Customer Ratings & Reviews

Bright lights, easy setup, fantastic instructions, packaging, and presentation. Only downside (which is a big one) is the Google Home app (-2 stars) These camera floodlights were super easy to install and setup, with fantastic instructions that walk you through everything. Video quality isn't the best available, but I'm also not spending $400+ per camera for something from Ubiquiti... The added ability for having easy smart controls to just use the floodlights as regular backyard/garage lights is fantastic (+1 star back). Now to list a couple of issues, the major one being the Google Home app... These new cameras from the Google Nest line (not to be confused with the older generation "Nest" cameras) are only able to be setup in the Google Home app. This wouldn't be an issue if the app came even close to the functionality and ease of use found on the Nest app. Scrubbing through footage is terrible, you can't playback recently recorded footage, and no way to access the footage on a desktop/laptop - only through the Google Home app on your phone. If you're in need of some smart flood lights, and want the added benefit of an outdoor camera, and are already in the Google/Nest product family, look no further. BUT, if you are looking to use this mainly as a security camera, or this is your first delve into any of the Google/Nest cameras or products, maybe try out the Ring floodlight.

I’ve been using the Nest Cam with Floodlight for about a month now, and it’s been a great addition to my home security setup. The video quality is sharp, even at night, and the floodlight is bright—it lights up my whole driveway when motion is detected. The smart alerts are pretty accurate and rarely send false alarms. I like that it can tell the difference between a person, animal, or vehicle. It also integrates perfectly with the Google Home app, making it easy to check footage or get notifications while I’m away. Installation was pretty straightforward if you already have a wired fixture. Just a heads-up: you’ll need a solid Wi-Fi connection, and if you want full event history and familiar face detection, you’ll need a Nest Aware subscription.

Made switch to this from Ring and here are the primary differences I noticed: - better quality video - lens has a little less coverage than Ring - brighter lights, dimmable - light times out faster at night - always inconveniently right when I’m taking the dogs out, haha. Could be a setting I need to fix - a million times easier to set up than Ring Google ecosystem of cameras has been great so far. Overall, great camera.

Easy install if replacing preexisting floodlight. Quality video, strong light.

Was deciding between this and the Ring system. Ended up going this route because we already have a lot of Google products in our home. I did a self-install and it only took me about 45-minutes to an hour, mostly because my caulking skills aren't that great. The hardware itself is great and the picture from the camera is exceptionally wide and clear. It covered a lot more area than I expected. The lights are also very bright and add a lot of clarity to the picture. The downsides of this system is ... the same downside across all Google/Nest products. The software is not as good as the competition. I think Nest has the best hardware but without good software to utilize it, it ruins the experience. For example, the camera can detect when there's a person or a car, etc. in the drive way however I cannot 'snooze' events for a time period. So to put that in perspective, I really want this camera to alert me if someone is in my driveway when I am either away from home or at night and you simply can't set that up at the moment. If you enable alerts you will get an alert EVERY TIME. So if you have kids playing in the drive way coming in and out of frame every 5 minutes, guess what ... you're getting alerts every 5 minutes. Yes you can go into your Google Home app and set it to automatically detect when you and your phone arent at home and go into Away mode and then alerts can follow that protocol. However, my expectation is to be able to set device-specific schedules when I want alerts from specific devices and the software simply does not allow you to do that. So overall the hardware is superior to the competition but the software the competition has leaves you wanting something more from this system. I think if I had to do it over again, I would have gone with Ring etc.

Easy to install, Great picture on camera. Light is plenty bright for driveway. Easy to set up.

I have been waiting for this functionality for a long time. Great add on to an existing Nest eco-system with one exception; it does not utilize the Nest app but rather the Google home app. Not a big deal but would have been nice to be able to use choose which app you prefer. I still prefer the Nest app for certain things to be honest. Otherwise excellent and easy to install floodlight camera. Took a star off due to removing Nest App access…

Very easy hardware install (with existing electrical & junction box) Super easy and fast setup within Google home app In comparing to original Nest cams that work within Nest app. The floodlight camera connects to Google home app and your wifi notably quicker and on first attempt. Good granular controls for floodlight vs camera What turns on flood light, floodlight timer, daylight sensor Video and audio settings for camera Camera has battery so when power goes out it still records Light is bright and each light is pretty flexible on which direction you want to point it too Instant, and I mean instant, activity notifications. Vastly improved over how notifications work in Nest app. I can't wait till I can sunset the Nest app. Video quality is excellent. Number of nay sayers out there because it doesn't have 4k specs, but from my experience the video quality is spot on. Sure 4k would be a nice enhancement, however, that takes a ton more bandwidth and storage space. Overall I installed one of these in front yard and one in backyard and they have worked great for me. One is replacing a Nest outdoor IQ cam as where I could mount it was too high and it did not allow good flexibility on where I could positing the camera, the mount makes is very limited. The second went in backyard just as addition. I also installed the Nest cam battery in a couple locations and the two work great together. I've also used Ring floodlight cameras and this one excels above it. As far as video quality, settings, activity notifications, etc.

