Akaso Keychain 4K camera review

The Akaso Keychain is a hands-free ‘mini vlog’ camera for shooting TikTok shorts records in 4K, but has reliability issues

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Digital Camera World Verdict

Do you need a magnetic splashproof camera that can stick to anything and go anywhere? The smallest 4K camera around deals in video with impressive image stabilisation and takes time-lapses, but a concern over reliability takes off the gloss.

Pros

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    Effective 4K image stabilization

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    Handy for ‘hyperlapses’

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    Endless easy in-app editing

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    1/4 inch tripod thread

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    Narrow field of view

Cons

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    Average sound

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    Novelty use only

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    Tendency to freeze-up

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Short-form mobile videos are everywhere, but until now they’ve relied only on smartphones. Cue the Akaso Keychain, a seriously tiny clip-on camera that’s seemingly designed for TikTok, but has some core extra features that might just widen its appeal. 

Described as a ‘mini vlog’ camera by its creators – which recently launched the impressive Akaso Brave 7 LE action camera – the splash-proof Keychain is claimed to be the lightest 4K camera around. It’s hard to argue with that; it measures 63x33x18 mm and weighs just 36g, with a microSD card slot and a USB-C slot hidden away behind a flap on its undercarriage. 

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Jamie Carter
Astrophotography expert

Jamie has been writing about all aspects of technology for over 14 years, producing content for sites like TechRadar, T3, Forbes, Mashable, MSN, South China Morning Post, and BBC Wildlife, BBC Focus and BBC Sky At Night magazines. 

As the editor for www.WhenIsTheNextEclipse.com, he has a wealth of enthusiasm and expertise for all things astrophotography, from capturing the Perseid Meteor Shower, lunar eclipses and ring of fire eclipses, photographing the moon and blood moon and more.

He also brings a great deal of knowledge on action cameras, 360 cameras, AI cameras, camera backpacks, telescopes, gimbals, tripods and all manner of photography equipment.