Customer Ratings & Reviews

I used one of these cameras outside with a compatible solar panel, which damaged the battery. Consequently, it is no longer charging at all.

We love these cameras and plan on buying 2 more for our backyard too

Love these cameras have two at my house so easy to install and what a deal Best Buy had for them saving me $60

Camera work as intended, they are very easy to install and seamlessly can be integrated to Google Home/Nest. The only downside (that make me rate them as 4) is the software. There is configuration for at home & out, however compared to other cameras/software in the market, there isn't configuration based on schedule (specifically while sleeping).

The picture quality is very good however, battery life could be better. I've had to charge the camera twice so far.

Good quality image camera, easy to set up with google home app,

Love these cameras, but they are very expensive for what they are. Note that if you live in a cold environment such as I do (Anchorage, AK) the cameras will become inoperative when the temperatures get below freezing. Also, you have to subscribe to the Nest Aware Plus service to get full history, etc., this is $10/month or $120 per year.

I love these Google wirelees cams. So easy to set up and easy to use on the Google home app. Great picture quality, field of view and clarity. Microphone and listening capabilities are perfect. I now have 4 on the outside of my house and one wired cam inside.

Pluses- Great image quality in daylight as well as night. Easy to set up and install Cons- I have 6 of these cameras and when I click on Google home app. They show up but not even close to streaming all of them real time. My dog will go outside and if looking at outside cameras, might show him for a second but then freezes up or doesn’t show him at all for quite a while. I should point out I have a 1.1 GB’s per second service and all cameras are within 40 feet. Would probably go with Ring next time.

Someone disappointed in the functionality of this camera. I now believe its may solely be software related to my concerns. The Home app doesn't appear to be as intuitive and function as well as I was expecting. I have every motion and detection setting enabled as possible, however my experience has been very lack luster. I currently have a ring doorbell installed at a further away location with less visibility than how I have this nest camera mounted. Yet the ring detects and notifies me of many, many more motion items such as vehicles and pedestrians, yet the nest camera, looking at the same location, with much broader field of view does not detect, alert, or record any motions that cross many times an hour, that which the ring easily detects and alerts me. Maybe my items is defective, or maybe it simply cannot set a detection of objects moving too fast, but it has plenty of field of view if I'm watching the camera setting to live, rather than letting it function idlily and notifying me. I like the device, its a google product, usually these are at a higher standard, but I want to blame the new transition away from nest software, and to home software. Will need some tweaking, and maybe its simply software related to my issues, but the camera simply does not detect motion unless i have a constantly live feed on. Which defeats the purpose being a battery/wireless camera, as a constant live feed will drain power at a much faster rate.

Great picture and long battery life. The mounting was easy and straight forward.

These are great. Really sensitive to movement. Much better than our old ones

Easy to install. Great video quality. Long battery life.

I think the quality of the video seems good. The app is ok. The only issue is that in the Google Home app you can not set alarm times. The Nest app did, but the new cameras do not work on the Nest app. I would like it to alert me during specific times of day/night when I know I am gone regularly instead of alerts always on or always off.

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.

These were a breeze to install and have worked like a charm for well over a year. I’m looking forward to many more years.

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

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.

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

Returned them. Battery life wasn’t good, many connection issues. Too many missed occurrences. My previous ring were on point