Description
Price: $99.99 - $92.99
(as of Feb 22, 2025 06:45:07 UTC – Details)
The indoor Nest Cam security camera knows the difference between a person and a pet, and alerts you about the things that matter to you. The camera’s 24/7 live view shows you what’s happening from anywhere in the Google Home app.[1] And with up to 3 hours of free event video history, you can go back and see what you missed.[2] This home security camera lets you view live HD video, replay video recordings, talk to visitors, and more – all from the Google Home app. Nest Cam requires a free Google Account and is not compatible with the Nest app. [1]Some features, including mobile notifications, remote control, video streaming, and video recording, require working internet and Wi-Fi. [2]Up to 3 hours recording. Learn more at g.co/nest/3hours. [3]Nest Aware subscription sold separately. Continuous video recording requires that you wire Nest Cam. [4]Learn more at g.co/nest/cam-mem.
Nest Cam has built-in intelligence and can tell the difference between a person, animal, and vehicle and send alerts directly through the Google Home app[1], no subscription required.Controller Type:Google Assistant.Connectivity protocol:Bluetooth;Wi-Fi.Power source type:Corded Electric
Easily check in from anywhere 24/7 with 1080p HDR video[1] with night vision, and see what you missed with 3 hours of free event video history[2]; add a Nest Aware subscription (sold separately) for up to 60 days of video history[3]
If your Wi-Fi goes down, Nest Cam will store up to 1 hour of recorded events so you can see what you missed [4]
Take action in an instant if something happens; talk and listen with the built in speaker and mic on your security camera or call your local emergency service directly from the Google Home app (Nest Aware subscription required)[5]
Set up Activity Zones to receive phone notifications about specific areas of your home and know when familiar faces arrive (Nest Aware subscription required for familiar face alerts)[1,6]
Stream your live video feed hands-free on compatible smart displays with Google Assistant, and compatible smart displays, smart TVs, and tablets with Amazon Alexa
Nest Cam requires the Google Home app and a free Google Account – it’s not compatible with the Nest app or the Nest site
Nest Cam is designed to fit any home’s style; it comes in a range of colors and the built-in stand lets you place it on a wall or table
Set up Home & Away Routines to automatically turn your Nest Cam off when you’re home, so no video is streamed or recorded until you leave[7]
Please refer to the product description section below for all applicable legal disclaimers denoted by the bracketed numbers in the preceding bullet points (e.g., [1], [2], etc.)
Customers say
Customers appreciate the camera’s quality, ease of setup, and picture quality. They find it solid, with clear pictures and sound. However, some customers are unhappy that the camera is only compatible with the Google Home app, which has limited features. Opinions vary on functionality, value for money, night vision, and motion detection.
AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
Drew K. –
Improvement from the 1st generation
Definitely an improvement from the 1st generation indoor camera series.Better image quality and sound.The only thing I donât like is that you can only use it in the Google Home app and not the Nest app (which is advertised and I was aware of).
Jaymes –
Keeping this camera
Just a heads up you only get “event” view for free with nest cameras, but for $8 that changes across all nest cameras. This camera is extremely easy to set up, Google Home is a wonderful app that hasn’t caused any issues for us, the design is nice and build quality feels solid. Connection to the camera is the best we’ve experienced (many cameras use 2.4ghz for streaming), which is awful. This has run at 99.9% consistentcy and even with that missing percent it was due to the phone not connecting, not the camera itself shutting off. We returned two Chinese cameras and got this camera, which was significantly more expensive but worth the investment. Night vision is excellent and there are plenty of other features within the app. Oh, and the AI it uses is incredible, you can record in your home and have it only recognize a pet or individual person instead of it notifying you of everything it sees. Talking through it also works perfectly. Little to no delay on streaming. 5 stars.
TB –
Ever Wanted to Call Your Dog?
Ever wanted to call your dog? Now you can! This camera is a game-changer. Setup was a breeze, it arrived quickly, and the quality is top-notch. The video is super clear, and the sound? Incredible.You know how when you FaceTime your dog on a family memberâs phone, they get excited for a second and then totally ignore you? Not with this camera! Thereâs something about the sound that grabs their attention. My petsâboth dogs and catsâactually come to the camera when I call. My dog even brings a toy, and my cats hilariously start searching the house for me!Itâs perfect for checking in, making sure everyoneâs okay, and even easing my elderly dogâs separation anxiety. The only thing missing is a treat dispenser! Plus, it records motion-triggered clips that are saved for up to three hours and automatically deletes themâno subscription required.If you want a fun and easy way to stay connected with your pets, or check in on things at home I highly recommend this camera. Itâs like FaceTime, but betterâfor you and your furry friends!
