We knew them in preparation since the start of the year.The new Nest cameras were finally presented this August 5.There are three of them, and will replace the existing range in its entirety since they include both models for the interior.The Nest Cam thus returns in a version on the mains, but also in another waterproof (IP54) and operating on battery.Added to this is a Nest Cam with Floodlight, also waterproof and provided with two adjustable projectors.A new doorbell also accompanies these cameras: the Nest Doorbell.

A family united by design

The entire range has been designed with the same clean lines, and the desire to meet different installation constraints.For those who are looking for a waterproof camera, but would not want to have to recharge it, the Nest Cam (battery) can also operate in the mains.The same goes for the doorbell, which can also operate with an existing chime or use Nest speakers.On the side of the Nest Cam (Wired), this versatility is rather to be sought on the side of the foot: it simply puts the camera on a piece of furniture or passing your power cable when it is fixed to the wall.Various accessories are also provided to complete the installation according to devices and needs, such as weather resistant cables.

The end of the compulsory subscription

The new Nest solutions also meet on the side of the features.In addition to activity zones, all offer intelligent notifications, and can recognize humans, animals and vehicles.The Nest Doorbell can also notify the presence of a package in front of the door, and the display was revised in passing: each notification includes a selected overview to clearly show the action that triggered it, and avoiduser to have to open the application when they are not important.

On the model side with Floodlight, this artificial intelligence is also used for the activation of the projectors, but the real novelty lies especially in the fact that it operates directly on the devices and no longer remotely, on accessible Google serversOnly on subscription.The new Nest Cam and Nest Doorbell therefore natively offer, and for free, these intelligent notifications, and Google also promises a faster image analysis than on previous models, thanks in particular to a new TPU chip.Algorithms have also been improved.

Another option previously paid, storage of recordings in the Google cloud becomes free, to some extent, however.Only 3 hours of history are offered.To extend this duration, it will be necessary to subscribe to the Nest Aware or Nest Aware Plus subscription, which allow respectively to take advantage of 30 and 60 days of video history.The second also allows you to store up to 10 days of continuous video, and it is of course also possible to access the live video flow without subscription.A microSD location was still appreciated for local storage.

Google has nevertheless planned a little internal memory to film up to 1 hour of events in the event of a wifi breakdown, but it will be necessary to wait for the problem of the problem for the videos to be sent to its servers and can be consulted.Note that the firm promises encryption during sending and storage, but no end -to -end encryption as it comes for example to put it in place Ring (Amazon).

The Home Revue application for the occasion

To preserve the privacy of users also, a light indicator indicates when the camera is filming and Google also highlights two -factors requested to access its services.Note also that the Nest cameras work with a Google account and the Home application, revised for the occasion with a new interface allowing to control several cameras at a glance as well as with a new news feed forimportant events.Home of course also allows to include Nest cameras to routines to program recording, and it is of course also possible to access the images from a Nest screen, like the Nest Hub Max.

Still vague technical characteristics

If he has extended at length to the design and the features of his new surveillance solutions, Google has however remained more elusive on their equipment.An HDR mode has been mentioned for both cameras and doorbells, and we know that the Nest Cam (battery) can film in Full HD when the Nest Doorbell should allow you to see visitors to the headfeet as well as the packages placed from 20 cm in front of the door.No indication was communicated to us regarding the autonomy of battery devices, or concerning the optics used by cameras.We imagine all the same that all share the same sensor and have a night vision.

The Nest Cam (Battery) and the Nest Doorbell will be available from August 24, at the recommended public price of € 199.99.On the other hand, it will be necessary to wait a little more to obtain the Nest Cam (Wired) and the Nest Cam with Floodlight, respectively expected at the recommended public prices of € 99.99 and € 299.99.

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