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• Rated 4 out of 5 stars

  Nest Cam Now Has AI

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  Summary The Nest Cam Indoor is now powered with AI. The 3rd Gen Nest Cam Indoor has arrived. It has basically all of the same features that the Gen 2 camera had, but now those who subscribe to the Google Home Premium plan can utilize AI features powered through Gemini. Features There’s not a whole lot new with the camera itself. The new selling point here is really the added Gemini AI concept. Here’s the basic list of features: • 2K video (2 settings for quality in the app) • Night Vision • Meant to be used indoor • AC Adapter powered • Phone alerts for movement • Learning facial recognition (in the settings) • Audio recording and speaking • Google Home & Alexa compatible • Wireless Connection (2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz) • Gemini AI Important to Know Subscription – You will need a Google Home Premium subscription to do things such as use the Gemini AI, record 24/7 video, use facial recognition, get detailed summaries of events, or create home automations. Subscription Price – The price for the Google Home Premium went up in 2025. I assume that this is to pay for the Gemini addition. I do not see an alternative price for those not interested in using the AI features. My Experience I’ll skip describing the use of the camera as it’s basically the same thing that the Google Nest cameras have always been. This one does 2K video instead of 1080P, but otherwise mostly the same as previous versions. Gemini Summary – The camera can produce a daily summary of events that took place within the camera’s view. If it recognizes a face it could use the person’s name and tell you what that person did. My experience with the summaries were that they weren’t always accurate. For instance, I moved a trash can behind my dog’s crate, and AI thought that I placed a trash bag in my dog’s crate. The bag never left the can, so the interpretation was off. Another time, the summary said that a person picked up a blue dog and placed it in a bag. Well, we don’t have a blue dog, so I don’t know what it was talking about. My family finds the summaries amusing sometimes because the descriptions are specific but vague at the same time. We set up this camera to be our doggy cam (it’s focused on our dog crate so that we can check in on our crate training dog.) We have a cropped view of just the crate. Because of the cropped view, the camera never sees anyone’s faces, so it tries to describe each person by their pants. The camera never knows us by name. It just says the person in the tan pants versus the person with the black pants. I have attached screenshots of the Gemini summaries in my review so that you can see an example. Video Clips and AI Tags – Every time something moves in front of the camera it gets registered as an event. The AI program will generate description tags to go along with each clip so that you can find the type of event easier. For instance, if your dog chewed through a toy the AI clip might say “brown dog tore up stuffed animal” or something similar. Or if you fed your dog the tag might say “black dog eats from white bowl”. Overall The Google Nest Cam Indoor 3rd Gen is an interesting progression in security cameras. It has all of the features of the previous cameras, but has added AI and updated to 2K video. I’d like to see a 4K camera in the future. The AI is still buggy, but I do like the added clip tags. The camera comes at a decent price point, and I am considering getting an additional camera (or more). I have decided that if I must pay for a Google Home Premium subscription (since I want the 60-day recording), I’d rather have multiple cameras to justify paying for the subscription (doorbell, outdoor, and indoor). Since the AI is not perfect and there’s still room to upgrade the video quality, I am giving this a 4 star rating.

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  Posted 6 days ago by sgriesch

