Google Nest Cam Indoor - 1st Generation - Wired Indoor Camera - Control with Your Phone and Get Mobile Alerts - Surveillance Camera with 24/7 Live Video and Night Vision

I bought these cameras after Lighthouse closed shop, thinking it was the next best option to the Lighthouse camera I loved. After 8 months, I wish I had chosen differently partly, but only partly, because of Google’s recent changes to the status light. After the first few months, I bought a different model of Nest camera thinking I had just bought the wrong type, as a more expensive model is supposed to have facial recognition so that it sounded more like the Lighthouse camera I had had before. But none of them really were what I was hoping for. The motion detection does not distinguish between humans and pets, and it sometimes is triggered by things like a light coming on. As shown in the image I uploaded, the cameras cannot distinguish a cat from a “person,” and I get alerts of a “person” multiple times a day triggered by a cat. I have read that this happens unless you pay for a subscription. But I did pay for the expensive subscription for all 4 cameras, and I still had that problem. The facial recognition of the more expensive camera isn’t very good either. The first time it alerted, the “unidentified face” was actually a shadow on the ceiling caused by a ceiling fan, it was not programmed well enough for the software to understand faces do not appear disembodied on people’s ceilings. Since then, it picks up images of 2 dimensional TV news casters easily when a pet sitter is watching TV, and gives me a clear, beautiful image of whichever news reporter she is watching — but pick up the 3 dimensional pet sitter’s face with a recognizable image? Barely. One sitter was in and out, walking past that camera multiple times per day for several days, and I think I finally got one image. And now that Google bought the company, they have apparently decided you can’t turn off the green light on each camera any more. I never thought the status light showing the camera was on was that big a problem, although it does make the cameras more uncomfortable for anyone in my home — but people who bought it as a baby monitor are reporting real problems from the green light bothering their babies. What bothers me more is that it is not possible to prevent the green status light from flashing whenever the owner is looking at the videos. To my thinking, that renders it nearly unusable as a security camera (after I bought 4 cameras and 4 subscriptions!). All a burglar has to do is watch for the flashing status light to tell them when the homeowner is looking st the video and rest assured that no one has likely phoned the police until then. I am still hoping Google will respond to the objections of its customers and back off if its new plan for the status light. But even if not for that, I am looking for another brand.

Showed up broke. But i got a replacement in just days. Dont buy refurbished! It never works out!

I own Nest Thermostat and protects . I finally decided to purchased the Nest Cam and Nest Outdoor Cam at the same time This is my first experience with WIFI cameras. Overall the setup was flawless. I had both cameras setup and functional within 10 minutes. I’d recommend setting up the Outdoor Cam near your WIFI router before taking it outside. Once setup easy to place and make operational , seems to have good day and night video on both cameras. I do worry the Nest Outdoor is an target for theft . There isn’t any way to secure the camera to the base. The Outdoor is running on 40% WIFI signal strength the doesn’t miss a beat. The recording zones Nest needs a lot of improvement… outside zones are triggered from light shadows from cars driving by and by light changes from shadows, even though the camera is not facing the street pointed at my front door, it sends email alerts when my porch light turns on each night and random as passing. I use Wemo to turn off the lights, using wemo schedules, you would thing these two items could alert each other. My Nest Cam inside the house has the same failure, the camera zone triggers alerts when the room is dark and a light is turned on by wemo . The inside camera is not facing the light I’ve tried moving and reshaping the zones. To no success.. I shouldn’t have to work this hard for lights turning on. Out of frustration I’ve deleted all zones. Which leads me to trying to rationalize the value of recording if the zone performance is this bad, when I called nest their input is move the cameras and after a long conversation I hear this is a common complaint ..my plan has been to install 2 more cameras. I’ve nixed that idea Nest is a long way from solving these zones and I’m concerned Nest will address it the same as the wave off function on my 6 nest protects. Last Nest needs to address the cost of recording. Im considering sending the cameras back.

I did much research before selecting a security camera. Nest had the best reviews and features. It was very easy to install, worked right out of the box, the supporting apps (PC and iPhone) work great and are easy to use. The day and night quality is excellent and the form factor is easy to install. I would certainly recommend it to friends. I dislike that the price is fixed, with no competition for sales. I call it price fixing. Though, in my experience, many products have fixed prices.

Love my cameras. Extra measure of protection is exactly what I needed. When leaving my apartment. I can communicate with my kids when I leave them home alone and keep an eye on things when my apartment is empty. I get notifications when it picks up a sound or movement and I absolutely love it. You can play back movements there really nothing wrong that I can think of. The unit does get hot so I have it set to turn off when I am home. I used to have them on 24/7.

This is my 3 rd nest camera .I love the fact that it can move it anywhere. I went on a. 3 week trip and installed camera facing my hot water tank to be sure there were no issues .Picture quality is excellent as is the night vision . Also can talk to people

I had bought 3 Dropcams in the past and was very happy with them and was excited when I heard that Nest had bought Dropcam because I expected the product to get better. Instead they stopped providing a feature called sharing which allows me to add an email address and have others log in and be able to operate the camera and the history. We use these cameras for security for our company. When I contact Nest regarding the sharing feature, they gave me a work around but it will require me to have 3 accounts instead of 1, since not all our managers have access to all the cameras. To save 10 days of history of the camera (which we need as part of our security) Nest charges $100 for the first camera and then only $50 for every additional camera. I told them I would manage the three accounts as long as I didnt have to pay the additional money for the other 2 accounts. After being on on the phone for more than 35 minutes I was given two free months of history (at $50 per year, this is about $8 worth of value). This is a great camera and all they need to do is re-enable the sharing feature, or in the least make up for the $100 per year and I will manage the three accounts.

As far as picture and video go this is great but if your buying it for the 2 way communications….. don’t… the speaker works but if the house isn’t entirely silent you can’t hear it. I bought it so I could keep an eye on my dogs. One day the pup decided to tear into the sofa cushions, I am sitting in my office yelling at the pup, he heard the bing when I turned on the mic from my phone but not me yelling as he continued to pull foam out of the seat cushions. When I got home I tested it with my husband listening to see if maybe the pup was just ignoring me yelling at him…. Nope husband heard the bing when I turned on the mic but that was all. Don’t buy if your needing the 2way communications

The app and integration with Alexa for the first generation are so much easier and better.

Another case of you get what you pay for. This truly is the best of the best. It actually needs 4.9 stars... because for $200 frickin dollars, youd expect the ability to move the camera (motorized). This, in my view, it its only flaw. Ive used several cameras, the $30 HooToo with overly complicated setup, the $110 Amcrest, hope their servers are up so you can view your camera remotely, and the Nest. The nest is by far the easiest setup, great picture, great response. I can get App notifications of motion or sound. For viewing outside, I have one in an upstairs room and leave on my porchlight and it looks great. While its not motorized, it has a panoramic view that sees way more of a viewing angle than youd expect. While viewing, you can zoom in and focus on an area. Ive tried several options: android phones with free webcam apps, Hootoos with my own local storage option, Amcrest with their hit-or-miss servers, and the Nest. Its really the best of the best. Plug it in, scan the code, done. The online storage is on par with most services. Its expensive. But youre getting a durable, high-quality, best of the best, camera. GET IT.