Customer Ratings & Reviews

Very good picture & easy set up easy to monitor and use

I got this for my pre-wired cameras. The battery life is better than I was expecting but night vision and image quality is far beyond my previous different very common brand cameras!!

Love this product works great. Got it installed yesterday by Best Buy and didn’t take long at all to install. I have a Google Nest Camera With the floodlight that I’ve had for over a year now, so I purchased a second camera. Google Home app helps me monitor the two cameras plus I’ve got installed a Yale lock system which is also controlled with Google Home and nest thermostat and I can also control with my Google Home app. I have my smart home set up going on . the two cameras in the lock I purchased from Best Buy. And because I’m a total tech member, I had Best Buy come and install all three products.

This is a small price to pay for the sense of security this camera offers! Easy to install and provides a very nice image!!

Excellent picture quality and easy set up to Google/Nest sites. Happy to see the power cord can stay connected all the time as I had the power nearby and did not want to recharge the unit. Very impressive night vision, picture clarity is exceptional

Great cameras easy to install and hood quality resolution

I would have given this item 5 stars but the two pack only came with a single charging cord. This was not made clear in the product marketing so a little misleading. Bad on Google. Cameras are solid.

Great product, super easy to install and connect if you already have the google home app (also easy to set that up if you don't). Connected these for my office and seeing everything on my phone when I'm away is so convenient

It’s a love hate relationship with Nest products. My home has Nest Thermostat, Protect smoke/carbon monoxide detectors and Nest wired and wireless cameras. Ever since being acquired by Google the products are glitchy and lesser in quality. Sometimes they will not connect or you’ll randomly get logged off and need to log into Google home again. These cameras do not use the Nest App. Instead you need a Google Home account. I run a half gig mesh network so I do not have Internet connectivity or speed issues. Since I have already invested so much in their products, it’s hard to start over and I just put up with their shortcomings. Definitely wait for their products to go on sale. They are not worth full price. The NestCam Outdoor has rechargeable batteries for flexible wireless mounting and operations. Depending on how often you view the camera or turns on due to motion, your battery life will vary. I get about a month on a charge. (Tip: use a portable battery pack to recharge so you don’t have to take the camera down) The better option is to keep the camera wired. Either with the included charging cable or a longer outdoor cable. This will ensure continuous power and allow live streaming. The basic free service only keeps 3 hours of history so it’s basically useless if you missed an alert or want to check what happened earlier. You’ll have to decide if it’s worth the premium for Nest Aware and the longer cloud history and continuous feed. These cameras do not produce good images. They’re actually pretty bad. Things are grainy and you won’t be able to make out a clock in the wall and most text. Low light makes the image even worst. The nighttime mode which you can set manually or automatically helps with dark settings. But it’s still grainy and the video is black and white. The problem is that Nest has to balance the free storage they provide and most homes Internet bandwidth so they must be purposely lowering the resolutions of the cameras. Camera technology is so inexpensive nowadays that you would expect razor sharp 1080p images where license plates are easily read. This is not the case with these Nest cameras. The performance is highly dependent on your internet speed, where you mount them, how much light is available and how far the objects are. Zooming in is even worst. At the end of the day you’ll have to balance price and convenience with performances. The Google Home interface kinda works. But I had to install and uninstall several times before I was able to add this camera. It really shouldn’t be this difficult. Buy with hesitation if you’re already in the Nest ecosystem and don’t want to start over. But there are probably better alternatives.

I like this camera. I am a professional in the security industry and find that it has a good return of investment. However the 2 drawbacks are if you want more than 3 hours of video archive, you have to pay a monthly subscription and if you don't want to have to recharge it every 4 weeks, you have to use the provided charging cable. Which defeats the idea of it being wireless.

Great picture. Recharging required weekly and only one charging cord for two cameras.

So far so good. Battery appears to be lasting and the images are clear. Easy to install.

Great cameras for keeping your home feeling safer, 24/7 recording is a big plus!

Overall a well integrated Google product, seemless connectivity with Google home, which works on Apple and Android. After 11 months of usage, no issues with connectivity, was able access the camera remotely, even from otherside of planet , thanks to powerof Internet. Got two cameras, one is flickering in the night, looks like IR (infra red) module could be broken. Functinality in Day is good. Is battery powered, however needs charging, but also can take external power. So if you are planning for leaving long term 2 weeks or more, recommend buying external cable, costs extra. Also has magnetic bases, gives flexibility with installing on doors without additional tools. Pricing is on the higher side. I am hoping Google will replace my faulty camera whichisstillinwarranty, that is one of the reasons I bought this camera, my experience with Google with another claim was good. If you have a slightly higher budget and want Google backed product, i would go with this. Also for camera recordings, default free event history you only see last 3 hours of information, the monthly plan costs extra.

Easy to set up. Easy to move. Charging can be a pain. I installed electrical receptacles nearby for high traffic areas.

The picture quality is good. However, the battery life is not that great.

I bought this camera as a proof of concept for four more cameras. Pro's are the google cloud service, HD video and polished overall product, the kind you expect from google. The downside is the range a camera can see a face. I placed this camera on the corner of my house facing the driveway. I also placed it in the different locations for the other cameras. I was impressed with the range for 5gz wifi. I much prefer this option to the box and 8 POE camera systems.

This is a good item to have but sometimes it stop holding history so you can look back on other than that like I said great product will not need another camera for a while

Does the job I asked it to do. Able to keep an eye on the pool when I’m home or away.

Installation was very simple (the magnet is STRONG). With many of our other Google devices, this device was easy to add to our current Home setup. Microphone is great. Picture quality is fantastic. Will be buying more in the future.