Customer Ratings & Reviews

Great camera. Easy installation! Now I can see which child is eating all the snacks in the kitchen!

TLDR; I highly recommend this camera if you’re new to the Google Nest Ecosystem. I don’t recommend it if you've already invested hundreds into the pre-Google Nest Ecosystem. Like many others, I’ve invested a lot of money in the Nest ecosystem, way before Google bought them out. Nest products are premium, no doubt. Smart thermostats, security systems, smoke/carbon monoxide detectors, hubs, cameras...you name it, I bought it. So when I heard that Google decided to refresh the Nest camera line, I had to give one a try. The 2nd Gen Indoor Nest Camera (wired) is actually the first Nest camera to come straight out of Google’s headquarters. So my review comes in two forms: a consumer who already is neck deep into the Nest ecosystem with legacy cameras, and a consumer who is purchasing their first Nest Cam. First, the camera itself does not disappoint. It feels premium in your hands with a heavy weighted base for stability and, in my opinion, it looks a lot better than the outgoing model. Upon opening the box, I was surprised to see how small it is as well as its small footprint. It can also be mounted on the wall with two screws and a simple twist-lock system. My only complaint here is the power cord that protrudes right off the backside of the camera. Some of the older Nest Cams have the chord connected at the base to keep the wire neatly hidden. Like the older cameras, the LED indicator is located at 12 o’clock and helps indicate if the camera is nominal, if someone is watching live or has lost connection, for example. Setting the Indoor Nest Cam is very easy using the Google Home app. You simply add a Nest Cam using the setup device wizard within the app. The app will ask to scan the QRC code affixed to the front of the Nest Lens. This will begin the camera search, wifi connectivity and user designated location of the Nest Camera itself. After setup is complete, you’ll be able to see live footage of the camera by selecting the “Cameras” icon on the main Home page. Easy peasy. With these new cameras, the Home app allows you to watch a live feed, see event history based on intelligent object/person identification, set activity zones and even scrub through video. I also want to mention live feed latency is little to almost none; it’s pretty much as real time as it gets. As far as video quality, you're looking at 1080p recording, which I've learned is plenty for an indoor setting and more than enough resolution for the hardware to recognize familiarize faces. Of course, only the most interesting of things happen at night and the night vision is plenty bright without oversaturating. Google provides you a rolling 3-hour event history window as standard. This means it will cache 3 hours of events relative to the current time. So if it’s 9:00PM, you can search through events as far back as 6:00PM….if it’s 9:30PM, then you can only go back as far as 6:30PM. The rolling window will always be continuous. If you decide you need more event caching, then you can opt-in Nest Aware, which is a paid service that allows for 30 days of event caching. And if you’re like me, you can sign up for Nest Aware Plus, which grants 60 days of event caching AND 10 days of 24/7 continuous video history. The 24/7 video history is by far my favorite feature of Nest. As a consumer who is shopping around for their first security cam, the Google Nest cam is a solid buy. They are priced on the higher side with respect to its competitors, but it is still premium hardware backed by solid software engineering. You cannot go wrong if this is your starting point, as Google is now refreshing the Nest lineup. As a consumer who has already bought into the Nest ecosystem with Nest IQ cameras pre-Google, I feel left behind. The thing about us old Nest owners is that we love the original Nest app. It feels much, much more polished than the Google Home app and has a more user-friendly UI when it comes to reviewing events and scrubbing through video footage. It’s just flat out a much better experience for all Nest products, in my opinion. But here’s the kicker: the new Nest Cams are not supported in the original Nest app, so I’m forced to use the Google Home app in order to see my 2nd generation Nest Cam footage. I think this limitation alone will force me to shy away from purchasing the latest Nest cams and probably look into the used market for the legacy cams, or wait until my current cameras literally die of old age or hardware failure before I consider upgrading. I took a star off for not supporting us early adopters.

Great camera to check on children, pets, and unwelcomed guest. Easy to set up.

Veey handy. No dvr required. Notifications easily adjustable.

great quality video and smart notifications. google home has come a long way.

The camara is verry good and video is absolutly nice.

Love all things phillips hue. A little more then most bulbs price wise but the ease of use and add on capable make hue number 1 for me

Neat is an Awesome system, even w/o paying for the service.

the best of the best just got better and now great looking too

Works well with my Google Nest Hub. Plus easy to set up

Great product Definitely recommend. Would buy again!

Great outdoor and indoor cameras! We use them to watch our animals when we are away which comes in handy.

This camera is excellent. I’ve had no problems with it. It’s worked perfectly so far. I’ve had it over a year and still does its job.

Easy to install. Just download the app, connect to your wifi and you are up and running. Picks up sounds great. Has a nice clear picture and wide field of view.

Love this thing! So user friendly, and makes it easy to use and stay aware of whats happening in your home or wherever you set them up.

Good camera and works efficiently with my doorbell camera. Nest makes great home security devices

I love the cam! You can set it to when you leave it will automatically go on. You will be alerted if someone shows up while you are out through the app. You can watch your home from your phone!

Better than expected. Good quality, sturdy, good view and coverage plus decent clarity.

Works great have multiple inside home to keep track of what’s happening. Works with Google home app and integrates all nest cameras.

W this cam im able to watch stuff in the house that dnt want touched