PC World - USA (2020-04)

APRIL 2020 PCWorld 33

Owl Cameras is dead and users

who bought its expensive dash

cam are in limbo

The company that acquired its assets is looking for someone to help bereft customers.

BY MELISSA RIOFRIO

O

wl Cameras is dead. The

startup made a splash in 2018

with the Owl Car Cam, a dash

cam that plugged into a car’s

OBD-II port and recorded both inside and

outside the vehicle, uploading those videos

to a cloud service via LTE. But now, two years

later, the company’s employees are scattered,

and its assets have been sold. The story might

have ended abruptly right there, but this tale

holds a glimmer of hope for existing users.

PCWorld reviews dash cams (go.pcworld.

com/dcam), including both the debut 2018

Owl Car Cam (go.pcworld.com/ow18) and

IMAGE: OWL