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

Awesome camera, good features, easy to use app, simple setup and makes home automation simple. I have wanted a camera for the home for a while but was on the fence for some time. I currently have the Nest Thermostat and a few Nest Protects in the home, which I have been really pleased with and when Nest came out with the camera it was a no brainer. I have to say I am very surprised by the negative reviews, which I don't understand. So these are my thoughts: Pros: Easy to setup, clear picture, awesome night vision, great app, easy to use app, love the notifications and full integration Cons: The unit gets a bit warm, an outdoor version would be nice If you are on the fence about getting a camera this is the chance you've been waiting for, or at least it has been for me. The price is what it is, at this time they are $200, but all things considered that is great I think. With it being new I think they can get away with charging $200 but $150 would be just right. Take a step back and realize what you are getting... a tiny camera, that hooks up to wi-fi, small foot print, gets awesome wide views and great picture... all while delivering it straight to your phone... that is phenomenal. Think about where this possibility was 10 years ago or even 15... the setup, hardware and it was terrible... now for a small cost you get a tiny footprint, small hardware, great video quality straight to your phone all while being able to set it up yourself in less than 30 seconds!!! What else do you want? Are there other products like this? Yes. Are they cheaper? Yes. But I would put my money on Nest and Google as a company to put some serious R&D and continue to add features to it and believe they will do a better job than any competitor out there. If they don't then they'll probably buy them out, LOL. Let me say this though about the complaints I have seen, specifically with connection issues. Before I set off on my home automation journey I realized I would have to have a killer wi-fi connection in order to pull this off, no taking short cuts on this at all. The wi-fi router in my opinion is the heart of the system you want to install. I went with what I thought was the best router out there at the time which was the Linksys WRT AC1900 dual band wi-fi router. http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-Dual-Band-Wireless-Anywhere-WRT1900AC-FFP/dp/B00K91DB7Y It is not cheap but you don't want to go cheap in this category and if you even begin to think that your cable provided router is good, it is not. You have to realize whatever they provide you are light years behind the Linksys by far. When I had the Verizon provided junk router I kept having connection issues with my Nest Thermostat and the Nest protects. In the evening with the family on their devices we would have two iPads, two iPhones, computer and all the wireless systems (printers, Nest Protects, Thermostats, Camera, cloud drives) and always had issues because of the demand on the router. Now with dual bands, I setup automation on one and family devices on the other and the system is flawless. I can't stress to take your router in to consideration when you hear these complaints. If you want a good experience not only with this camera but whatever you do with home automation the router quality will have to be at the heart of the system, invest money there. As for folks who say they have 75/75 internet, lets be real... that is at best... after that the signal has to be put out thru your router and that is the weak point, you don't actually get the true power. I hope this review is helpful to some and answers your concerns posed by others. Thank you!

We bought 2 sets of these cameras to install inside our home. We recently had to hire a nanny for a few months to take care of our boys during the day,so we needed something to help us keep an eye on them. I've found that I use it for much more than that. For example, recording an impromptu dance party, finding out what made our blinds fall off the wall (gravity I guess), and for helping me check on the boys at night without getting out of bed. It also allows me to find my wife when she doesn't have her phone near her. I was once at the store ready to check out when I called her to make sure she didn't need anything. She didn't answer so I checked the Nests and saw her in the kitchen making something on the stove. I activated the voice through and told her to get her phone. I'm glad I did because she was making tacos and ran out of seasoning. Nest cam with the HUGE SAVE!! I love the ability to record for 30 days, but am not sure if I will keep that option for all 6 cameras. Since the Nest cameras only record when there is movement, I can quickly scroll back to see when someone got out of bed, got home, or did something specific in that sector. I also love how "secure" our home is now because I can set alerts for movement when I'm away. We also plan on bringing one or two when we travel so we can keep an eye on napping kids, the pool area, or whatever we need to keep an eye on. The website works best on Internet Explorer, but it can be glitchy. I leave it on at work sometimes so I can see what my boys are up to but sometimes it's very laggy. It's fairly easy to go back to specific events and record them. I upload them to Youtube and share them with friends and family. One of the best reasons to buy these for Amazon is their AMAZING customer service. One of my cameras was having malfunctions with the night vision. At night, you can clearly see the red glow of the IR lasers, but one camera would not work. I called customer service at 9:30 pm and by 9:45, the problem was (mostly) solved. They ended up sending me another 3 pack from which I simply took out one camera, and replaced it with the malfunctioning one. Then I packed it in a box, used the free return label they sent me and dropped it at the local mail store. Awesome job Amazon customer service! In the future, I plan to add to our cameras with at least 2 outdoor cameras. I am NOT saying these are a substitute for direct supervision, but I can't watch my son on the swing every second. I like knowing that I can run inside for a few minutes to check on dinner or grab something but still have an "eye" on him. We also get a lot of wildlife in our area so it will be cool to share those moments with my sons. In summary - FIVE STARS for Nest cameras. My only wish is that they could bring down the price of the Nest Aware program. 6 indoor and (in the future) 2 outdoor cameras would be a lot to keep up with on top of our other security system fees.

