Yup, it charges and runs simultaneously. When run off my Jackery USB battery it'll fully recharge while also recording. So on a longer ride I can unplug the battery after an hour if necessary. I've done that a time or two when the weather like it might change to rain.

Good camera for the money. I wish Ion would upgrade their sensors in basically the same package but they seem to have stalled on developing new products. They're still in business, still making cameras, but the action camera industry overall seems to have stalled. GoPro is in trouble. Hard to compete in a market flooded with no-names and knockoffs at a fraction of the price.