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

Just want to leave a review to let people know that a year into using this, Google/Nest seem to have permanently deteriorated the streaming quality of the video, which basically ruins our use for it. We dont have any paid service, and only use the camera for about four hours once a week (unplugged and put away the rest of the time), but during those four hours, the quality of the video streaming is absolutely terrible, no matter what we set the bandwidth quality to. Placement of the camera has not changed, and no other connection/bandwidth issues have been detected in the household during this time -- just this camera. Makes me question if free users are just being given the shaft. Particularly saddening considering that upon purchase, I was more than happy with the video streaming quality. Will update if the quality ever improves again, with any possible fix discovered. Additionally, we never found a reliable way to allow two different phones to simultaneously claim/view the camera within the Nest app. Adding it to one account will remove it from the other. I dont know if theres a paid feature that changes this, but it makes it extremely inconvenient, as it means that the phone can only be tied to one persons phone, which means, for example, a couple cannot independently use this camera to check up on their house while away. Finally, one very annoying issue is that the camera, by default, records at a landscape orientation. The camera does rotate within its base so you can change it to portrait (or any other angle). However, there are no options to rotate the view within the app by 90 degrees (only a complete 180 degree flip), which means your view in a phones standard portrait view will always be a landscape orientation, completely wasting half of the screen and meaning you have to zoom in to see anything in detail -- which also means you wont be looking at the entire camera view when you do zoom in to see things. You can turn off portrait lock on your phone, of course, but if your camera is physically rotated 90 degrees to view portrait style, that means you will be looking at your camera view sideways -- and since phones tend to only lock to portrait, trying to view right side up means your view will either rotate back to portrait orientation (and still be sideways), or you will be forced to hold your phone upside-down just to see the camera at your intended angle. For a camera that gives you the option to change rotation in such a way, its a glaring oversight that the app fails so dramatically. I have seen people bring up the issue to Nest tech support publicly online, only for the tech support to misunderstand the issue and repeatedly offer the 180 degree rotation as a solution (it is not). Make of that what you will.

Love this camera. Great picture quality. Sound quality needs some work and there is a slight delay in the picture so beware of your wifi strength. Sends notifications everytime someone moves or a sound is made which I love. You can set zones up to only send movement notifications in certain areas of the picture so its great when we leave the ceiling fan on and dont want constant notifications. So discreet, I forget it is there. We started with 1 camera for the living room but will be buying more for outside and nursery! This is a great system that lets us rest easy when we are away from home!

Its the usual excellent Nest product. However the 5 GHz signal is not as powerful as the outdoor version so the signal drops out about once a day and you get an email saying its off line. Ive seen this problem in two different houses and with the cameras fairly close to the WiFi router. I never have this problem with my Nest outdoor cameras. I suspect the smaller size of this camera has made the 5 GHz antenna and/or signal less reliable. However I would never buy a camera that is not dual band like the Nest cameras are. IMHO the 2.4 GHz band is too prone to interference due to it being longer range and with more interfering signals from microwave ovens, neighbor WiFi signals, etc. But 5 GHz works great with all my cameras and of course works at vastly higher speed. I have an older security system that only works on 2.4 GHz and the signals from the cameras are always iffy. Nest has spoiled me with the quality of their app, their programming, software, etc. Nothing else comes close!

I installed a wireless signal extender in my house to ensure solid wifi coverage, so I know thats not the issue- but Ive noticed that the app for reviewing footage (either live or recorded) is choppy and laggy. video quality is good, especially for the price, and its a pretty easy set up. for the price, it adds a little peace of mind

I have been looking around for quality cam to replace my logitech alert system. Nest cam is one of the ones Ive read great reviews on and Im glad Ive bought it. Pros: - HD video - easy to set up - easy to use Cons: - No outdoor options (aside from buying 3rd party mounts) - No SD card backup (in case where wifi goes down) - No battery backup - Nest Aware price is per camera, not per household, which can add up if you have a few cameras monitoring a single home. Overall, this is a very good camera, and pairing with Nest Aware, you will have a pretty decent home monitoring system.

Served my purpose.

Very easy set up. Sturdy product. I highly recommend for all people. Our house was broken into a few months back, and despite the enormous financial loss to us, my wife and I were dumbfounded that in this day in age, why the heck didnt we have cameras?!?! Especially since we are somewhat tech-savvy. Decided to purchase this 3-pack and for 3 months now were very pleased. In the beginning we had minor difficulties changing the different notifications because our iPhones and emails would constantly get alerts. But after fiddling around with the settings, we got things under control. You may experience at times WiFi issues (loss of signal) depending on the distance between your router and camera. On days when AT&T has weak home internet service due to weather or other circumstances, you may get bombarded with email notifications because each time the camera loses signal, you get an alert the camera is off. Its not a big deal, and Id rather get the alerts than none at all. Because I travel a lot, I like the fact I can use their simple App on iPhone or iPad and randomly check the inside my house to ensure the family is safe. $10 per month for 10-days of cloud recording storage, and $5 for each additional camera. So youre basically looking at a combined $20 fee for all 3 cams. A discount of roughly 2 months is offered if you pay 12 months in advance (meaning I paid $100 for the first camera for 10-days recording for the year and $50 per year for each additional camera -- for a total of $200 for all 3 cams for the year).

Overall liked this unit a lot. It works great for indoor use, I actually aim it through a window for outdoor use (from inside the house). The biggest limitation with type of use is that the LED emitters do not pass through glass, so you need to turn them off (in the settings, this is easy). It works GREAT for indoor use, it works Pretty Well they way I use it. (referring to image quality - mostly suffers at night due to the emitter issue above). The software I found very easy to setup, even with little tech know how. The ability to play back/record is great - I used their trial and really grew to love it. You should be aware there is a significant cost to the service to maintain full functionality. So - these units are not cheap and then there is a fee for the full recording functionality. This is the cause for my 4 stars. I think it is a great unit and you get what you pay for. The wifi works great, it has been very stable. It would be costly to have multiple units, although I am intrigued by their new outdoor units coming out soon!!

I ordered two different versions of the Nest, and this one was the lower price, the same great quality it just doesnt have face recognition (which in my opinion can be a bit annoying in the notifications after some time). This camera has a great wide angle view and I would order more for other parts of my house when I get the chance.

I can’t say enough about the Nest. Our family loves it. It is great for chcecking in on the kids and the nanny. I especially love the 2 way communication feature. You also have the ability to go back up to ten days without purchasing anything extra. You can also save video to your phone or computer. We loved it so much we bought another.