Customer Ratings & Reviews

The flood lights are nice and bright and the camera quality is good. The reasons for 1 star reduction are it is having difficulty staying connected to the wifi even though there is a booster near it and it won’t allow me to use the old nest app (a more user friendly app). In order to monitor the feed I had to install it thru the google home app which means my door bell and other cameras are not all viewable at the same time. A previous review indicated I would have to build a mount since it was being installed under a soffit so that was known when I bought the light but nest should consider that because not everyone is installing on the side of a wall.

We’ve got plenty of Google devices so set up was easy. This does have a larger lights and a bigger collar than our old light, so I had to do light carpentry. Bright lights. Clear picture. Wide field of view. This is our first Nest outdoor cam, and it moves quicker through the network than our old Arlo system with a wired base station. But for more than 3 hours video storage, you’ve got to upgrade to Nest Aware. Not so bad as the new plans cover all Nest Cameras rather than a fee for each.

I put this on my detached garage and it picks people up from across the street that even my doorbell camera can’t. The floodlight is impressively bright, looking at it you wouldn’t expect any where near the light it puts out, plus the camera has a night vision mode for when the floodlight kicks off.

I bought this camera floodlight combo because my backyard didnt have a camera and the only lught was a small porch light. I set it up myself as my first attempt at DIY electronics. It was easy enough and honestly the hardest part was doing everything on a ladder. The adjustable lights and camera made it easy to ensure I wasn't lighting my neighbors window and got the camera to cover almost all of my backyard. The night vision is good quality and the camera has great face and movement recognition even on the periphery. The price could be cheaper but with connectability across google home devices its not bad when you pair it with other cameras and the google home hub.

Replaced a standard floodlight with the nest camera floodlight. Great light and clear camera recording. Easy to install.

My dad installed it with no problem. Added it to my google home and synced it with my other google device so I could live stream it from my google nest hub. Night vision is in black and white. Once something is detected and the light turns on you will be able to see it in normal color. When you live stream it at night the light will turn on. I think it shows excellent quality videos. Only con is if you wanted to turn the light on (for some reason) during the day, you have to click on it separately. Google home separates the light and the camera in the app. Not a big deal for me.

I have been running with this camera/floodlight combo for over a year. Bought a second one for additional coverage. The light is super bright and dimmable. Camera is great quality and has no problems with the lights on or off. Setup in the app was easy. The google home universe makes it easy to control the light with the "hey google" feature. Certainly would appreciate a lower price, but it does a good job and has lasted a while for me! Photos show a night light off, night light on, and daytime.

Love this camera and flood light so much I bought two. The cameras are high quality and durable and easy to install. With Google home app, and Nest storage, I have a dependable and useful security camera solution for much less then a service would cost

Easy installation and set up. Great quality and video. Love that i can easily configure and manage with the google home app.

The camera was easy to set up and had really good detailed instructions. The picture is pretty clear especially in the rain. Sometimes the notification do pick up things such as a raindrop as a moving vehicle but it's not constant. I set this one up in my backyard and like the way everything looks and works. My only downfall was that it cannot be added to the Nest app but it is quickly accessible through the Google home app I just like having all my Nest cameras in one app.

The quality is great and the view is wide. The only thing that was difficult was set-up only because i did not have a flood light previously installed. If you do it will be a quick change. If you don't and are not into diy i recommend getting someone to install it for you. Overall i have been thrilled with this camera and all the google nest cameras and products.

