The Google Nest Cam (battery) is the brand’s latest home security camera, offering facial recognition smarts and flexibility in where it can be mounted.
Google may be a relative newcomer to the home security camera market, having only launched its first device in 2017, but thanks to handy features such as facial recognition and integration with its voice assistant, it’s quickly become a respected player in the market. The Google Nest Cam (battery) is the brand’s latest security camera, and is highly anticipated after Google discontinued its first two cameras at the start of 2021. It’s also Google’s first battery-powered camera, giving you greater flexibility as to where it can be mounted (it can be mains-powered if you’d prefer), and its first that works completely with the Google Home app, rather than the Nest app. The Full HD camera is simple to use, and is weather-proof, making it suitable for use outdoors or inside. It has a 130-degree field of view, and will send an alert to your smartphone if it detects motion, enabling you to view the camera’s live feed from the Google Home app. As well as letting you view the incident in real time, the Nest Cam (battery) will also store video clips for up to three hours after they’ve been recorded, so you can review them, and if you pair the camera with a Nest Aware subscription you’ll be able to view the footage for up to 60 days after they’ve been captured. Nest Aware also provides access to the Familiar Face feature, that allows you to assign names to people detected by the camera, and get an alert next time they appear in the camera’s field of view. The camera has a 6x zoom that enables you to pick out details in the videos, while HDR ensures you can see details clearly, even when the surroundings are particularly bright or shadows are being cast. It also integrates with Google Assistant, and you can view the camera’s footage on the screen of any Google smart display in your home. The Google Nest Cam (battery) can store up to 60 minutes of video locally should your Wi-Fi go down or the camera run out of battery, and once it comes back online it will automatically upload this footage to the cloud so that it’s viewable in the app, making it ideal if you suffer with internet outages. At $179.99 / £179.99 /AU$329, the Google Nest Cam (battery) is a mid-range home security camera, and is ideal for those who want flexibility in where they can install their camera, or for those who want to review footage for a limited time after it’s captured without having to pay for a subscription for a cloud storage service. The Google Nest Cam (battery) costs $179.99 / £179.99 / AU$329, and is available to order now. As we’ve mentioned, this is the successor to the Google Nest IQ Indoor, which cost $299 / £299 / AU$399 when it launched, and the Google Nest IQ Outdoor, which was available in the US and the UK, and cost $329 / £329 (around AU$425) The Google Nest Cam (battery) is one of three Google Nest cameras being launched this year.
