Finally my package from Indiegogo arrived. I have mixed feedback about this dashcam compared to my Xiaoyi dashcam.
Pro:
+discreet design/stealth
+reusable electrostatic film
+voice recognition

Con:
-most of the time unable to recognize voice activation
-to make it worst, no manual button to record video (when voice activation failed)
-wifi PSK is limited to 8 characters
-delayed/lagged streaming from dashcam to phone app


No time to compare the image and video quality yet. This is the Global/English version that is recently launched. I have very high expectation for this dashcam, apparently my Xiaoyi with 2 years old back technology still perform better, except it's bulky design.

Me too, liking it because of the design. Software still buggy (taking picture by itself, disabling wifi on it's own, and worst is it's not start the recording) and require major improvement.

a lot of inconsistencies on this device. my honest advice, avoid it. yes, this is the advice from the person who bought it from the 1st indiegogo campaign, 1st official english firmware.

im using back my 2-3 years old yi dashcam.

i don't want to say that yi dashcam is superior than 70mai dashcam. it's just that 70mai is really turned me down, especially in the event that i really need it to perform video recording. voice activation failed most of the time, and there is no physical button to overwrite or perform the recording. with yi dashcam, i can manually record the video on demand without fail, just that i need to reach for the button.

back to your question, as long as it preloaded/flashed with english firmware should be fine. my set was a chinese set but flashed with english firmware.

Yes it does. But sometimes you need to trigger 'manual/emergency recording' so that particular event will not be overwritten or to ease you to find that recording moment.

Obviously chinese version...

personally, i think this notification is useful as i encountered multiple times that the dashcam did not start the recording. have to manually reboot it.