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

The setup was a bit of a pain. I finally got it setup after plugging it into a computer and looking at the nest support page. The image is alright with a little distortion at the edge. The sound quality could be better, its muffled. The alerts frequently think my 15 lb dog is a person

Ended up returning this item after a few weeks of use. Key points that led to my return: 1) Watermark logo on images blocked robbers face. My car was burgled; caught it on camera, robber walk right at the camera... into the watermark. Whoops. 2) Not that easy to set up. No where near the one minute setup they claim. 3) All traffic goes through their Amazon EC2 instances. EC2 went down one morning, taking the camera down with it. I couldnt access video on a camera 25 feet away from me... 4) On the day that EC2 went down, Nest sent me an email saying that I would lose my video history unless I paid for a $10/month subscription. Bad timing... whoops. Sorry Nest, $500+ for this camera over a 3 year period is really not worth it. 5) Camera overheated and stopped working in direct sunlight. 6) No local storage. Things I liked about this camera: 1) Fantastic streaming quality (1080). The quality of the recorded history seemed to not be as good. Great night vision. 2) Nice mobile app. Better than almost all the other ones Ive seen, not perfect, but still very good. 3) Nice footprint. If they had dropped the subscription price to $5/month, I would have considered keeping it. However, the real downside of this camera seems to be bad product decisions. The hardware is fantastic, the software is good, its the overall product that isnt good. Case in point - the watermark on the image screams product manager ego, at the expense of usability.

I went from having no cameras to just purchasing 4 nest cams that are placed in 3 locations. It is a great camera because of its versatility. Has to be the easiest camera to install...takes about 2-3 minutes maybe at most to set them up and be up and running. They also are easy to move around if you want to try them somewhere else. The alerts they send when they either hear or see something is very helpful. The clarity is terrific for both sound and video. The night vision is awesome...very clear and bright. Some people complain that the camera gets hot...my suggestion is not to touch it then. Yes, its warm but lots of things that are plugged in get warm (like your cell phone if you are using it). Its not a big deal to me that they get warm to the touch. I am now subscribing (the recording options) on 3 of my cameras and soon probably on the 4th. Going with the 10 day program, paying monthly in case I want to stop recording a camera or 2 for a while. ONLY THING THAT COULD BE IMPROVED...being able to handle 3 locations on one app...the limit is 2. I have 3 locations the nest cams are located at; a home; a lake house, and a place of business and I have to create 2 log ins under 2 different email addresses to access my cameras. That is inconvenient, especially using the app on my phone. I have 2 locations on one ID but have to sign out and sign back in under another ID (and email address) to sign in to my 3rd location.That would be a tremendous fix for the near future...to be able to access 3 or more locations on the app under one ID.

So far so good! It was super easy to set up. Covers a good portion of two rooms from one vantage point. Forgive me Im not a techy! lol I purchased to monitor my apartment because we thought there were people entering it during the day BUT I also have a small pup as well. Love the talk feature! Night vision is very clear as well. I will attach a photo! Great purchase, the $100 annual fee for nest is totally worth it.

Excellent features, but service drops make it difficult to rely on. We were looking for alternatives to other baby monitors since we live in a condo with lots of wireless activity. A lot of monitors do not have the signal strength to compete with all the other connections, so we thought trying to utilize a drop cam that makes use of our Wi-Fi instead of competing against it would be a good option. It worked great at first, but we noticed while testing it during the day that the nest service itself would cut out unexpectedly. The camera image is sent to Nests online servers and then back to your phone, its not a direct connection. When this happens we would have to restart the app and login again. The app does not try to reestablish connection on its own or make any type of warning noise when the connection is lost. It is for this reason that we could not rely on it to work throughout the night as a baby monitor. I think this service has a lot of potential, but not if the service cuts out unexpectedly. I will keep an eye on reviews for Nest in the future and hope some of these issues are addressed.

Ive tried other cameras. I use them to keep an eye on my weekend home. This one is heads/shoulders above the others. Crisp picture. Wide view. Easy to zoom. Motion detector has just the right sensitivity. The device is sleek and stylish (thats just a bonus). I like it so much I got the 10-day trailing recording. Its worth the price.

Phenomenal camera. With the ability to pivot on two axis and 360 degree rotation of the view, alongside an in-app 180 degree flip, plus a heavy-bottomed base that is capable of mounting in just about any position, makes the camera amazingly versatile. While the price tag for a rather simplistic motion detection IP camera may seem unreasonable, there are a few things to consider. The setup is one of the least painful processes for an IP camera I have ever seen (as expected with any Alphabet/Google product, which I currently own half a dozen of). Having owned a D-Link cloud cam, I expected an hours worth of setup. I literally did nothing but scan a QR code and type my WiFi password in, then follow the simple wizard which can be entirely avoided. There are not many advanced features, however, so users seeking to go beyond the cameras base functions will find no luck without custom firmware. Alongside with having a beautiful design and fantastic app design, the accurate motion detection system, talk-back feature, and zoom enhance features round out the camera. Night vision is fantastic too, and the switch-over is quite subtle. My only gripe is that the automatic home-switch assistant frequently fails to switch the camera when I get home, and sometimes when I leave. I attribute this to a phone issue and a battery-saving function, thus any users experience will vary. My Project Fi Nexus 6P is NOT conservative in GPS at the least, which unnerves me because the app should be able to retrieve location painlessly. Yet, I do know from experiences with other apps that the GPS does not like sharing unless asked specifically, even if the Google Maps Timeline and High Accuracy Location is always on. Overall, great camera, highly recommended.

Generally easy to set up, but a lot of false triggers that get frustrating over time. Also, I have difficulty ensuring that the Away/Home app changes are recognized by the system. I often have to log in a couple of times to make sure that the status change has been made, and my cameras are on or off, as I wanted. That said, good visibility, easy set up, great mounting options. Overall Id buy again. Hope some of these issues can be resolved in future updates.

Had this from December 2020 to Feb 28. No issues. Then as soon I changed its network it never reconnected. Followed all the online instructions multiple times. Connect to me computer, nope. Tried to change it back to the other network, nope. Don’t buy this piece of crap. Buy a blink.

Well made, sturdy, EXTREMELY easy to set up, install, and connect with app. Excellent pictures. Im currently trying it out in various areas of my home to figure out the best place, and it does great day and night room views and views of the outside through the window. Has a talk feature that I wasnt expecting, though this isnt effective for communication because the audio feed to me is disrupted once I talk and it takes several seconds for it to resume. Excellent overall! I received this as a gift and have already ordered a second one.