Customer Ratings & Reviews

Picture is good . Mounting time will tell as everything is plastic. The camera connections are all magnetic . The so called security cable or anti fall cable a thin

I couldn't understand how the camera that has 24 hours of continuous internal memory wasn't recording past 12 hours. Then I read the fine print that while the camera has massive internal memory card, you can't use it unless you pay the 8.99 a month to access it. I caved for a few months and cancelled my nest subscription. The camera is now useless. It doesn't notify me of movement as often as it use to; in fact, despite walking past it to leave, it doesn't even recognize the motion. This product is on the hinge of false advertising and is intentionally nerfed once you cancel your plan.

didn't buy it due to not being able to look at camera from Nest on phone. I was about to buy this product and saw the other reviews warning of Google only allowing it to be seen from their interfaces. I ended up buying a Eufy Outdoor Cam Pro Security camera instead and am happy with it: a lot cheaper, the phone app and notifications are great, quality of picture is amazing, integrates with Google home kind off (I am sure Google doesn't give it enough priority, I can view for a few minutes but then stops). If Google keeps messing around like this I might start using other home integrations.

Google - Nest Camera Battery – Snow Review I have multiple older model Google Nest Cams on my property – the Nest Cam IQ outdoor, the Nest Hello Doorbell as well as the Nest outdoor 2 pack. While those cameras have always performed flawlessly, I always disliked the install process – simply due to the wires needing to be hidden – meant drilling through the house, feeding the wire through to the inside and then finding a nearby outlet etc). I was excited when this product launched as it would fix that install issue. Installing this camera took all of 2 minutes – 2 screws to attach the magnetized base into my pergola where this camera will reside. Simply the place the camera on the base and position the camera as needed. Connecting to the Google Home app took about 30 seconds and within 3 minutes I had the camera up and running. The resolution of this camera is as good as the older products and having the video recordings through the Nest Aware Subscription is simply priceless and cost effective. Daytime and nighttime views are flawless and you can filter the video clips to see only what you want to see – people, motion, sound etc. My only critique is that this camera does not seem to be able to be viewed in the Nest app like all my other Google products noted above, only the Google Home app. Having the two app ecosystems seems tech sloppy to me – I am guessing the Nest app will be going away at some time and the Google home app will prevail. The other issue I see would be theft – would be very very easy – walk up, pluck the camera off the mount – done. Google does have a theft replacement policy for free on its newest products including this one. Another quality product from Google! I would recommend.

Love my new camera had to wait for them to install but it’s worth the wait.

Pay attention here: (from a long time Nest user). With the New Battery camera ... 1. You CANNOT review video history. You can only review 'events'. So, if in a 24 hr period your new Nest camera detects 6 seconds of activity - you will only be able to see 6 seconds of video from that 24 hour period. No scrolling through video history like with the old next cam in the (much better) nest app. How this was approved by a product manager is crazy. A video camera that does not allow video scrubbing? 2. New Cameras DO NOT work with the Nest App - so if you have devices today in the Nest app - you cannot add the new cameras to that app - you will need to check two places - google home and the old nest app. Be wary of "we will buy you lunch tomorrow" from google about the Google home app accomodating old nest cams - the new app is a step backward - see comments. 3. EVERYTIME you select the camera in the Google Home App - you see a full screen display of - not video like one would think, but your remaining Battery percentage... yes every time. you need to clear that screen then see if there was an event recorded. 4. Not sure what prevents the camera from being stolen - it is only attached to the base via a magnet? A 5-year-old child could easily remove it from the base. Probably of no use to a thief - but the owner would lose video and their expensive camera. 5. Frankly I am very surprised this is what we waited for from Google - sending mine back.

Great Feed & crisp video quality. Hooked up to solar panel & zero issues on holding charge. Facial recognition is on point and once you adjust the sensitivity it works even better!

Good camera easy to use and Wach play back it’s easy

Google Nest Cam comes in a nicely designed packaged box. When you open the box you will find the camera in a perfectly fitted mold. The lens comes covered with a QR code to help setup the camera. It comes with a charging cable that is unique to the camera. It can fit in both directions but only one will completely connect so make sure to turn it around if it is not all the way in. It has a wall mounting plate that you can put just about anywhere. You can also order longer cables or a different type of mount. Comes with instruction book but there is not much on it other than plug it in, download the Google Home app and Tap to add your camera. The rest of the setup comes in the app. It is a bit lengthy to setup but not hard. Just agree to a bunch of statements. You must have wifi and bluetooth turned on when setting it up. Choose your wifi network and choose a device location name. Then sign up for a free trial of Nest Aware. It cost $6 or $12 a month for service. The main difference between the two is how long you can keep video stored. You can setup zones if you need to if you don't want to be alerted by every car that goes down the street. You can turn the camera on of off through the app and it will show you the battery strength. The camera hangs on the mount by a magnet so you can position it any way but it doesn't suggest upside down. It has a microphone and a speaker that is fairly loud. What I don't like is if you put this anywhere close to the ground anyone can just come up and walk off with it since it is only held on by a magnet. Also the video quality is a little grainy sometimes even on the max setting. Overall it is a good and easy to setup camera if you want to add security video on your property.