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Simply perfection

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  When it comes to home cameras, there are Nest Cams, and then there’s everything else. I’ve been a big fan of Nest since before Google acquired them, and I’ve been consistently impressed with how Google has continued to improve both their quality and reliability. My first Nest Cam purchase was back in 2015, when my son was born and we wanted to use it as a baby monitor. Ten years later, that same camera is still plugged in, still working, and the video quality looks just as good as the day I bought it. That reliability alone says a lot. However, this new Indoor Nest Camera takes everything up a notch. The video quality is dramatically better, and it comes with several new features that make it a real upgrade. One of the biggest strengths of the Nest ecosystem is how seamlessly everything works together. The thermostat, temperature sensors, doorbells, and cameras all communicate for a truly connected home experience. When paired with a Nest Aware subscription (now called Google Home Premium), which stores cloud history for an unlimited number of cameras, you get a ton of extra functionality that’s actually useful in day-to-day life. One of my favorite Nest features has always been continuous recording. It lets you scroll through an entire day (or week) to see what happened, rather than just relying on short event clips. When my son was a baby, that feature solved more mysteries than I can count. We used it to find lost toys, check in on him at night, and even caught moments like his first steps, all because Nest records continuously. Most home cameras only record short motion clips, and once you’ve used full-day playback, it’s hard to go back. This Nest Camera also includes automatic night vision using infrared lights, and the results are outstanding with the higher video quality. The night-time clarity is noticeably better than my older model. Probably my favorite new feature, though, is the integration with Google Gemini AI. As soon as I added the camera to my network, I was prompted to enable it. Now, instead of vague alerts like “Animal seen in den,” I get specific notifications such as “Kittens playing with toys in den.” These events are also tagged in the app, so you can easily filter or search across multiple cameras. The camera comes with a wall mount, which is especially helpful if you’re using it as a baby monitor. It’s flexible and easy to position exactly where you need it. Areas for improvement: While this model is wired, I’d love to see a small backup battery added in future versions to keep it running through brief power outages or surges. I also miss the timelapse feature from the original Nest app, which hasn’t made its way into the Google Home app yet. After trying so many different home cameras over the years, Nest continues to be my favorite. My original camera has outlasted every other brand I’ve tried, and this new model appears to be even higher quality, with better integration, and smarter features. You'll be hard pressed to find another camera line this polished and reliable, especially when paired with the Google Home Premium subscription.

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  Posted 2 weeks ago by CatCity

• Rated 4 out of 5 stars

  AI features not quite ready for Primetime

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  The Nest Indoor Cam wired 3rd gen is more than just Google’s next iteration of their smart camera. The 3red gen indoor Nest camera comes equipped with upgraded specs and Gemini capabilities. So, what’s new for the 3rd gen edition? 1. The Nest Cam 3rd Gen comes equipped with a 2k (2560X1440) sensor that’s an upgrade from 1080p. 2. The field of view has been increased from 135 degrees to 152 degrees. 3. The event-based previews have been increased from 3 hours to 6 hours’ worth of history. 4. New color options for the 3rd Gen 5. Nest Aware has been replaced with Google Home Premium. There are many manufacturers with smart cameras however, Google has integrated Gemini in the software which sets them apart from the competition. After spending some time with the new Nest Cam indoor, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not about the hardware at all. I’ve spent most of my time getting comfortable with the software surrounding the Nest Cam. For this reason, I have some thoughts on the Nest Camera 3rd Gen, and Google Home Premium Standard/Advanced. Nest Cam 3rd Gen Google kept the same design language and upgraded some parts of the Nest Cam. Night vision mode incorporates infrared LEDs and displays awesome picture clarity. The field of view is massive and the resolution of the image quality is on point. I don’t have any complaints surrounding the camera itself. The only issues I have, is most of the best features are locked behind a paywall. The best features require a yet another subscription. Google Home App Using the Google Home App has vastly improved from years past. I don’t mind managing all my devices from the Google home app now. The app has been refined and it’s less clunky. All of my favorite devices are right on the home screen of the Google Home app which allows me to access them quickly. Google Home Premium and Gemini – Although the concept is pretty cool in theory, the AI features aren’t ready for primetime. I currently subscribe to Google Home Premium Advanced which is Google most capable plan. The 60-day event and 10 days of 24/7 video history are nice to have. The familiar face alerts do not work consistently. I have several family members saved and it either doesn’t recognize the people I have saved, or it may think it’s another family member all together. The daily summary within Gemini is pretty cool as well, but most of them are marred with incorrect statements. I continue to provide feedback within the Google Home app to get some of these issues rectified daily. Having the ability to have Gemini scrub through footage for specific events is awesome while using the summary feature, it’s just not reliable yet. Most of the descriptive notifications work as intended however the familiar faces really suffers at recognizing saved faces. I can’t recommend paying for the Advanced subscription until Google irons out the issues that I have mentioned above. Once those issues are ironed out, the Nest Cam 3rd with Google Home Premium will be well worth the cost of ownership.

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  Posted 2 weeks ago by kriserikka