Google’s Latest Nest Cam Security Cameras Now Available

Following the announcement of a brand new Nest Cam line this summer, Google made available the last of the four cameras announced in its Google Store: the wired Google Nest Cam ($ 99.99) and the Google Nest Cam with projector ( $ 279.99). The cameras join the new Nest Cam Battery, an indoor-outdoor camera, and the Nest Doorbell Battery that went on sale in August.

The wired Nest Cam is the budget camera in the line and is much smaller than the indoor / outdoor Nest Cam, which can be wired or run on its built-in battery. The indoor model does without a built-in battery and is not weatherproof, making it cheaper and smaller. It maintains the same 16: 9 aspect ratio, with 1080p video up to 30 fps, along with a 135-degree field of view and 6x digital zoom.

A unique feature of the wired Nest Cam is that it comes in four colors – white, pink, tan, or green – a first in the smart home security camera space. There is also a wooden base available for the pink (sorry, sand) version of the camera for an added aesthetic touch and a price increase to $ 119.99. Interestingly, Google is keeping the original black indoor Nest Cam for $ 129.99.

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The Nest Cam with Projector is essentially the indoor / outdoor Nest Cam attached to a 2,400 lumen projector. It delivers 1080p video with HDR, with a 1 / 2.8-inch, 2-megapixel sensor, 130-degree diagonal field of view, and 6x digital zoom. It requires permanent power and should be wired into your home’s wiring through a standard outdoor junction box.

The main feature here is that the projector camera uses the intelligence of the device to detect people, animals, and vehicles rather than relying solely on a motion sensor like most projector cameras do. This should mean that you are not constantly illuminating the garden when the branches of the trees are blowing in the wind.

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All new Nest cameras use built-in intelligence and on-device processing, which means less reliance on the cloud, so no fees for detecting animals, vehicles and people. You can also create activity zones for free and get three hours of event video without a subscription.

Local storage on the cameras will record up to an hour of footage (approximately one week of events) in the event of a power or internet failure. For more than three hours of video clips or to enable 24/7 recording on wired Nest Cam and Nest Cam with projector, you’ll need to pay for a Nest Aware subscription, starting at $ 6 per month. It also activates Nest’s Familiar Faces feature which will tell you which person it has seen rather than just that it has seen a person. Nest Cams use the Google Home app and won’t work with the Nest app.

However, this isn’t the last time we’ll see new Nest Cams. Google recently announced plans to launch a new wired Nest Cam Doorbell in 2022, presumably to replace the excellent but aging Nest Hello video doorbell.