane departure and crash warning signal are obviously not themselves newfangled features — Mitsubishi was offer up the featureway back in 1992 . But commonly , it involves speccing out some hideously expensive engineering science package , ordinarily tied in with some hideous Bluetooth wireless . With Garmin ’s offering , although truth is perhaps not guaranteed , you’re able to tot up it onto anything with a windshield .