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

Was looking at baby monitors, and they felt like kid toys. Youre paying $200+ dollars for terrible quality, and something that has one function and you might just store it away after a years use. This product is very simple. It notifies you if theres noise or movement. It senses NEW PEOPLE that come into view or MOVEMENT. It differentiates between the two. Its amazing. You can hear everything, its got night vision, its base is sturdy and made of metal. Its mountable AND you can view and get notifications on your phone with ease. Simply the best! Once our baby is big enough, itll second as a home secuirty camera.

This camera was VERY easy to set up which in itself is a bonus for me. The wide angle is perfect for the wide room I have it in. I can see almost the entire room. I have it set on a wall in the middle of the room and the only spaces I cant see are the corners of that wall. I love that it has the talk and listen feature. All around a nice camera for keeping an eye on things.

I like the concept of having a home camera. The camera quality is just average. Can be a little grainy. Perhaps it’s my Internet but I would give it a C+. It was easy to install.

TL;DR: For baby monitor usage, this is a dangerous product. While Id rate the industrial design and user experience design a 5, the service is a horrifying 1 star. For a product marketed to monitor a babys safety or a homes security, they are absolutely failing on service reliability. Nest advertises this as a baby cam, numerous online articles support this. I bought full-in, two cameras for the nursery, excited about the potential of this product. I love well-designed products, and am excited about the connected home concepts coming out. Over the past month, Ive had numerous issues, chipping away entirely at our confidence in the service. And you HAVE to use the service to use the camera. Specific examples of issues encountered while attempting to monitor the safety of our baby girl: - Camera randomly goes offline (regular occurrence) - Camera randomly shut down and disappeared from account while in use (rendering Nest Cam unusable for the night) - Image freezes on frame of baby sleeping (while it turns out the baby was awake and moving unbeknownst to me) - Recent entire system outages with zero accessibility to nest accounts, and thus Nest Cams and Dropcams - Communication from Nest about issues is abysmal. System status page reflects no problems when there are catastrophic problems. Zero proactive communication from Nest about issues, vague and delayed communication on twitter account. Get the feeling theyre not being up front about issues. You cannot trust this companys service to be reliable at this time. And given how problematic this has been, I have to wonder if I can even trust my very private data to them. What are they doing over there? Get it together. I REALLY want to believe in your product, I really want to buy all-in, but I cannot place my familys safety in the hands of a company who clearly does not have their act together.

Youd think its a professional set-up. Very simple to install, find a place to put it (stick it on, stand it up, screw it on a wall, ...) and watch it on a computer or your phone (multiple gadgets at the same time). For some reason, the resolution is not as good on an iPad but it may be a setup situation - need to call customer support. They have been helpful so far. HIDE BEHIND PLANTS - just be careful that the leaves of the plant is not in blocking the view, else at night, it would look like youve shined a bright flash on it... the way I did it, I set up the leaves so its so close that it looks pretty attached to the camera.

Ive had the cam for over a month now and the only issue that I have found is that it will not let me download the video clips that I have created. The link to share clips to social media or download just isnt available, despite having paid for the subscription service. Im assuming its a software issue that will eventually be resolved. Other than that, it works well as a security camera (I get almost instant smart phone notifications if it senses movement). The app on my phone also works well with the camera. I would like to say that despite what the instructions in the box state, it takes at least 15 minutes to set up, especially if you are new to the Nest system like I was.

The cameras are fantastic, and set up is so easy. You dont even need a drill. I am a devoted Nest fan, and was not disappointed with this purchase, even though it was quite an investment. When compared to other types of security camera systems, the ease and speed that I got up and running was amazing. The video quality is stellar, and the app is intuitive and user friendly.

I recently had a not so good experience with a cheap baby monitor that was gifted to us, so I decided to invest in a Nest. I heard great things about the cameras and our home is already integrated with Google Home devices and a Nest Thermostat. The video is great quality. Was not expecting it to capture such a wide picture, which covers the whole room. So no need to have pivot controls. It picks up audio no problem and I can stream the video to any mobile device or Cast display. We were gifted a Google Home Hub and that works perfect as a receiver to watch the baby on. The best part is you dont lose the video feed like you would with a lot of these cheaper cameras. Even if your internet goes out for a moment, once its back, the camera feed will come back. PLUS, after there is no need for a baby monitor, this becomes an indoor security camera. So it still serves a purpose, which is what deterred me from purchasing an actual baby monitor. You might be thinking, Nest Camera with a Google Home Hub sounds like an expensive baby monitor, but its worth it when you can still use them for security monitoring afterwards, vs paying $120+ for an actual baby monitor that cant serve any other purpose.

We use this as a baby monitor. This is our 2nd one since we now have a baby on the way! I really like how the app opens up to both cameras and I can maximize the screen for whatever camera I wanna see bigger and hear the audio from. The 2-way talking feature is also great! I’ve used it several times.

The Nest cam works perfectly for what I need it to do, simple monitoring on demand. I dont use any of the motion or sound alerting, though it works well, is a pain for child sleep monitoring. History is interesting but not worth the monthly charge to me, maybe if I were using these more for security monitoring. My only con for this device is support for multiple SSIDs. I normally use this at home but do take it when I travel if my son will be sleeping in another room, however, to change the SSID on the device to connect it to the new WiFi network, you have to go through the whole setup process each time and then again when you get back home. It would be nice to have a setup wherein you can either configure multiple SSIDs like a phone/laptop or share wireless connection details from your phone to the device.