Since we published this review, Nest has launched a new $5 per month subscription camera that makes the system slightly more competitive. Details here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7JkatJn3qyUZYU.html

*We purchased this after moving, and previously had a spotlight **Newest.Technology** cam with solar power. The wired pro cam has much better light (about the same as a bright porch light), and the image is significantly more clear with much better details.*

This is the most/best detailed info on the IQ version I've found, TechHive. Thank you for posting this informative video. Definitely a helper. Kudos.

Great review with great advice, can't fault it. Nest have recently released a new subscription for $5 per month ($50 annual) for 5 days storage which makes it more competitive!

Dear Nest, You have a great product. Home security is a necessity these days. Thers are a few issues. 1. The subscription is expensive. 2. The connection wire is kept outside or drill a huge hole. 3. There is not an option for storage. 4. Paying to keep personal vids in Google cloud vs. Personal storage is a huge let down. Please take this into consideration if you want to remain competitive.

An absolute must is to have a security light close to the camera so it records in colour at night, i have my nest hello turn on my security lights when it detects a person using stringify to my sonoff switches, so my swann wired system records in colour. i spent a while with testing and positioning of lights and cameras but its well worth the extra effort to record in colour.

I’d want option for local storage Eg streaming to a home drive No bandwidth unless I log on remotely to review

Hey, just wanted to say that was by far the best (and most informative) review of the product I've seen this far. No one else has provided the monthly upload amount (minimum or maximum) so that was a real eye opener! Thanks again for the best review of this product. Much appreciated. 👍

I own four around my home and they work well. The camera also zooms automatically when someone is walking in my driveway or elsewhere.

5:20 "Most home connections have a data cap" I guess this video is more tailored for the US market, then? A lot of the world doesn't have data caps. And generally not here in the UK either.

Not aware of bandwidth caps in the U.S - there is a new $5 plan now, also one could just turn off the camera whilst home.

great heads up on the data usage at highest quality setting and the "not true 4k"

I like the information about the size of file 400GB minimum. Did not consider that before. Nice and detailed report. Great useful facts.

Best to get the IQ for the front then the 'normal' Nest cameras for the back and sides, makes a lot more sense that way!

Great review, you have just put me off of it , I’m looking for 3 cameras , that’s a lot of data

I realize this is an older video, I'd love to see Google allow local NVR storage and offer a PoE camera. What most fail to realize is the value isn't necessarily in the cloud storage, but in the cloud AI API to analyze and filter out false alarms and detection and to add (good or bad) facial recognition. Most cameras are 99% useless in that false alarms make them that way. You can also argue cloud API reliability and privacy vs local detection filtering e.g. Synology NVR Deep Learning (NVR DVA3219). Anyway nice video.

Great review thank you. You covered the hidden costs which for me, like many, have helped me make the decision to not buy one. Nest stuff is very expensive but this is too far. I've got 4 swann cameras and 2tb hard drive, had them for years. They do the job, not brilliant but cost £350 and no further costs

Nest makes a good looking camera, but I can't imagine anyone in their right mind would pay $100/year for cloud storage. The fact is there are so many cameras out there that provide free weekly cloud storage. My personal favorite is the Armorax camera; live streaming, free cloud storage, on-board SD card storage and no fee to use the app..it's literally everything a Nest is for a lot less money.

Nice review. Add a night vision test to demonstrate if faces can be distinguished at 5', 10' or 15'. Would be helpful to review the software capability on apps/browser .i.e. clarify if if owner can extract video segments from the cloud service and store it on their home system/dvd-r to retain it for police report/legal purposes.

Can you hook it to a dvr?

Nice review , very clear and concise. My son is learning to kite surf and he is always calling from school asking me if I am in the house and if I can see other kite surfers , or strong winds. What camera do you recommend so he can log from his phone and check the conditions, we live in-front of the beach so I can set it up at home pointing to the kite surfing spot. Thank you

With Super Sight, is the video recorded that way? Or is it just zooming in as you view the video? What happens if there's two people in the shot? Does it choose one? Or does it know to show both?

