Google Nest Cam (2021): Price, release date, features

Google has unveiled the next-generation Nest Cam, featuring a new battery system and other exciting features.

Fifty-fifty with the previous leak that happened on its own store, the newest version of the Google Nest has been a much-awaited addition to the Nest family, and now it's finally here.

Read on to find out everything about the new Google device, including the price, models and specifications.

Price and availability

The next-generation Google Nest Cam (battery) is the company'southward first outdoor and indoor battery-powered camera, priced at £179.99/$179.99/€199.99.

So there's the Google Nest Cam with floodlight, which is Google'south first connected floodlight camera, which is priced a little college at £269.99/$279.99/€299.99.

And finally, to round out the Nest family unit, in that location's the second-generation indoor Google Nest Cam (wired), which is the nigh affordable of the three, sitting at a more reasonable £89.99/$99.99/€99.99

The Nest Cam is available for preorder today and volition continue sale officially on the 24th of August, however, the Nest Cam with Floodlight and wired Nest Cam are coming a petty afterward this year, then you'll take to keep your eye out for those.

You tin can notice the Nest Cam on the Google Store, likewise as at Argos, Curry's and John Lewis, to name a few.

Nest Cam Battery Outdoors — Credit: Google

Where tin I install the Nest Cam?

Considering 1 of the focuses for this generation of Google Nest'southward was dwelling security, you would expect installing your Nest Cam to be an easy and hassle-gratis process.

Well, Google has given the states that in the form of a rechargeable bombardment, meaning you lot can install your Nest both indoors and outdoors completely wirelessly.

Notwithstanding, if yous wanted to go the wired route, there are optional weatherproof cables available that volition ensure your Google Nest runs undisturbed wherever you decide to install it.

The weatherproof cables come in 5m and 10m, sitting at £29.99 and £34.99 respectively.

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And if you want to add some more than accessories, there is also the option of a tabletop stand with a ability cord, priced at £29.99, which means your Nest can be placed on any flat surface in your home, like a side table or curtain.

The anti-theft mount besides, at £14.99, providing extra security for whatever outdoor Nests past tethering the device to the magnetic mount.

What are the specifications of the Nest?

The Nest Cam is fitted with 1080p video quality including night vision and HDR, which should give you lot a articulate view of your garden from the brightest early mornings to the middle of the night.

And for the security conscious, you'll be happy to know that if your Wi-Fi goes downwards or at that place'southward a ability cutting, the Nest Cam will automatically store up to 1 60 minutes of recorded events in its local retention, meaning you lot tin come across what happened when everything'southward upwards and running over again.

The Nest Cam is too fabricated of a thick plastic that should concur its ain during strong winds, or other harsh weather. The stiff magnetic mount should also go along information technology firmly attached to wherever you lot choose to install information technology.

What features does the Nest Cam take?

To help ensure your Cam isn't alerting you to everything outside, Google has altered its algorithm to include three types of alerts, including people, vehicles and animals.

The Nest Cam, and all other Nest Cam models, volition keep all your video data encrypted, and you can see when the Nest is processing frames by the LED status light.

You can likewise customise when your camera record video in the Dwelling app, available on iOS and Android, by going into the Habitation and Away Routines section. Y'all volition also need a Google account, as all Nests utilise 1, adding benefits like 2-factor authentication and security checkups.

The Home app too lets you create custom Activity Zones to have the Nest focus on important areas around your dwelling house. You can refer to Google's back up site for guidance on respecting others' privacy while setting up your Nest Cam.

Nest product family Cam Battery Doorbell — Credit: Google

Plus, the Domicile app besides gives users the ability to get a live view of your Nest, with the ability to become back in fourth dimension up to three hours and filter through events then you lot tin can find what you're looking for easier.

And finally, if you have whatever other Nest products lying near your home, like a Nest Hub Max, they should work seamlessly with your new Nest Cam. Saying, "Hey Google, show me the backyard," will permit you watch your Nest feed on whatsoever Nest displays, and so you can be meliorate connected wherever yous are in the house.

If you lot desire a few more than features, getting a Nest Aware subscription can likewise give you thirty days of effect video history, and a Nest Aware Plus subscription volition requite you lot 60 days of issue history, with up to 10 days of 24/vii continuous video, if you have your device wired upward.

The Nest Aware subscription is priced at £5 a month, with the Nest Enlightened Plus subscription sitting at £10 a month.

If you lot want to cheque out more than products like this, check out the new Google Doorbell, as well revealed for preorder today, using the link prior.

We'll be reviewing the new Nest Cam in the very near future, so cheque back regularly to find out if it's earned a identify among 2021's all-time outdoor security cameras.