Overall this is a good camera and we are happy with our purchase. It was a simple set up, plug in, scan barcode on your phone to link the camera to your Nest account, and then connect to WiFi and it was up and working. They let you try Nest Aware for 30 days for free, after that is is $10/month for 10 days of footage or $30/month for 30 days of footage. With Nest Aware you get notifications on your phone is motion,sound, or a person is spotted, and obviously the footage for whatever you pay for. In my opinion you don’t need anything more than the $10 option, I see many complain about the price but if you’re going to compare it to other security systems and pricing it is a steal and well worth it. We have this Camera set up in our living room and it gets a good picture of our mud room that connects to the garage, kitchen, dining room, and living room. It can easily detect when someone is coming and going through the door to the garage(which is the furthest place from the camera). The sound is pretty good on this camera, however ours is next to our TV so you cannot hear background noises as well due to the TV being so close when on. But when it is off it works great. When watching your camera through the app it tends to freeze if you are looking at previous activity I’ve noticed, there is an option to click 15 seconds at a time and if you click that it tends to freeze up and takes a little while to get back, which is a tad annoying but not the worst thing. The app lets you turn the camera light on and off, there is a green light on the camera that lets you know if someone is watching, it goes dark to light, you also can click that feature off if you don’t want someone to know you’re looking. There is also a microphone on the app that lets you talk through the camera. This has come in handy before when I needed to get ahold of my husband who wasn’t answering his phone due to it being on silent! Night vision is so-so in my opinion, if you have any sort of light on it tends to mess with the clarity of the picture. And by light I mean a microwave light, light above/under the cabinets or above the kitchen sink. Overall I am very satisfied with this camera, and with Nest in general. We also have the thermostat, and I’m currently awaiting the doorbell to be released, it is nice to have everything on one app.

For almost a year, the camera worked for us without fail. We started using this in lieu of a baby monitor after many fails with the Motorola MBP36S Remote Wireless Video Baby Monitor . We love being able to check in via our phones and on the web while at work, on-the-go and during dates. We signed up for the Nest Aware subscription service as well and we can watch video playback whenever we want and we can even make clips to show relatives our now toddler son's funny antics. As we previously wrote, we use an Apple iPod touch 16GB Blue (6th Generation) for an iPod but we kept having playback issues. It turned out that all the issues were having with that AND the Nest Cam were due to wifi dead zones in our home. We recently upgraded our router to the Google Wifi system (set of 3) - Router replacement for whole home coverage and our wifi is now at lightning speed above 100 mps. I do not get this camera unless you have very good, stable wifi. When we were just about to hit the year mark when we started to have problems with the camera going offline by itself without reason. When we tried to reset it, we'd get error C102 repeatedly which isn't mentioned on their website. It's incredibly frustrating as we depend on this camera and we paid a great deal for it (more than its now listed price). We called customer service and they were incredibly helpful. As it turns out, we needed a replacement wall power adapter and they sent a replacement out quickly. We haven't had any problems with the Nest Cam since even when our son pushed it off the corner of his crib where we used to keep it before he learned to stand up. We now keep the Nest Cam across the room with an eye on his crib and we've set up zone alerts to tell us when there's movement in the crib specifically. We also get alerts in the Nest app and to our emails when it sees "someone" in the room outside of the zone we created around the crib or when someone is heard in the room. The Nest app has improved since we first got this camera two years ago. When you log in now to the Nest app, you the video right away and you can press on it for sound and close-ups. Even though the Nest Cam doesn't pan or tilt like many baby monitors, it has captures a view of the entire room (see attached photos). The picture quality in daylight is incredible. It feels like I'm in the room with my son. As for the night vision, I think it's pretty good. The picture is clearer when I sign onto the web for night vision than on my iPhone. I've recently started using the microphone more now that my son is getting closer to age two. If he wakes up during the night and thinks it's morning, I gently tell him to go back to sleep because it's night time and he will turn right over and do that. I don't like that you can't hear what you're saying as you talk into the microphone. You hold down the microphone on the app to speak and you're heard on the other end. I know I've been heard because I instantly get an alert that someone was heard in the room. If I could afford it, I would put cameras up in all the rooms. And not for security. The Nest Cam has captured incredibly gorgeously rendered moments in my son's life. From the time we discovered he could (gulp) climb onto his dresser, to the time he learned to climb up onto his changing table and the play dates with his friend where they sit on the adult and toddler sized recliners in his room to read. This wasn't offered when I first bought mine but it's very handy if you're looking to have more cameras at a discounted price: Nest Cam Indoor Security Camera 3 Pack . I have been so impressed with this product that I have since purchased a Nest Cam Outdoor Security Camera because we had such a great time using the regular indoor Nest Cam as a security camera when we were away from home. The microphone sensitivity can be adjusted and we put it on high while we were on vacation and placed it in our dining room by the window. It let us know when it heard and/or saw both the mailman and handyman and we were able to communicate to the latter that we weren't home. We also plan to invest in the Nest Learning Thermostat, 3rd Generation, Works with Amazon Alexa .