Thanks for the nice review. Just waited for that. I got the normal outdoor with subscription, but gonna change that for this new IQ soon, as soon as it is for sale here.

I have both the nest cam and arlo pro 2 and the nest definitely has better video quality and less lag time.

Honestly this system costs a fortune to buy and to run, especially and I’m amazed that this reviewer hasn’t stressed it more robustly. Personally, I couldn’t care less what the mounting plate is like compared to the old one etc. The fact is, these cameras will usually exceed or seriously eat up anyone’s monthly data allowance from their ISP. If you do a search on the net, you’ll find loads of people seriously fed up with these..... often requiring changing ISP or updating and paying more to get a bigger allowance. One person with two cameras was using 400GB a month out of a monthly limit of 500gb. He reckoned it’s the same data usage as watching 59 movies on Netflix. The Nest doorbell is just as bad, using loads of monthly allowance. In addition to most probably having to pay more for WiFi, there’s the initial high purchase cost and then the monthly subscription PER CAMERA.....heavens above, imagine having three of them eating up data allowance and costing between £40 and £240 year PER CAMERA..... over 5 years, it would be cheaper to be burgled. I’ll give this one a miss. Looks like a massive headache to me. None of this mentioned in the review and who knows why a British reviewer feels the need to talk US dollars.......

I'm a Nest Pro and have been troubleshooting many camera product failures. For the price of the camera, one shouldn't have to purchase a new one after 2 years.

Excellent review. My primary interest is home security for protection against (1) car prowls (just this past week, sometime during the night, when I was asleep), and (2) when no one is home during the day. Also, my home network is very unreliable, and very short range, so while this Nest camera is attractive, it's just not for me. Thanks for the education.

I really like your review but why not anything about the night vision?

Best clear review I’ve seen so far of this camera thank you

The subscription is now 6 a month of all of your nest cams

So if you have old nest thermostat and doorbell, there will be no problem using this new nest out door camera?

2020. Still wired connection? 🥱

Very informative and concise, also excellent delivery well done

It'd be nice if Nest put all this extra info about needing a subscription on their website.

Yes! You mentioned the upload speed! One thing people also don’t take into account (upon initial installation!) is that firewalls more often than not prevent cameras from connecting to WiFi! Just thought I’d let you all know :) great review!

I know how I will be training mine...... wonder if it has a shade level detector...

The video doesn't come out the back of the camera. The power goes in the back of the camera. Video connects via wifi.

4K is four times more greater in pixel resolution (not resolution dimension) than standard 1080p. When 4K was introduced, they need savvy (maybe convoluting) marketing terms to help bolster sales.

Good news. They are changing their plan cost substantially. You can pay a one set fee for the whole home. No matter the number of cameras. Might not offer the 30 days. Should be out by end of this month 5/2020. Fee is 200 or something like that. I have three locations. So it is about 1600 a year. More than happy to pay around 600. But many of my cameras on 30 days. Just migrating from nest to google so two months ago on a support call they had an ETA of April. But that was before the Virus. So sure will be delayed. That is a great deal.

Was a very useful review ... very clear, accurate and honest information. Thank you

Gracias., But with all Google secury camaras and senser Can this help for home insures?

Is the night vision any better than the non IQ version?

hi, may I ask what's event record?

Very good review. I find it amazing however that they have no way to set the cameras up so that they only record video when they sense motion and force you to use the 24/7 recording? I would think many people may have more enclosed areas where they don't need constant recording where motion-sensing would be just fine and use a lot less data. That seems like an amazingly dumb error on their part to not offer that option in their app. Especially considering the price.

Nest tell us the camera works at - 40 Celsius . Not sure , after 30 minutes Outside at -21 C there is no more connection. The signal is full ,the router is very close , I ve reset everything-nothing . I brought in the house , wormed up and reinstalled- works again for 30 minutes .

Great vedio !I have outlets in my soffits so would have coverage for any camera from the weather which would u recommend the arlo pro 2 nest or nest iq ? Cause I like the nest just not the subscribe thingy thx keep up the good work...

Excellent indepth review. Thank you.

