Customer Ratings & Reviews

Aesthetically: much bigger than wired counterparts & color options missing Function: works well and has auto switching low and normal light, but no in-depth options like my other hub camera system, with regards to sensitivity, light indicator options, or with cheap generic cams from over 5 years ago that offer all those options with similar quality and selectable windows for motion and tons of other options so long as you use software that is the color of the sky and a part of your eye. Dirty: You will not be able to record to external drives, and it is an impossible task right now to connect to Nest Hub for video calls. Recording is limited without subscription to Nest Aware. I would not buy again If you're remotely tech savvy, get an old PC and buy security cam software and 3rd party cams, which are better and not limited by design.

I switched from an older Arlo camera to this new Next Cam Battery and it really wasn't an upgrade. The nest cam itself is pretty huge, far bigger the my arlo, so you would think the battery life would be better. But it isn't. So far it is dropping about 1% a day, which while that sounds ok, the Arlo is so much better. Then there are the notifications or lack of notifications I should say. With the Arlo I never missed anything it isn't field of view, the nest seems far, far less sensative and no amount of changing the settings has improved this. The real kicker seeing how this is a google product is that is doesnt' stream to other google products. The Arlo would show on my google TV when I asked google to show it, but this Google Nest camera can't do that. Overall this was not an upgrade from a 4-year-old Arlo camera. Arlo had better notifications, better battery and better integration with other google products.

Overall great security camera! I would definitely recommend getting the long power cable so you can hardwire it in though. Otherwise it goes into sleep mode to preserve battery and then is completely reliant on the motion sensor which is not always sensitive enough to pick up motion.

So far I'm happy .... replaced another brand cameras with this because I initially wanted to go with something wired. After looking at many, decided to try the Nest Battery Camera. Haven't had it long enough to comment on battery life. It is easy (and fast) to charge, and has great video quality. Especially easy to monitor from the Google Home app which I was already using for my Nest Thermostat.

I love this item. Its easy to setup and install. I live in a neignnorhood with alot of walking activity, so some of my caneras loose charge in about 2-3 weeks. I would tevommend hirdwiring.

Good quality however the battery lasts me a little over 2 months with the best quality and medium sensitivity. Hoped it would last a bit longer. I turned the quality to the lower setting but it didn’t help much. You have to use the google home app to view video but it can sometimes take long to load or view events. The Nest app was much better in this. Shame It doesn’t work there.

I like these for the most part. Occasionally it doesn’t pick up continual movement so that is frustrating but the pictures are clear. Would like the ability to zoom in.

The camera works fine. I only wish that the Google cameras would all work with Nest, so all my cameras were on the same app.

Simple to use, but the battery doesn’t last long in high traffic areas where the camera is constantly recording. When there isn’t a lot of activity, the battery will last a month. At busy times, I’d say a week or two will be the most you’ll get out of the battery life.

Picture is clear and very wide. I have it in a great wifi signal area and sometimes the app tells me the camera is off. I restart the app and it works. Other than that im pretty happy with it.

Great product. Outstanding picture quality. Easy setup.

This was an open box item. Best Buy's assessment was "excellent" though. While the camera works, the QR code was missing and the adapter for charging the phone does not work. I wouldn't call the item "excellent."

The original nest camera has better quality video however this new nest/google is wireless therefore much easier to install. I opted to buy and install with a solar charger to avoid the recharging, so far that has kept the camera at full charge.

I bought two cameras. Great picture. Easy to install. I love them. Sometimes it says it sees a person but no one is there. Or it detects or notifies a little late but otherwise i havnt has a problem. Battery life good.

Super disappointed in the performance of this camera. The video quality is great, when it actually captures video. I have this mounted above the garage door to watch our driveway, I would say that it picks up about 70% of the actual movement that goes by the camera. Many times we have come home and completely misses the car pulling in the garage. When it does capture an event, it misses the first half of the action almost every time. I have all the settings to max out the amount of video over battery. Just can't count on it capturing everything like our Nest doorbell. That doorbell performs like I hoped this would. Would NOT get this again if I had the choice.

I really love Google cameras. It's easy to install and the charge lasts a really long time. Besides the app, I can even monitor and watch the cameras through a browser online wherever I am with an internet connection! This is fantastic. I installed it myself, so it is battery powered and I need to occasionally charge it. I plan on buying more cameras and having them professionally installed so that they are wired and don't need to be brought in for charging.

This is my third camera and I love it! Pictures are clear, easy to install and easy to save the video. Perfect addition to my house.

Quality better than expected and battery life pretty good, quality not as good as the old nest cam IQs but the install and use is really easy, wish there was a way to hide the power cable, right now it’s exposed so could be cut, but also it’s battery operated so won’t cut the feed. The magnet is ridiculously strong though so it works pretty well and easy to adjust. New price point is good though

Always works and love the quality of the video. Never had a problem with these cameras. We have four of them now positioned throughout the property

Easy to set up. However battery life is less than a week.