We got the Indoor security camera after first buying the Outdoor camera and using it for a couple of weeks. Both worked brilliantly. I knew anytime someone was around my front door or when my dogs were up to anything. The images are really nice. The only funky thing we've noticed is that you can make it through the front door and entry without the camera picking up an image, if you're quick enough (without even trying). The alerts worked so well and we liked all of the options with the trial period so much that we bought the subscription after only a few days of the trial expiring because we missed the alerts and - to be honest - knowing when our puppies were up and about with video clips. Also, my husband comes home to the pups lunch and I would get the alert and chat with him and the pups. I knew when my husband and daughter got home and could have a quick chat using the microphone. It made being gone all day a little easier. Unfortunately, once we actually paid for a year of service... we get zero alerts. All the things I loved about the trial, don't work. I mean, I can see the images when my dogs move, but I have to go into it to see if anything's going on. I get ZERO alerts now. We've reset them. We've changed and tweaked every setting. Nothing matters. To be fair, I do see the video clips when I go into Nest to look at them, I just don't get a single alert when something happens to create those clips. Why does it matter? Here's why - We got it because we "crate" our dogs, otherwise, one of our dogs can be incredibly destructive. The pups are very happy to have their treat and be crated, but our little one disagrees with the whole mess and is pretty clever about busting them all out on occasion. When he does that, my husband can switch his day around and come home to re-crate them. Our dog has cost us hundreds of dollars of damage - not to mention the crap she'll eat if she's unsupervised. Without alerts, I have no way of knowing when my escape artist busts them out. One last complaint: During the trial, I set the cameras to go on and off as needed using their different options when using the trial - they all worked. My favorite was the Home/Away feature. If you're home, the cameras turn off. It wasn't perfect, even on the trial, but now that we've paid, they either go off and stay off or never turn off. I'll wake up at 5am and realize I'm staring into a live camera. My cameras were $199 each and if they worked as well as it did during the trial, I'd be okay with the subscription price. But honestly - I will think twice about spending another $100/$150+ to renew the subscriptions. Without the subscription the cameras still work and you can go in and see live, but it only takes snapshots with movement. Summary: The cameras work great - subscription - not so much. (Full disclosure: I haven't contacted customer service, yet) **Edit: My notifications were set for push notifications without mail notifications. After playing with it - I turned mail notifications back on and suddenly the push notifications are working again. Clearly this is bugged, but at least it's a way to turn it back on. - changed from 3 to 4 stars since it's working - even if notifications are buggy. Also - the "Home Away" part - rarely works. Which is why we turned off the email portion to begin with. We've come up with a solution that works for us - M-F we're sort of set hours - on the weekends - we just turn it off and on as needed. I wish the Home Away worked as advertised.

