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 LOVE THIS ITEM

How it looks, ease of setup, quality of image is very good. I am happy I bought this. I did not invest in their Nest Aware product because of the price. There are other cameras that offer less expensive options. I might consider them in the future.

This is my second camera. It has great customer support and nice live monitoring. For $50 a year for each camera you can keep a 7 day continuous history. I monitor from my phone and iPad. My only complaint is $50 per camera. If I add an outside camera Im at $150 a year and four cameras would be $200. At a certain price point, it would be cheaper to go with ADT. *****update of review the Nest aware program only really follows one person/cellphone. So basically when my husband leaves the house, and I stay home, the camera notification goes off every time I walk near a camera. Not good! Why have the ability for the camera to follow two cell phones if only one works. Dumb!

I really love these cameras. I subscribed to the Nest Aware program so that I could have 10 days of video history...this does not bother me as much as it bothers some of the other reviewers. $15 per month is not too much to pay for peace of mind. The cameras were easy to set up and work great!I see crisp, clear video when I view remotely...and I was able to see how my pups were getting through the barrier between the kitchen and living room when we were away. I like the alerts (which can be turned off) that let me know when there is activity in the viewing areas. There are other available options (such as face recognition) that I have not yet used, but plan to. I recommend this system. Our next purchase will be the Nest Hello doorbell / camera so that we can screen who is at our door.The only down side of this system is that remote viewing is quite a drain on your mobile device battery unless you have it attached to a charger while viewing.

Subscription cost too high for diy surveillance, cameras heat up and are a safety concern (you shouldnt have to adjust the timing or quality), off line a lot (one was continuously off line and other cameras were further away and connected, outdoor camera view quality was not great and different than indoor cameras that were pointing outside, I had four cameras but went over on my data plan a lot. I really liked them but my house is an L shape and to cover the area I need several. This was cost prohibitive and to use the system I had to pay 60 dollars extra on top of a security system with no true security but self monitoring which did not catch people or a car in the view to indicate movement. How can it not recognize a car that just drove up? I liked the system and wanted to keep it but too many challenges without true security - if these issues do not bother you this provides great video.

The product is definitely more expensive than most smart security cameras available in Amazon. However, the nest cam app is very user friendly and intuitively designed. Kinda makes sense since it was originally founded by an engineer who worked at Apple and it is now owned by Google. The motion and sound alerts work very well too. This camera is definitely better than one of those cheap, never-heard-of-companys security cameras. I know because I owned one before. The app UI was crappy, some options were only available in Chinese, etc, etc. In order to fully take advantage of this camera, you will need $50/year subscription + good wifi in your home because it will eat up your data at least 300GB per month if you decide to record everything in high quality. Without the subscription, I wouldnt recommend it as you can only view videos in live mode (no recording). The set up was super simple and it probably took me about 5 minutes from opening the box to fully operational nestcam.

I use these for home and office, work great! The only thing that frustrates me is the subscriptions for the cameras. If one should happen to need to be replaced by warranty the entire subscription for that camera is canceled and must be repurchased when the new one is installed. They wont transfer the subscription to the new camera and you dont get refunded until the subscription renews a year later.

My review is subject to change, but we got this product because BabyGear Lab and a few other sites highly recommended Nest Cam as a baby monitor. Compared to the last camera we had, the quality of the image, ease of use and installation, sound quality, everything else is far better, but the drawback is it only sends alerts to your phone every thirty minutes. For new parents, this is terrible! Imagine shutting the door, walking to another part of the house, and having something happen five minutes after you get the sound alert that you entered and left the room. Ive emailed customer service to see if you can alter the frequency of alerts (i.e., I want an alert any time ANYTHING happens in the babys room, even if the alerts are two minutes apart), but if you cant, then this definitely wont work as a baby monitor.

Installation process didnt work with mobile phone, it couldnt detect my Wifi network. Ended up hard wiring into my lapotp to configure it, worked fine after that. Great image, love the features, but not a fan of ongoing subscriptions. Would prefer a way to locally save recordings for review, rather than being forced to pay for video retention. Most other cameras on the market allow either local storage (SD/microSD) or saving to local network share.

I have used the nest cam for over a year and highly recommend it. From the simple set-up to the easy to use interface, this product is top notch. Replaced a commercial grade camera with a nest recently and the image and responsiveness is beyond reproach. It does only work indoors which can be a problem for some installations. With the availability of after-market products the outdoor problem can be solved but it will require further investment from you. I still give it 5 stars as they do plainly state this in the product description but I think this was a missed opportunity for them to make it weatherproof. I do look forward to a pro version of this camera that will allow scan, tilt, and/or manual panning. As for the different uses they are currently connected to an alarm system, nest protects, nest thermostat (G2), and as a stand alone beach camera. In each of these situation the camera has exceeded expectation. Design is clean, product is well built, and the accompanying app/software/interface is amazing.