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#GOOGLE SECURITY CAMERA TRIAL#
#GOOGLE SECURITY CAMERA FREE#

Free tier: Clips of each time motion was detected in the past 24 hours.

#GOOGLE SECURITY CAMERA TRIAL#

Free trial: All Nest cameras come with a free 30-day trial so you can see whether Nest Aware is right for you.

For example, having two Nest Cams on the bottom-tier plan would cost $7.50 a month or $75 a year.

Additional cameras: Adding a Nest Cam to any plan increases its price by 50%.

Top tier: $30 a month or $300 a year for 30 days of 24-hour footage.

Middle tier: $10 a month or $100 a year for 10 days of 24-hour footage.

Bottom tier: $5 a month or $50 a year for five days of 24-hour footage.

Free tier: Three hours' worth of video clips.

To cut down on costs - hosting several terabytes of video is expensive - both the Nest Cam Indoor and the Amazon Cloud Cam support optional subscription services, though you can always stick with each security camera's free tier. It's simple, it works, and it scales up to support more clips if you pay for storage. Each clip has a time-and-date stamp, so you get the biggest benefits of Nest's timeline setup without actually having to scroll through. On top, you'll see a live view of the camera, with a collection of clips below it. It's clear this feature was built with Nest Aware subscribers in mind, since they can scroll through entire days' worth of saved footage to find the moments they want.Īmazon's Cloud Cam app, on the other hand, is a lot more basic - in a good way. The timeline idea is good in theory (and works well in my experience), but scrolling through it was a little tedious. It's pretty convenient to be able to see what's going on now and clips from the previous day all at once. Nest's app works like a timeline - it lets you scroll through clips, highlighted with different colors, sitting right below a live view of your camera. I always received notifications when the camera detected motion - which happened a lot more frequently than I anticipated - and I could enter the live view within a matter of seconds. You need these apps to view live video footage from your camera, review clips afterward, and notify you when motion or a person is detected.Īgain, I'm happy to report that both Nest and Amazon have solid apps, which worked well during my testing. Winner: Amazon Cloud CamĪlmost every tech accessory comes with a companion app, but few are as critical as those that work with home-security tech.

A day of clips is substantially more valuable than a few hours of "snapshots," so by giving you more, Amazon wins this round. The Nest Cam lets you view the past three hours' worth of activity in "snapshots," or static images taken each time the Nest Cam detects motion no video or audio is stored.Īmazon's Cloud Cam saves 24 hours' worth of video clips, which it captures each time it senses motion. While the hardware inside the Nest Camera and the Amazon Cloud Cam is comparable, each camera differs in how it approaches storage. I didn't have any break-ins during my testing period with either camera, but knowing I could potentially spook whoever was trying to rob me gave me some peace of mind. The best feature is the mic and speaker system, which lets you interact with the person you see on your camera. In my experience, the Nest Cam Indoor and the Amazon Cloud Cam both do a good job of capturing clear video during the day and at night. So far I am a very satisfied user and I would definitely recommend anyone looking for a good ip camera to include this Google Nest Cam in the review.Both Amazon's and Nest's security cameras shoot video in 1080p, have a "night mode" to shoot in the dark, store clips in the cloud, let you monitor them 24/7, and include a built-in mic and speaker. The notifications are also passed on quickly, so that I am immediately alerted to a relevant event. This is a functionality that has been worked out really well by Google. The Nest Cam only sends notifications where an animal or person is detected. I'm still trying to find out which configuration works best for me. Everything can also be configured in the field of routines, eg when should the camera be alert to movement and when not. However, there are all kinds of settings that can still be adjusted, such as which events must be detected or the detection range.

Once installed, the camera is actually immediately ready for use. It takes about 10 minutes for the camera to fully integrate itself into the Google Home ecosystem. Installation is very easy via the Google Home app, where I as a user are guided through the installation process very easily. I have had this Google Nest cam in my possession for a few weeks now and I now know enough to be able to give a reasonably substantiated opinion: