Customer Ratings & Reviews

Love the night vision and resolution, overall quality is what you would expect from Google, beautiful presentation, ease of installation, and actual understandable installation process. We do use one as a “baby monitor” but we had to hard wire it as the battery would run out over night. I guess that would be the only drawback we’ve encountered. The other camera was installed in the garage and the battery has a great run time, (this is after 3 weeks of use) and we’ve yet to have to charge it after it’s initial charge upon installation.

I could not believe the price. ADT sells these for $399 each. They are easy to hook up and have been working perfectly. I am considering getting a more detailed subscription. They are worth it.

These are very well built cameras that offer clear images and sound. However, they need to be recharged too frequently for my use, and so I returned them.

It’s very sleek and convenient to instal and connect. But it misses a lot of events while capturing others in less important areas. Even though you can select fields to increase sensitivity. There doesn’t seem to be any consistency with what it detects. It also can take a long time to connect to my phone which I don’t understand. I also have blink cameras on the interior which are plugged in for electricity but connect to wifi. I never have a problem waiting for those to connect.

Cameras are easy to install and work on battery life. The night vision is decent and these are suitable for home security.

good quality on images. battery is worthless. only lasts a few days and they only provide one charger with the 2 pack. also, can't use with online nest account. need to use a stupid home app which is not available desktop

Great video quality, easy to set up. Took months to decide between this and ring, but it works so easy with phone and other Google displays. One app on my phone for doorbell, security camera, hue lights, thermostat and smart displays. I had Ring camera, install on that one took a while and when i had to recharge, i had to remember his to unscrew it then take out the battery. This one you simply pop it off the magnet, or unscrew the security screw and take the camera down. Install is much easier than ring camera too

These are ok, a little disappointed in streaming quality but it gets the job done. Have lots of issues with connectivity, however ease of use and set up is really easy. Battery life on these last forever, almost 3 weeks. No weather or rain guard so when it rains view is obstructed

This unit works good, but pricey. It can zoom in and out. But it doesn’t have a pan feature exactly. Nor does it have a rotating feature. It’s just static one position unit, but it does have night vision. Good and reliable with Wi-Fi. I’ve never used the battery feature on it so I don’t know how long the batteries last. It’s always plugged in to a power source.

Easy setup and integration into the home app. Like the easy installation on my house. Battery life varies depending on the event settings. the camera in my backyard I have only charged once a month the one over my front yard looking towards the road is every 2 weeks. I am happy with that. GOod picture quality

I now have a few of these cameras and overall they are very good for my use case. I have them connected directly to an outlet so I don't worry about charging batteries. The resolution is HD and the night vision is acceptable. I don't currently subscribe to their cloud service so you get three hours of history. That isn't a lot but it works for me as I can download any clip as needed. There are other options out there and I've used a few but these seem to work just fine for me and the safety of my household.

These are excellent cameras for the price. There is a limitation to the mounting where it works best when mounted to a wall vs. a ceiling. The setup process is very simple and the wifi works well.

The camera works great. My only initial issue was getting it to connect/setup on the Google home app. It needed to be near another nest product to get connected. Thankfully, I already use the best thermostat, so I held it next to that and it finally connected. From there it was a breeze. The picture quality is great. Something to keep in mind, is that it doesn't have theft protection. So i highly recommend purchasing some theft protection to prevent anyone from walking up and and just taking your camera (its only magnetically held on). You will get notifications when people are spotted. My only complaint there is that there should be a "snooze" button for that alert. When my lawn guys come, it constantly will send me notifications while they're working. All in all, it does what it needs to do and I enjoy them.

I do feel like this is an upgrade over the previous Nest IQ cameras largely due to the on-device biometrics. It’s very impressive how quickly it can pick up a known face (almost instantly). In general, notifications come in again almost instantly vs. about 30 second to 1 minute with the old IQ cameras. The vehicle notifications are also very handy. Allows me to keep the motion alerts category of notifications off which provides a much quieter experience in terms of notifications. The video quality looks on par with the older IQ cameras. I’m using the cameras in wired power mode. The night visions seems slightly better than on the IQ cameras, but it’s very close. It is nice to see Nest release a battery camera which increases its versatility. I know everyone was hoping for a true 4K camera, but it’s just not feasible to have say 5 or 6 cameras all streaming 4K video to the cloud at the same time. We’ll get there eventually, but just not yet. Overall, a solid upgrade!

This is a replacement for one that stopped holding charge

These are easy to install, setup on phone simple, my only complaint/concern is the battery life is significantly less than advertised. Having to climb the ladder every 10 days is not very pleasant.

I set my expectations after reading the reviews about the cameras and I like them so far. I had the non battery ones before and I understand what everybody is complaining about, not being connected to the nest app and only working with the google home didn't feel like a deal breaker after all. you can always choose to only view your cameras on the google home app and see everything together without being disturbed by all the other smart devices connected to the app. Also being on Idle not a big issue since it will detect motion just as well as the old versions, it's a plus since it saves battery. quality can be changed if you don't like what it's defaulted to and I'm keeping them on high quality and they both capture clear videos. battery life is good so far, %94 after over two weeks. I wish they had two charging wires as everybody mentioned and for that I'm skipping one star but other than that I feel they're great google cameras for the price.

Good video and audio. Very easy to install although I had to try multiple times to get all the way through the process. Battery life so far is great. Wish they were constant on like the other nest cams but other than that very good cams.

First, we are a Google-centric home. Second, I read all the negative reviews of this camera and I was certainly ready to take it back if it did not meet my needs. Most of the really poor reviews were from former Nest camera (before Google) users. We do not fit into that category. This was our first outdoor security camera. It was easy to set up. However, I was a little taken aback by the requirement to install it between 6 and 6/1/2 feet from the ground. The good news is that this makes it easy to take down and recharge. The bad news anyone could easily reach it. The magnetic mount is very strong, and I am hoping would-be porch pirates will not know it can be pulled off its mount. It definitely took some time to figure out all the settings. The bad news was the amount of trial and error it took to get it set up the way I wanted it. The good news is the design of the settings allowed me to eventually set it up the way I wanted it. The other big complaint I read about in the reviews was the battery life. First, it is a trade off. I always intended to use this camera on battery power. Every few years when better models of security cameras are developed, I will be the replacing this one...easily! Second, I only need this camera to capture people...not cars, not animals...just people. Set up in that manner, the battery life has been quite satisfactory, going down only 1-2 percentage points a day. I can live with that! We live in a condo. It is a good neighborhood and our doors are quite visible, so I am not overly concerned about break-ins. However, I did want to know when packages were delivered so I could bring them in the house as soon as possible and avoid tempting any porch pirate. I did have to increase the sensitivity on this camera. One of our regular delivery guys is very quick and the camera only captured his back after he dropped off a package. But, it was good to know that change was needed. To sum up, after getting this camera set up just the way I wanted it, I purchased another one for our side door. I could not be happier I stayed with Google cameras for my Google-centric home.

Do I love it? NO! Do I like it? Absolutely! I hate the fact that you have to use the Google Home app to view them. In addition, the battery does not really last that long as stated. However, the quality is awesome and the camera works as advertised.