Data cap? Is this 2002? That's the last time we had that in Norway at least

ok so doe you stop thieves from just starling cameras and reselling them

can u see the livestream on this even tho youre away from your house ?"

Very good review so thanks for posting.

Thank you for the thorough review.

does it have an alarm to ward off intruders?

Im curious if it can make the license plate on the sliver sedan around 2:21

Excellent review. Thank you!

Good info , but what other security cameras would you recommend ? Maybe Backstreet security camera or lorex security camera , and maybe one with a dvr ?

Very well done video. Thanks for all of the information

This simple quick review made me immediately subscribe to you, Thank you sir

Nice and clear explanation,thank you sir

Very fair review, unbiased look. Thank you.

Tech hive, I’m particularly interested in seeing license plates on street vehicles from that range. Are you able to read most plates when it is properly set? Interested to read your experience!

Thank you for this super detailed review. Great job!

can you delete data after reviewing to keep within the limited 100GB a month?

Awesome review. All my questions are answered!

I love having the nest cameras, I don't care about the price.... after someone set my garage on fire and destroyed my brand new Camaro ill pay anything for security I can trust

You have FUP in US for home broadband? I never saw such a thing in Europe

So, if I need 8 cameras for my home I need to buy 8 data plans lets say for 30 days and 1 year im paying $2,400 per year for my security cams?!?!?!

Great vid . Very informative and to the point.

any word on a new line up or solar version?

I like the details you have mentioned!! Great great great jobs!!!

Quick Question. Can you set it up so when your home during the day it stops recording in order to save data? Then starts automatically on an evening or when you leave the house? Similar to the thermostat

Thank you

What is the best camera to mount inside but focus on my vehicle outside? Being able to save any footage I may need?

I have a question regarding the subscription . 5/10/30 Days . I don't understand that So if I get the 10 days does that mean it only scars recordings from the first of the month till the tenth day ? And the rest of the 20/21 days of the month won't be saved ?

Can you read license plates parked side street

I would love one, but can't afford both the camera and the fees lol it's one or the other I feel.

If you're not recording, just using it to look live occasionally, does it still use so much data?

Does it come in large? That one is not big enough. o_0

Hei I really enjoy your page ☺ Keep it up!

Do you know about another brand that works well with less money? Thank you!

Did I miss the night vision?

Is the subscription required for the camera to work?

Are you able to download video to disc or usb if you need it for the police

No support for credit card in Portugal, shame.

If you get 2 cameras, do you have to buy 2 subscriptions?

Home Internet Data Limitations? Never heard of that but I'm from the Eu.

Price went up? $399

Nice review. Definitely not buying these. I’ll need 5 cameras for my house. If I bought a Nest system I’d need a second mortgage just to afford the data charges!

Seems too expensive to me, I have multi-family properties, and one camera wouldn't be enough.

I wanted to order this but there isn’t a release date yet😒

Good ℹ, will go with the Arlo since I will get 5 and Nest charge 50 dollar extra per camera 😂

Google updated the Nest Aware- now it's unlimited cameras for $6/$12 per month

$100 a year per camera?

Why dollars???

I am always a little miffed that none of you reviewing this camera, took the time to simply take shots of a license plate or lawn sign, at different distances, (5 feet. 10 feet. 20 feet. 30 feet. etc) with different cameras to really get a real more informed review on exactly how far a particular camera can see clearly. I wish people would actually review the lens capabilities of these cameras.

that price though

If they would let you use your storage instead of the cloud, I would have purchased this in a heartbeat. Oh well.

I really don't think any wifi security camera needs to hide the power cable.

Hii, good job

God knows why they don't have a hub storage thing u can buy instead of subscription . It's not hard now is it come on....... and you would sell loads of them ! The fact they don't sell the alarm system in Europe aswell currently is a complete joke . I've waited 18 months now for it . Hive are way ahead on connectivity but the nest thermostst is just so much nicer . If nest pulled there finger out they could dominate the market . Crazy subscription prices will kill your market on cameras no matter how "good" the camera is . Sort out a DVR nest for gods sake . I would buy 3 iqs if u did Rock and a hard place .