These cameras were pretty good in the beginning, but if you live in a cold climate don’t waste your money. These are extremely expensive and end up being paper weights, of course after the warranty as well. They don’t hold a charge in the winter and they don’t hold any battery life during that time. Much better off with other options. I end up with $500+ of useless cameras. In addition to all of this when they do actually charge it’s exhausting getting them connected and charging, if you don’t mess around with the reset button fifteen - twenty times, complete waste of your time, money, and a huge addition of frustration.

As a person who loves, trusts, and depends on Google's products, this product enhances and adds to my consumer confidence. I have been a Google user for many years, I consider myself, an "Android" girl! The product has great features such as 1080p HD with night vision. I love its flexibility meaning it can be used inside or outside. I am sure this security cam will serve me well for many years!

Absolutely TERRIBLE. I’ve owned nest cameras for 8+ years and I cannot adequately express how disappointing the Google Home app is since they forced us away from the wonderful NEST app. I just cannot believe how Google arrived here. It’s crazy. If you don’t believe me go read online about it. The cameras are honestly worthless now. There is no ability to live stream the camera with a wireless camera from Google. I am going to change my entire system and I’ve spent thousands on the Google camera. I have 10 of them. 6 original, perfect camera that are 8 years old and still work in the best app and 4 brand new cameras that suck and are forced to work in the Google Home app. Battery life is also not close to the 6-12 weeks. NOT EVEN CLOSE. Google has ruined a once wonderful product line. There are better options out there.

easy to set up and use. camera quits from cold battery below about 20F. DOES NOT OPERATE AS ADVERTISED!!! You do NOT get 3 hours of recording. It erases all recordings every 3 hours. Makes it pretty much useless unless you buy their subscription. Lying cheats!

I have nest hubs, thermostats, smoke alarms, and doorbells. I so badly wanted to replace my arlo cams with nest cams. After a year with the nest cams, I’m going back to Arlo. The nest cams are slow to access, have poor battery life, and really just unimpressive.

Great camera, extremely clear picture, long battery life. The best part is with the magnetic mount the camera is 100% adjustable up, down or side ways. You can’t do that with a stationary camera.

Very easy to install and activate. Excellent video quality.

Easy to install and great video quality as you can expect from Nest cameras however the lack of support for these new cameras with the Nest App is a massive disappointment. Maybe when the Google Home app catches up and I can see all my live views on one page again it will feel like a one stop solution again.

Cameras are great but battery life if a little iffy

First off, great service from Best Buy! Secondly, cameras are great. Wonderful picture, great audio, such a great experience!

I'll start this out by saying I am a huge user of Google hardware products. Many Pixel phones, earbuds, Google Wifi, 2 Nest thermostats and several Nest Cam IQs. Generally super happy with them across the board. Then we get to the new Nest Cam Battery. Was super excited for it since one of my Cam IQs died (and with warranty that's too short). Ordered direct from Google, huge mistake there and should have purchased from BBY so I could have returned it. My biggest gripe is that one MUST use the Google Home app to setup and control the new battery cams. As many other users have complained about this issue, I can also attest that the Home app is a terrible, terrible experience. Gone are the days where clicking on the Nest app brings up the camera feeds right away. Now you need to click on the Home app, then click on the Camera button and hope the cameras "connect." Also, if my battery cam is not plugged in I understand that it's not powered all of the time to conserve battery but don't you think when I click into Cameras in the Home app that I want to see that live view as well? And then there's the online experience. Why remove the ability to view the footage on a PC????? I use that feature at least once a month and it's invaluable. Oh well, guess Google knows better..... And there's no time stamp within the Home app so god forbid I need to send footage to someone they'll just need to guess when the recording was from. And finally, it's 2021. Why can't we have a 2k or 4k camera? BK P.S. for the Google person that reads this, I don't want your typical form response that you're always listening. I don't believe that so don't waste our time with a canned response. Just please get this feedback to the product team so they can understand what paying customers think of their product they released too early and without much though.