Customer Ratings & Reviews

Installation and setup are intuitive enough and Google provides a detailed online documentation. There’s an installation video provided by Google, which is necessary to watch in order to properly install the camera and to adequately understand it’s basic functions and advanced features. There’s a specific way to install the camera otherwise the camera may not function properly. The design is simple and elegant and the camera feels durable. This is not the yester years' boring looking CCTV camera. It carries the characteristics of typical Google line of smart home products. It’s rather large understandably because the camera can operate on battery power. The camera is versatile as it can be used indoor or outdoor and it can be connected to a power outlet or runs on battery. My other home security system can’t do this so it’s a huge improvement for me. There are several accessories that Google offers including an outdoor ready cable and indoor stand. The battery can last for more than a month and charging requires several hours of down time. It’s easy to take the camera off the mount so aside of the downtime charging the camera is not really an issue. Data is processed on device, which is good considering that there has been a lot of concerns about how tech companies handle their customers data. However, I don’t know if a thief can access data from a stolen camera though that Google encrypts the video. It’s interesting to note that Google offers replacement in case of theft for up to 3 replacements so this product is indeed outdoor ready. There’s a tally light when the camera records on something so the subject will be aware of the presence of the camera. This may not be ideal if the camera functions as a secondary/ stealth camera for example in case of home intrusion. You would want the camera to be inobtrusive so the intruder will not tamper with the video recording. You can dim the tally light but can’t turn it off. You can also talk through the camera, which is very useful if you don’t have a video doorbell already. Video quality is good and Google offers a lot of advanced features such as subject recognition for people, animal and vehicle. You can also select activity zones, which is useful to conserve battery. The video is recorded in HDR 1080P and the camera has night vision. If only the camera supports 4K because it will give us much more detail and more ability to zooming in and more possibility to recognize license plates, name tags and faces. Google offers a number of plans for the camera: free, Nest Aware and Nest Aware Plus. The top offer gives you the ability to record video 24/7 for 10 days on top of 60 days of video event history. I don’t have the need to purchase the subscription because my primary home security system gives me plenty of free storage capacity, which is more than enough for my purpose. The subscription does cover all of your Google camera and doorbell devices so if you are deep into Google ecosystem, it may be worth it. The free plan, however, only gives you 3 hours of free event video history. I have no problem with that because my other camera system can record events for weeks and I don’t have to worry about missing out a single event even when I’m on a vacation and say that I have no time or the connection to check the notification for the whole day or even the whole week. But for those who rely on the Google Nest Camera as their primary system, the subscription is something to seriously consider. The subscription will also unlock advanced features such as alert and detection of familiar and unfamiliar faces, and emergency calling. Familiar faces detection will not work in Illinois due to compliance to the State laws. I’m not a fanboy of any tech company but it’s quite rare for me not to rate 5 stars for a Google product considering their products are usually polished and works very well. However, I believe that those who have been using a number of home video security system for years would concur that the 3 hours of free event-based video history won’t cut it because there are options out there that would give better value proposition for the customer. If only Google would say: “done, we’re unlocking 168 (7 days-worth) of free event video history.”

I would return if I didn’t get this throught my rewards. Batteries only last for 2 days. My blink lasted years before I had to changed the batteries.

The Google Nest Cam battery 2 pack was appealing and nicely constructed.

Sometimes the camera doesn’t record all movements and no show all the event

Asked Geek tech guy 2 questions, will my wyfi work with these out door cameras in the selected site , he said yes. 2nd question, since these are rechargeable, how often would I need to charge them, every 3-4 months …. Wyfi could never connect and fully charge last 48hrs :-(. I returned them.

Like the built quality and looks. But only negative is google home instead of Nest

Great for monitoring. Easy to install and holds charge for a long time

Perfect for outside. Great battery life. Easy setup

Great product! I would recomend this everytime. No issues found.

Great product work perfectly in app and on phone fast notification

Great camera! Battery is staying charged and doing its thing.

There are alot better cameras for cheaper price ..

Definitely recommend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice camera. Very easy to set up and use. Battery life is good as well.

Just what I was looking for. Easy set up and connect to my phone. Mounting was no problem. Been outside in the cold and always get a picture. I liked that I could adjust easily with magnetic mount.

Great resolution. Would recommend to others. We have purchased 2.

Works good, no issues. Battery lasts a long time if in low traffic area

Good camera for the price goes out and Wi-Fi but OK

Really nice product I ain’t even gonna cal bro it’s cool

Battery lasts like 3 weeks max! Very disappointed with the product and Best Buy. They charge a 15% restocking fee for a product that just doesn't work.