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

Bought this to keep an eye on my ailing mother at night. Well worth the money

I like it a lot. I use it to check on my puppy when I am at work. It’s a little glitchy. Sometimes you have to do things, like unplug it and plug it back in or reinstall the app (annoying). I like the convenience of cloud storage. The design is pleasing to my eyes. Tells me temp and shows snowflakes when it is snowing. Seems reliable aside from the weird glitches.

We travel a lot staying in hotels with our small dog. We purchased the NEST specifically to be able to keep an eye on our little dog while we were out for dinners/places she is not allowed, to make certain she was being a good hotel guest as well as housekeeping respecting the do not disturb sign and risk letting her out. We did a lot of research and the NEST has high ratings and advertises that it works anywhere. Well, it should say it can be monitored from anywhere but can not work in hotels as the network in not private and you will need more than just the hotel network password to set up the camera. When I called customer support for assistance, (and thus found out it wouldnt work in a hotel), I suggested they update their wording in the description to make certain customers like myself who purchased NEST for a specific purpose were not (Im sure unintentionally) mislead. I told them that when I checked the camera at my home I was impressed with the picture quality but I hope they clarify the description of where it actually works from because we would not have purchased it as it didnt meet our very specific needs The moment I made my suggestion the customer support person became cold and indignant in her tone. I thought it was rather nice of me to point out a flaw in their advertisement description to maintain happy customers for their product and never expected the, whatever, just return it if youre not happy, type of attitude. For this terrible customer service attitude and the misleading description I give the NEST a 1 star rating/

We installed it about two weeks ago. The installation was super easy. Having the bar code reader to set up made everything extremely easy. Picture quality is great and having the ability to set up zones has been inetrest8ng and fun. It has help us prioritize the alerts we receive. Today we had three packages delivered by UPS which were stolen. The thief backed up his white extra cab GMC Sierra truck onto our drive way and his license plate is visible. The police took the report and we have already emailed them the video clip of the perpetrator. We dont know if they will catch the guy but having him on video has made us feel better and we know who to look out for in the neighborhood.

I like these cameras, the only unfortunate part is that they were purchased my goggle. The original cameras were easier to setup and much more reliable, after goggle bought them, they are not as reliable and tend to drop off periodically for some reason. Also, every times i have an ios update, the nest aware function has to be reset, which again happened after goggle purchase. But overall they work fine, and i decided to replace my original one that was over 10 years old.

Can’t beat this product it’s the bomb. Works well for me day or night.

I own 2 nest cameras and also 2 dropcams which I use on a daily basis. The nest cameras provide great hardware, good night time visibility, and decent picture quality. The software, however, can be frustrating at times. The Nest app is clearly bulky and cumbersome to phones and PCs compared to the Dropcam application. The software also doesnt utilize the geofence features that dropcam does. Setup is easy, however the dropcam setup process was the easiest. The nest setup requires serial number scans where dropcam allowed direct connection and instant setup. There is lots of potential because the groundwork is already there with the dropcam software and product. These cameras are still the BEST solution on the market if you dont want to spend tons on a security system. I feel this product could be much better, but still the best available.

Right so. This is a camera for monitoring your home or office. The Nest Cam connects to the Internet via WiFi, so if you want to use it, you need to have Wireless Internet to hook it into. And yes, Internet access is REQUIRED. No, you cant just hook it into your local area network and monitor it that way. It uses the Internet connection to sync up to Nests (aka Googles) servers. Those servers then server your video to you over the Nest App. Yes, you not only MUST have Internet for this to work, you must also use their app on your iPhone or Android phone. All that aside, the camera itself will give you an image from 360 pixels tall to 1080 tall. The camera also features: - Mic & speaker - so you can listen in and talk to folks through the camera - Night vision - so you can watch whats happening even at night - Digital zoom - just pinch to zoom on your phone While the camera is powered via USB, dont think that you can hook it into your computer and use it that way... cuz that doesnt work either. The camera gets warm, but not overly hot. Now, the app: The app gets 3 stars. It takes FOREVER to initialize, FOREVER to find the Nest Cam, and is more finicky than a spoiled cat. It drops signal for no apparent reason. Oh, and worse: If I get a notification that the camera picked up sound or movement and I dont check immediately: it wont load. I then have to go to the live feed and search back to see the event. Worse of all: if you want to keep more than 12 hours of footage, you need to subscribe their service for $100 a year. Thats not too bad of a subscription fee, but be sure to add it to the cost of the device when considering it. I love the camera, but Im not a fan of the app. Maybe someone will find a way to make it work locally.

This camera is horrible. I just had my baby and got the nest camera as a baby monitor that I can later use as a security camera for my home. I love the design and the idea of the camera, thats why I invested in it, and was hoping to purchase a few more later down the line to complete my home security system. However, the camera has not worked to the standard as it claims. It is quite frustrating when sometimes the picture freezes when a text comes in on my phone and I dont realize Im staring at the same picture until I hear my baby cry. Sometimes Im monitoring on my ipad and it freezes for no reason. Sometimes itll go offline for more than 15 minutes which is even more infuriating because what if sometime happened to my baby and I didnt even know or my house was being burglarized but it couldnt capture anything because it was offline? How am I supposed to trust in a product thats supposed to protect my home?! It is horrible and gives me no confidence in this product at all which I had so much hope for. I wish I had yielded to the negative reviews and gotten another camera for the safety of my baby.

Its about 4 months that I have been using the nest cam without any issues. I purchased this cam to monitor my secondary residence entryway when I am hundreds of miles away. The association management has a key to my condo for emergencies. Since I am there only a few weeks a year I wanted a way to check the inside temperature as well as make sure management is not going into my condo. Its set to face the only entryway/exit and has performed flawlessly so far. I have gotten a few false alarms due to a moth buzzing the camera or a loud noise like a thunder clap. Recently I received an alert for motion and when I reviewed the clip I can hear someone unlocking the dead bolt then I clearly see the property mgr open the door but never step in then relocking the door. So its doing exactly what I need it to do and I find the sound to be pretty good on listening as well as speaking. I also have a digital clock with a temperature reading facing the nest cam to keep an eye on the interior temp from a far. I plan on getting a second cam to view the yard outside the condo as well. Overall I am very pleased on how easy it was to set up and use. I like the 720P setting and find the 1080P not required. Overall picture quality is excellent day or night. I like when my phone is present the cam turns itself off. The only con for me is I need to keep my wifi running 24//7 to keep this, what I call security cam running. Its a worth while expense for me. I definitely would recommend this cam for any viewing needs.