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Nest Cam Indoor review: Killed by cool-down times

The Nest Cam Indoor sports a fancy look and a nice list of features, but it lacks in value and misses on some performance tests. We compare the specs and price of this Google-powered camera to options from Ring, Arlo and Wyze. We also put it to the test with a fizzy-water-stealing thief and Pepper…

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The Nest Cam Indoor sports a fancy look and a nice list of features, but it lacks in value and misses on some performance tests.

We compare the specs and price of this Google-powered camera to options from Ring, Arlo and Wyze. We also put it to the test with a fizzy-water-stealing thief and Pepper the dog.

0:00 Intro
0:47 The Basics
1:21 Motion Alerts Test
3:04 Event History
4:17 Animal Alert Test
5:32 Cooldown
5:47 The Competition
7:31 Conclusion

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JogBird

November 5, 2021 at 1:14 pm

Damn cnet is paying him well for these reviews

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Hi-Fi Insider

November 5, 2021 at 1:16 pm

typical Google products, half baked (at best) and no 2nd level thinking. Why would you want to call 911 from Google app when you’re holding a real phone that can make real calls.

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Peaceful Source

November 5, 2021 at 1:26 pm

????????

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christian crow

November 5, 2021 at 1:34 pm

Google is getting stinky cringy with pay features
– YouTube demonetized

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christian crow

November 5, 2021 at 1:35 pm

Nest cam more like pest cam

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Michael Stanton

November 5, 2021 at 1:37 pm

I have a very old Nest camera in my garage, I’d love to have this camera in there with vehicle alerts.

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Trevor Jackson

November 5, 2021 at 1:40 pm

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  November 5, 2021 at 2:25 pm
  
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  November 5, 2021 at 2:28 pm
  
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  November 5, 2021 at 2:31 pm
  
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Ελισαβετ Μανταμαδιωτη

November 5, 2021 at 2:30 pm

its cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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cwarriorsart

November 5, 2021 at 2:46 pm

Kasa is better.

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Ron Cosby

November 5, 2021 at 2:47 pm

Here we go with Leo Laporta style Google bashing. Go Apple ????!

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Cross

November 5, 2021 at 2:51 pm

indoor cameras are fucking creepy cuz u see soo many videos of ppl’s cameras getting hacked and they are spied on by outside ppl. like do u need cameras in ur kitchen, living room and bedrooms??? like ur outdoor cameras will protect ur home just fine

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- Abdullah Malik
  
  November 7, 2021 at 7:11 am
  
  Gmail,
  
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MoniCast A New Way of Podcast

November 5, 2021 at 3:29 pm

the app should call police and send the Video togehter

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Rendy Tobing

November 5, 2021 at 3:56 pm

Assuming the new cams work the same as previous Nest Cams, he needs to press the microphone button a second time to start broadcasting. This creates a little lag, sure, but it’s not the same as the feature not working.

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- David Priest
  
  November 6, 2021 at 1:00 pm
  
  They actually don’t work the same way. You can see it working exactly as it’s supposed to in the dog test, when a single press starts the two-way talk.
  
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Jordan Simons

November 5, 2021 at 4:41 pm

How does the overall image quality compare to the previous nest cam indoor (not the IQ line)? The specs seem to be a downgrade, but I wonder if HDR makes up for it?

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- David Priest
  
  November 6, 2021 at 12:32 pm
  
  This is anecdotal, since I haven’t worked with the old Nest cams in a few years, but the image quality was pretty sharp as I used it, despite seeming to be a downgrade. Basically, I thought it looked very good.
  
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Gabe

November 5, 2021 at 4:44 pm

Great review, would love to see you test Ring Alarm Pro and more specifically, the new Ring Edge feature for local processing and local storage. Amazon made a big deal out of this at their event, and seeing how Google is marketing on device processing, I’m wondering how Ring fares in comparison. (Oddly enough, a lot of Rings devices won’t be compatible like their doorbell 4, floodlight cam, etc)

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Rajendra Dadmal

November 5, 2021 at 5:17 pm

HAPPY**DIWALI** FROM INDIA ????✨????????????????????????????????????????????..

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GreenAppelPie

November 5, 2021 at 6:26 pm

Way overpriced

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Michael Mavel

November 5, 2021 at 10:40 pm

You were muting 2 way audio when starting the live stream, the app was clearly flashing at you to un-mute. It must come on automatically.

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- David Priest
  
  November 6, 2021 at 12:30 pm
  
  I know it looks like that, but that’s not the case. I thought the same thing at first, too, but the button is flashing to show that you’re actively talking, and the crossed out mic is there to say you can press it to mute. It’s weird, I know. But I tested it well over twenty times.
  
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- Michael Mavel
  
  November 6, 2021 at 8:29 pm
  
  @David Priest Yea thats odd. Maybe the app didn’t have Microphone permissions, and was for some reason not prompting for it.. shrug, who knows.
  
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Alex

November 6, 2021 at 12:11 am

I would rather but eufy , reolink and Imou . They are all 2k and free storage and half the price.

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godblessCL

November 6, 2021 at 12:49 am

Well the problem with google is that it use your data. The camera needs a PIR

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CoolRaul

November 6, 2021 at 7:41 am

I used to own 15 or 17 I can’t remember nest cameras in my house indoor and outdoor. This was 2 years ago I got rid of every single one of them sold them on eBay recouped a lot of my money thank God. They were the worst pieces of junk in the world. The quality was nowhere near 1080p and forget about the 4K versions. The video would go out to the cloud and then come back to you and when it did so it would come back at maybe 600p definitely not 720P and hell to the f****** no it was not 1080p stay away from nest or Google cameras until they get there straight

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TT Gaming Rip

November 6, 2021 at 1:55 pm

Great video ????❤️????

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GammaCamel

November 7, 2021 at 10:49 pm

I think some of the new brands of cameras are better than Nest Cameras and cheaper. The are more expensive and don’t do anything better.

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CNET

November 8, 2021 at 8:25 pm

You can see the Nest Cam (indoor, wired) here:
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AsHellBored

November 9, 2021 at 1:18 am

For 100$ I can get a camera with 6x the pixels per second. The only appeal is Google integration and it’s not really fully integrated with Google home.

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Tamon K

November 10, 2021 at 5:52 am

I don’t wanna talk to a theif from the device. They would smash the cam anyway. It must be secretly recorded, so high resolution matters more to identify who it was.

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Sandra Chaffey

November 10, 2021 at 10:36 am

Just got the Google nest indoor camera and it’s missing out on recording and sending alerts which I don’t even get the alert in few times. That
worries me..

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Cyle M

November 11, 2021 at 12:40 am

Great review. I already purchased the cameras since I was already in the Google ecosystem. So far I haven’t had any issues with them and no I don’t pay for Nest Aware. My biggest positive note about this camera has been when my daughters hamster escaped her cage and was running around the house in the middle of the night. I was able to use the cameras and notifications to get alerts when it saw it running around the floor and I was able to catch it thankfully.

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