Awesome security light and HD camera. Great product from Google. Buy at your local Best Buy or have it shipped to your door.

installed this for 2 years, the floodlight worked great. this year it recorded for 3 days while my house was out of power. during power outage the lights won't come on, but battery enables video recording. Saw a few review claiming this can't be installed under the eave, but that's not true, had my installed under the eave with an after market bracket "Nest Floodlight Eave Mount, White (MF001)" found on Amazon

I had been a part of the Arlo family of products for years. I was always suckered in by their "higher specs" of 2K/4K video. Let me tell you, the Nest Cam in my opinion has much better video quality. I purchased 3 of these floodlights and am about to purchase 2 more as they produce excellent video, great floodlight brightness and quick responsiveness to alert me of activity. For comparison, I put these up in slightly new locations from my Arlos while temporarily keeping the Arlos live. I received the activity alerts 45 seconds sooner from these despite the Arlos having the chance to see me first. From a technical standpoint, I think the Arlo is alerting me after it's finished filming the full "event" whereas these alert at the start of the event, allowing you to actually take action if needed (greet people at door, etc.). Additionally I am receiving much fewer false alerts than I did on Arlo. Installation: Overall this went well. Yes, the instructions say these need to be wall-mounted and 90% of homes with pre-existing floodlights mount these on the roof eaves. I mounted these no problem on the roof eave ceiling with the motion sensor facing outwards and flipped the camera image 180 degrees and I have no issues with the motion sensor triggering. Second, these "must be" hardwired which I did for my two existing floodlights, but you can turn these into plug-in cameras by chopping the end off of an outdoor extension cord, separate the wires and connect appropriately to the correct floodlight wires and waterproof appropriately with electrical tape. Would be great to have official ways of doing this as well.

My Google Floodlight Camera has exceeded my expectations. Installation was straightforward, and once it was set up, the performance was immediately impressive. The video quality is crisp and clear both day and night, and the floodlights are bright enough to illuminate the area without being harsh or overbearing.

Everything you need in a security camera, and super bright motion detector lights. Setup is a breeze with a simple walkthrough from the google home app. Video and audio qualitynis out of this world. The motion detector is not set off by every little movement, as a matter of fact, it has only been set off by either myself walking by, or my dog, no “false alarms”. Grewat product.

This floodlight cam has been so handy in my short term rental . It was easy to install and works great so I know when a guest is checking in along with providing a great security light for guests in case they have a late check in. Video quality is good !

Excellent camera floodlight! The picture is clear and works flawlessly. I would have given it 5 stars, but I don’t like the camera is attached to the base by a magnet. I prefer it to be attached with a better secured manner. Otherwise, it’s an excellent camera/floodlight combo.

Its bright and sensor auto detects movements. Clear pictures which i am able to watch on my app. it was quick to install.

I wanted to replace one of my floodlights, but at the time google did not have a cam floodlight product on the market, so I purchased a ring floodlight camera. Eventually, Nest was introduced, and I immediately purchased the cam floodlight and installed, which was simple... I was not disappointed! The google nest cam floodlight and subscription integrated well with my existing google products. The camera works very well. The only difference between the ring and the nest cam in my experience, is the color night vision. However, if I want the nest camera to record in color, I only have to turn on the flood lights, which is a nice option. Comparing the installed Ring and the Nest cam floodlights, both continue to operate well after 18 months. My preference is the Google Nest because of the subscription service fees, and the product itself!

After some research we opted to replace our Ring floodlight cams to match our other Nest devices. We made the decision on the Nest Floodlight cams because we wanted to go with all google products and the audio and camera quality were much more improved than our current floodlight cams. Setup was a breeze, light is bright, and we're happy with the camera. We mostly knew what to expect but keep in mind: -- though a Nest cam, it uses the Google Home app. Like others, I really wish the Nest app was going to continue. -- the field of view is not as wide as our prior Ring camera, but the tradeoff of a better camera and audio was fine for us. -- if you need to rewire elements of the camera at all / access the wiring, it is sealed other than the 2 wires for power and 1 for ground. Shouldn't matter for most but I only discovered later that our prior camera had been wired to trigger other lights and to do so he had separated out the wires in the Ring camera. Overall happy but hope the Google Home app runs more like the Nest app in the future as far as cameras go.

Works great. Gives notifications when needed. Easy set up. Great app.

I have several Google Nest cameras. They have amazing video quality with a wide viewing angle. Along with a painless setup, these cameras are top notch. And throw in spot lights that are brighter than the sun, it’s a combo you can’t beat!