Cliff Notes: - Mediocre Camera - Downgrade from the original Nest Outdoor Camera - Good Spotlights - Lights up my backyard and I love being able to use Google Assistant to turn it on and off. - Poor Night Vision - It's a good thing the spotlights turn on when it detects something otherwise the camera would be useless at night. We purchased this Google Home Camera Spotlight to replace a single camera (TP-Link Kasa) and have better lighting in the backyard. As you can see from the pictures I added, we're having our entire backyard done. Since we're adding a pool, we wanted a much better camera¹ than what we currently had for the backyard. We also wanted to have more lighting² than our single bulb back porch light provided. Failed for first point and and succeeded for the second. Having read about the New "Nest" Outdoor Camera, I already knew about a couple of the shortcomings. The main one being that it is not compatible with the Nest App. That's why I am referring to it as the Google Home Spotlight Camera. For those wondering, how this camera differs from the new outdoor battery camera, it doesn't. It's the same camera but with a spotlight attachment. It's even listed in the set up as the Battery Camera. So any shortcomings that camera has, this one likely does as well. Installing the spotlight camera is not complicated but don't count on any real instructions. I mean it is just installing white wire to white wire, black wire to black wire and the ground to an attached screw. Unfortunately, due to my old hands, I had difficulty installing the mounting brackets to where my porch light was at. I ended up buying a junction box that made things much easier (for me). As you can see in picture of it mounted on the wall, the junction box makes it stick out a lot more than it already did. However, I won't count this against the camera since I chose to add the box for my ease. This isn't our first Nest Camera but it is our first of the new Google Home cameras. We have a Nest Hello (doorbell), two original indoor Nest Cameras, two original outdoor Nest Cameras, and two outdoor IQ cameras. Let me say this right off the bat, this spotlight camera doesn't even come close to being comparable to the IQ camera. That's to be expected though. Unfortunately, it's not even as good as the original outdoor camera. The image quality seems to be worse and so is the night vision. As you can see in picture #2, without the spotlights turned on, you can't see much. Picture #3 is of the Kasa Cam without any lights. The "light" that you see is from the Google Home Camera's IR lights. I don't know why the Kasa Cam benefits from the Google Home IR lights while the Google Home Camera itself does not. Picture #4 is of the Google Home camera with the spotlights turned on. As for the actual spotlight's themselves, they are fairly bright. I would have preferred a daylight white over the warmish white but they get the job done. It's actually because of the spotlights that I am likely to keep the Google Home Spotlight. While a smart bulb in the porch light sconce would have allowed us to use Google Assistant to light up the backyard, it would only illuminate the area close to the door. The spot light allows us to spread out the light to the entire backyard. That and there aren't too many options out there for a 24/7 recording spotlight camera. Overall, if you are okay with average video quality, good lighting and want a 24/7 recording spotlight, then this camera might suffice.

I have other outdoor nest cams and was waiting for a floodlight from Google. Unfortunately, my current floodlight was under the eave. For what this costs, I decided to mount this horizontally (as it was designed). To make sure it was up to code, I had an electrician help me. Overall, the actual set up of the camera was easy (like other Google products) and I think it works really well. However, this product seems rushed (every competitor has a floodlight) with the software side being disjointed. Google wants to provide an "integrated experience", but you need to use two apps for your cameras? I do pay a monthly fee with Nest aware and the price is independent of the number of cameras, so I have not waited for Google to work the kinks out. I recommend the product and have my fingers crossed that everything will be integrated soon.

Replaced two old floodlights with these camera/floodlight combos. Easy to install. We are a Google Home family and these pair nice with other Nest Cams installed. Sensors are responsive and quality of video is great.

great product,i now have 2. work great, take hood quality video.

Good floodlight with bright white led bulbs. Video is clear 1080p and the motion activated lights are great.

I have been waiting years for these LITERALLY. I will start off with the good. It is Nest so it has all the smart features with recognizing people and does not pick up random gnats that fly by. The overall setup was easier than my Eufy and connected easily as I have other nest products. The only downside for me is that is my floodlight mount is on the underside of my roof (whatever that word for it is) and not on a wall so looks kind of goofy to me. I will be returning these and getting the new Ring ones set to deliver in a few weeks but overall I think it is worth the buy if you are into nest/google. The other downside is that the it uses the Google Home app to connect which is okay but I do not get snippets as notifications so I have to click into the app every time unlike with ring/nest(app) maybe this will get fixed for iPhone

Very easy to insatll. Great camera quality with lots of features.

Great spotlight and camera. Easy to install by following the Google directions!

great camera quality night vision and easy setup loved it