- Over the past few weeks you may have noticed
a new shooting set up.
If you did you are correct.
And the reason for that is I moved.
Now with that I kind of have this blank canvas
in front of me to build out my dream smart home set up.
And I thought it'd be cool to document the process
and take you along for the ride.
So part two is going to be all about the TV,
all about the audio.
Super excited for LG 65 inch 4K OLED
and potentially even more excited for a pair of speakers
coming in from Focal that has me drooling
just thinking about them.
Today though part one is going to be the foundation,
the groundwork, Internet WiFi security
and because of that I reached out to nest
and asked if they'd be down to send out a couple
of their brand-new NEst IQ cameras.
They said, "Yes."
I said, "You are awesome."
So huge shout out to them for sponsoring episode one.
You also know what that means so for
your chance to win a Nest IQ of your own
details are down below.
And if you're down with that let me know
by dropping a like.
As far as the Internet goes it's kind of been
a little bit of a roller coaster.
Initially I was trying to get Frontier
AKA used to be Verizon
they hold the key to Fios.
It wasn't going to be anything crazy about
a hundred up hundred down and I'm sure I'm going to
hear about some of your insane Internet speeds
in the comments section below.
But ultimately after going back and forth
for two weeks I found out there were no
open ports and I would essentially have
to go on a waiting list and who knows
how long that would have taken.
So ultimately what I ended up doing was
going with Spectrum who weren't quite as tasty
on the upload speeds.
We're looking a hundred down and 10 up
which does make me slightly sad just thinking
of that hundred up within arm's reach.
But ultimately after feeling like a caveman
for two weeks without Internet
I am just happy to be connected.
Now as far as WiFi I went with Google WiFi
which comes in a pack of three.
The reason for that is the layout of the house
is three stories.
Technically though the first story
is just the hallway and extra calories
burned to get to the living room.
Because that the router lives on the second story
I wanted to make sure there were strong consistent WiFi
upstairs and throughout the house.
Google WiFi works
as a mesh network with different access points
to give you that solid consistent signal.
There's a few different brands
that make very similar things but for me
Google WiFi has worked perfectly and I have zero complaints.
Popping over to the Nest IQ though
this is where things get really cool.
And if you're founded tech
this is one of the coolest gadgets
you can put in your house.
Now what makes my geek heart happy is inside the Nest IQ
is a super crispy 4K sensor.
You pair that with the 130 degree wide angle lens
night-vision HDR and that is a killer combination.
The way the 4K sensor works though
is actually kind of genius.
It's not outputting 4K because one
that would eat up extra bandwidth
and two would be harder on your system
to stream smoothly.
But rather, it's very similar to shooting a video in a 4K
and then output it into a (mumbling)
You have to go to punch in crop and
overall everything is just extra sharp.
What takes that one step above and beyond though
is when the hardware works with the software.
So Nest is actually smart enough to decipher the difference
between just motion and a human being
and when it spots a human it will actually
lock onto them crop in and follow the movement
which is crazy.
What's cool though is because of the software base
if you're looking back at old footage and it's locked in
and following that person you still have the ability
to zoom out and see the entire field of view.
Now full disclosure, as you know, Nest was
awesome enough to sponsor my home setup.
But no joke, because they work so well,
I got a couple more for the office.
In addition to the security they
have also become the ultimate behind the scenes camera.
Now speaking of software, one of the craziest features
on Nest IQ is face recognition.
And it works really good.
So the way it works is when Nest IQ sees
a face it doesn't recognize it instantly
sends you a notification saying, hey,
there's an unfamiliar face in your spot.
From there you can kind of then create a database
of whose face is who's and then from now on
it will let you know when that person enters the room.
I do wish there was an ability to turn off
familiar faces and then only receive
notifications for unfamiliar faces.
I did reach out to Nest and they are working
that potentially in the future which is good news.
But either way it works lightning fast.
To demo that over here in the office
I added my face, I added Rich's face.
I am going to call Ralphy to come over
in a real time you're going to
see how fast it works.
- [Ralphy] Hello. - Hey what you're doing?
Come to me and Rich.
- [Ralphy] Okay.
- Ralphy just entered the room.
Take a few steps this way.
Look up there.
Your cameras spotted if someone it doesn't recognize.
- What's up?
What's up?
- Look man.
- Where, I don't see it.
How am I supposed to see myself
if I'm over here?
- Look at that mean mug.
Hold on hold on hold on.
(laughing)
- That's very good man.
Yeah.
I got you.
That's a clean face right there man.
- Do you know this person?
Uh.
Yes.
Hey, just sent me a notification for a
familiar face Ralphy
which also comes through on an Apple watch.
So there was kind of a real-world example
of not only how quickly it works
but also how well it works.
Immediately when Ralphy came in it had no idea who he was
and it let me know that.
But as soon as I added his face
it instantly knew who he was.
Beyond that what's also cool is you can now talk
and listen through the Nest IQ.
So I'm gonna send Rich over to the Nest IQ right now.
Hey, it sees you.
Rich.
- Whoa.
- Don't break yourself.
So as you're looking at this Nest footage
hopefully Rich isn't making it too shaky.
But not only can you see the wide-angle view
but you can also see how to adjust on the fly.
Night vision works extremely well to the point
where things can be pitch-black in the room
and you can no joke see everything.
Now because Nest IQ is plugged in at all times
you essentially have 24/7 live streaming that you can
access at any given moment.
Now if you want to archive that footage
you have two subscription options
which we either go back the last 10 days
or all the way up to the last 30.
And details on that are down below.
All in all though I think the Nest IQ
is the result of one great hardware meets great software
because both ends of the spectrum are equally satisfying.
If you've been looking for a smart home camera
and you want the latest cutting-edge tech
the Nest IQ is an awesome choice.
This is Jonathan, and I will catch you guys later.