[Slideit]

Originally Posted by TikiTourer

oh, and after I bought it, my Phone Drivers Guide App was updated to include instructions on how to use Drive Recorder. I'm a bit surprised that that happened!

My current car is nearly 10 years old, this wizardry is all new to me. I’ve downloaded the guide for my yet to be picked up 330e, and it had all my options listed!

[francton]

Originally Posted by achk

For those of us in Australia, the Drive Recorder will be available for purchase through the BMW iDrive Store portal in the near future but only for cars built from 7/2019 onward. I'm not sure the reason why it's not available for earlier built cars - perhaps they've changed the hardware?

I'm hoping it's just a software related thing as not all earlier built cars have been updated to firmwares that are post 7/2019.

My G20 was built in Nov 2018. I added Drive Recorder from the bmw connected store last month. perhaps the car only requires idrive 7 (for remote software) and 360 cameras for drive recorder to be available for subscription.

I drive almost everyday, so cannot comment on the battery question.

[achk]

Originally Posted by francton

My G20 was built in Nov 2018. I added Drive Recorder from the bmw connected store last month. perhaps the car only requires idrive 7 (for remote software) and 360 cameras for drive recorder to be available for subscription.

I drive almost everyday, so cannot comment on the battery question.

I was able to purchase the Drive Recorder after the dealership upgraded me to 11/2019 software

[Slideit]

Here is an example of my Drive Recorder

https://vimeo.com/422070542

[TikiTourer]

After a couple of weeks with the recorder, I've found it's a bit awkward to activate manually. You can either do it via the App, or a long press on the panorama camera button next to gear shift or add the App as a widget to the display screen. I moved my phone widget to the 2nd page and put the drive recorder where the phone widget was on the home screen.
I think it could do with a soft programmable button on the steering wheel for activation...as when you see some dodgy driving you don't necessarily want to be taking your eyes off the road to activate the recorder.