Jenny L Baird –
Nest App WARNING
This camera is as described, but do your research if you use the Nest app–this doesn’t work with it. This Gen 2 camera only works in the Google Home app. I prefer the Nest app and wish I figured that out beforehand since my other cameras are Gen 1 and I just wanted to add one more.
sandeep –
works good.
wanted to try some new camera and bought this one. Install was easy. Good video quality actually . App works great and the notifications are working good . There is lot of setting you can do to configure the notifications. Overall i am happy with the camera
JohnnyLanghorne –
Love these well-Made Nest Cams
I bought 3 cams and just received them today. These cams are made with high quality. Vey easy to install and set up. Basically just plug in and follow the instructions step by step on Google home app.Night vision is a great feature for security monitoring. Without any lights on, you can still see everything in the room from the app.Amazing. Without paying any fee, there is 3 hour recording by Google.Thanks to the technology. 10-15 years ago, a security system not even as good as this would cost a fortune, at least a few thousand dollars. Now I paid only a little over $200.I highly recommend them to everyone from my experience using them.
Bema –
Extremely Disappointing, Expected more from Google
I’ve been using Amazon Cloudcam since it’s inception, unfortunately Amazon has discontinued that service. I was quite happy with it, cameras had good video quality (all things considered when they first came out), performance was good, desktop viewing, easy to load recorded clips.Being forced to get a new camera was daunting, I did as much research as possible and chose the Google Nest cam. Yearly subscription and features seemed good, cameras were reasonably priced compared to Ring and came with the Google Home ecosystem which was promising.Got my cameras, installed them and then all the issues started. First, there is NO WAY to watch your cameras from a desktop browser, this seems extremely nuts for me, how does Google, a tech powerhouse have no option for this? For my Amazon cameras, I would just log into cloudcam.amazon.com and instantly watch all my cameras at once. When I’m at work it was an easy way to monitor all my cameras at once. But for Google Nest, nope, you have to watch from your phone. Not ideal when I’m at work and you can’t watch on a big screen. I can not express the amount of disappointment this brings. Apparently before Google bought Nest you could watch them on a desktop. So disappointing.I placed my new cameras on the same spots as my old Amazon Cloudcams, they are reasonably located from my WiFi router and boosters. My 4 year old Cloudcams performed flawlessly from these locations, video streaming loaded right away. Google Nest cameras constantly refresh with a black screen and give me constant “Live video unavailable”. So far owning them for 4ish days I get that message 90% of the time. Performance has been extremely underwhelming for a Google product. How can brand new cameras perform so poorly compared to 4 year old “obsolete” technology.You want to watch recorded video clips? Good luck, they take FOREVER to load. By the time they load your house has already been robbed. Clips taking up to a minute to load. These are recorded clips in the cloud, how can this be so slow? Again on my Amazon Cloudcam it takes about 3-5 seconds for a 5 minute clip to load. Google Nest takes up to a minute to load a 10 second clip.When the camera works (and its not often) the video quality is great, night vision feature is sharp, motion detection is also great. Unfortunately though the Google ecosystem is extremely subpar. Their Home app is also something to be desired. It seems so rushed and poorly designed, like a last minute “we need an app” situation. The lack of customizing where you want icons placed are also so so bad.As for customer service, I chatted them today trying to get help, I’ve been on the chat so far for 36 minutes getting the same copy and paste answers from their CS person. Took 20 minutes for them to get figure out how to get me to approve for them to get into my system. Going on 40 minutes they ask me for a screenshot. Big yikes Google.I want to like the cameras but ultimately I will return them all (I spent north of $500 on all of these). Maybe try the more expensive Ring or cheaper Wyzecam.If you’re looking for an easy setup camera system with little frustration, these are not it.Update: over 1.5 hours with Google support and they seemed clueless. Telling me to uninstall the app, turn off the cameras, asking me what phone I was using, it was all useless. Most of them I already did. Anyway, all 4 cameras have been returned to Amazon.While I was on the chat for over 1.5 hours I researched other cameras and decided to go with Wyzecam. $99 a year for unlimited cameras, web browsing included, color night vision. Cheaper pricepoint on the hardware too.
TAJ –
Mistakenly order thinking it would operate outdoors in a Canadian winter.
Luis Aguilar –
Buena resolución, incluso de noche. Fácil de conectar y fijar.
Jonny Palazuelos –
Soy usuario de cámaras Nest desde hace cerca de 8 años, desde que eran Dropcam, era un servicio y calidad sin igual, pero desde que la tomó Google el problema ha persistido y la atención al cliente es pésimo. Toma en cuenta loSiguiente:1.- La cámara solo tiene garantÃa de un mes por Amazon, y aún que digan que tiene un año por Google no es cierto, eso es solo para los que viven en USA, los que vivimos en latino América el servicio de garantÃas no sirve.2.- Antes la app de Nest está excelente, desde que la tomó Google la app Google Home no sirve, no puedo creer que no sepan programar.3.- Si quieren grabar tendrás que pagar 15 dólares mensuales si no olvÃdate no sirve porque no tiene ranura para SD.Piénsalo dos veces.
robert m. –
Hooks up to Samsung immediately, still haven’t figured out how to get my wife’s iPhone to hook up
Mike –
Installation worked very well. I replaced an older outdoor camera that was on nest aware; however don’t know how to change that nest aware subscription to include the replacement camera now.