Nest Cam IQ Indoor Security Camera
The Nest Cam IQ is the natural evolution of Nest’s original excellent Nest Cam indoor camera. It adds enough internal smarts and useful features to make it not only a worthy follow-up to the original, but arguably the best smart home camera on the market.
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Why we like the Nest Cam IQ Indoor Security Camera
Nest has created a great line-up of smart home products over the years. It started with the Nest Learning Thermostat and then progressed to the original Nest Cam. Now we have the biggest upgrade to Nest’s indoor security camera since it was introduced. The Nest Cam IQ added in some amazing artificial intelligence to a fully redesigned white design and also upped the resolution on its sensor to 4K. These upgrades have made this the security camera to beat in the industry.
Voice Assistant Compatibility
The Nest Cam IQ Indoor Security Camera is natively compatible with both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. Right now it is not compatible with Apple Homekit via Siri. However, some smart folks have created a workaround called Home Bridge that brings Homekit functionality to this great camera. The other interesting thing is that Google Alphabet (Nest’s parent company) has promised to bring full Google Assistant support to the Nest Cam IQ in early 2018, making this camera function essentially like a Google Home.
Other Compatibility
The Nest Cam IQ is compatible with IFTTT and Stringify for additional automation support. It is worth noting that there is no built-in compatibility for Nest in Samsung SmartThings hubs. This isn’t a huge deal though since IFTTT and Stringify can pick up the slack.
Extra features
The Nest Cam IQ comes with some truly game-changing functionality. First, the camera sensor is 4K resolution. This allows the camera to be able to fully optically zoom in on people, pets and other points of interest without any decrease in quality. Additionally the Nest Cam IQ has some serious built-in smarts thanks to Google’s artificial intelligence technology. This allows the camera to distinguish from known people vs strangers and give you notifications accordingly. This feature requires the additional monthly Nest Aware subscription which I would argue is well worth the money for the 10 or 30 day cloud recording.
Top these new features off with the same amazing home/away assist of the original Nest Cam and the way it communicates with other Nest products and you have a real contender for the best smart home camera around.
Conclusion
The Nest Cam IQ Indoor Security Camera is the best security camera on the market. It integrates with all of the Nest products that are already on the market and brings some extra smarts that elevate it well over most of the other cameras on the market. Especially if you are already invested in the Nest ecosystem we wholeheartedly recommend this camera.
Additional information
Specification: Nest Cam IQ Indoor Security Camera
| Brand | Nest |
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| Connection type | Wireless |
| IFTTT compatible | Compatible with IFTTT |
| Product type | Camera, Voice assistant |
| Voice assistant compatibility | Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant |
| Wireless protocols | Thread, Wifi |
| Works with Nest | Works with Nest certified |
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Vasiliki –
Peace of mind. I got 2 Nest Cam IQs to alert me to when my 97 year old Mom is up. She regularly forgets her walker and has to be watched closely. The cams let me spend time gardening outside without worrying if she’s gotten up from one of her naps. They’ve also alerted me when she’s gotten up in the middle of the night, including when she’s opened doors to the outside. When I leave her with a caregiver to run errands, I like being able to check in and talk to her and/or the caregiver. I subscribed to Nest aware which alerts me when there’s movement by the exterior doors and by my Mom’s bedroom door. I’m relatively new to caregiving, as my mom was able to live independently until recently. The Nest Cam IQs are a great tool that makes my job easier. However I wish they came with free 7 day viewing, as offered by Arlo. I chose Nest instead of Arlo after learning that Nest is more secure from bandwidth pirates; after all, I want my home more secure, not less.
Eddy C –
Awesome Home Security Camera. Simple to setup and easy to use! Got it up and running in mins! Placed it on my counter and I’m now able to monitor my home when I’m on vacation or when I leave my home for a long time.
AndyDandy –
Good product. One of the most advanced indoor security cameras you can buy. I am slowly adding to my nest collection and I love having everything in one app. Strongly recommend!
Rellax –
Switched to these. Had d-links cameras, bought a new router and could not, for the life of me, get them to connect. thought was, spend more get better camera. These do connect pretty easy. Good picture, good detection and love the two way communication. Downside is paying for the cloud storage instead of microSD card for storing. Only had for a month so will see how they perform over long term.
Torro –
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! Easy. Fast and 100% manageable by anyone