While Nest doesn't advertise this as a nursery camera, let me assure you that it makes a stellar camera for watching your little one. It's also entirely unique from dedicated nursery monitors that support video for the reasons described below. We purchased the Nest when we realized that when my wife goes back to work overnight as a Nurse, she would of course be missing her baby. I did a lot of research and settled on the fact the Nest can stream video to any device on any internet connection. My wife could open the Nest app on her iPhone while taking a break and watching our baby sleeping soundly in her crib. It brought her some comfort, and on hard evenings she would sit and watch the baby sleeping to make her feel more connected. Not only does the Nest video streaming work on any popular phone, tablet, PC etc, but it even has a microphone feature where we could talk into our devices and it would pipe through the Nest camera. We used this to talk to our baby when she was upset, yet we were indisposed (using the restroom comes to mind). Nothing like singing to your baby from the comfort of your toilet. Of course there were other more reasonable examples, like Mommy talking to baby when she was sitting in her car before returning home. Another huge feature is that it detects "movement". An intended home security feature, but actually a really great way to analyze your baby's sleep patterns. You can rewind and observe how your baby slept the next morning, how much they were moving and when they were in their deepest sleep because no movement would be detected for a long stretch. This was extremely revealing and it actually helped us figure out our baby's 4 month sleep regression when it was happening. A hidden benefit if when you forgot what time your baby woke up from her nap, it's easy to rewind back and see when a big amount of movement was detected and know the time of her last wakeup. Of course there are benefits if the Nest being always on, and always recording. Like the fact we caught her very first roll in her crib and was able to save it as a clip to download. The Nest Subscription service has been useful in recording back and capturing moments we thought were special. A couple of cons to be aware of: 1. Always on, streaming to the internet means security concerns. While Nest has password protection by default llimits sharing to just you, the very fact it's an internet based service means it's going to be vulnerable to hacking. I think hackers would grow bored of watching a baby sleep but maybe that's just me. 2. Nest Aware is $10 a month while optional, is valuable for capturing moments and makes the camera much more useful overall. This adds up in cost significantly over the course of a year. 3. Needs to be used in conjunction with a real audio baby monitor. It's not going to replace the traditional baby monitor. It's vulnerable to hiccups with internet connection and power outages, and not super reliable overall.

Still working perfectly. Easy to install and operate. I bought these at the time Google acquired nest. In both cases I feel that these are safe platforms. I've caught some mischief. And some funny moments my wife wishes I hadn't! No complaints here. I have bought 5 more and recommended to all my family.

I have had the camera for a month now and love it. It came with a month free of "Nest Aware" and I can say that I felt it was worth it enough to get a subscription at the end of the trial period. The video quality is excellent. That's honestly the best part about the camera. If anyone was to come into my house when I'm not there, I would be able to easily identify them. I can also push a button and talk to whoever is in my house through the camera. This camera provides peace of mind when we are away from the house or on vacation. We have an alarm system, but the ability to check in on things is great. I have pets, so I don't use the motion alerts, I use the "person alerts" that come with the nest aware subscription. I've tested it and it works every time I've tested it. The only time I get a false alarm is when my cat jumps up on the back of the couch to look out the window because the camera sees him as a 4 foot tall cat man I suppose. The Nest Aware subscription is $100 a year for the first camera and then $50 a year for each additional camera. A lot of the 1 star reviews I've read like the camera, but people seem pretty irate about the cost of the plan. Maybe I'm missing something, but I actually see that as a good value. Not sure if the other people writing reviews have any experience with how much home security costs, but in the realm of monthly subscriptions, that is cheap and the product is worth it. Call me crazy, but I don't find it unacceptable, evil, or taking advantage of me to charge $100 a year for 24/7 HD monitoring that I can access for up to 10 days. To each their own. If you disagree, just make sure to leave a comment about how dumb I am. That will really show me. People mention "Arlo" as the cheaper option if you have a problem with the monthly subscription. I'm not saying anything about Arlo because I don't know anything about it, just make sure you do your research and know the difference of what you miss out on, if anything. I have a friend who uses Arlo and they love it. She showed me on her phone and the video quality looked good. A tip to parents of young kids...this camera is much better quality than the baby monitor we bought for around the same price, HOWEVER, you would need to utilize the motion/audio sensor or just constantly monitor your phone or computer. I've not used it as a baby monitor so I'm not sure the drawbacks, but like I said, the image quality is amazing.

Easy to instal

Es una maravilla de cámara! Tiene una amplia visión del espacio donde la pongas, night vision, micrófono y además puedes grabar y tomar fotos de lo grabado mientras no estuviste! Yo la uso para ver a mis perros mientras no estoy en casa, la mejor opción!

Muy buenas cámaras. Buena resolución y visión nocturna. Además NEST ofrece poder agregar gadgets adicionales como timbres y camaras exteriores dentro de la misma app.

The picture quality isn’t that great. But easy to set up. But I already knew that. The quality is good enough.

Bought this to monitor a vacant home under renovations. I am so happy with it. It us so easy to set up and works great.