today google announced four new nest
security products
today we're going to be going over what
we know so far and what to expect when
these products are released
so stay tuned
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so we have four new nest products that
have been announced today
it has actually been three years since
nest has released
any sort of security product so our
expectations are pretty high with these
the biggest new feature that we have
seen come to some of these cameras is
battery powered so no longer do you need
to keep these cameras plugged in all the
time we've got some battery options
first off we're taking a look at the
nest cam
battery this is a great addition to the
new
nest lineup being battery powered it is
completely wireless you can put this
anywhere you want to and don't need to
worry about it being plugged in
this essentially makes the placement
limitless to your imagination
in addition to the magnetic mount that
it comes with you can also pick up a
stand so you can place this thing on any
bookshelf or counter top that you want
to
the camera comes in at 180 you can start
pre-ordering now and it's going to be
available
on august 24th next up we have the new
nest
doorbell this doorbell is battery
powered and comes in
at a really reasonable price of a
hundred and eighty dollars
it's actually fifty dollars cheaper than
its wired predecessor
in addition to that it's also twenty
dollars cheaper than its competitors the
ring four or the arlo doorbell it comes
with a 1080p camera that google says is
twice as good as the previous version
we've got a 3x4 aspect ratio so it's
going to give you a little bit more top
and bottom
than side to side which is ideal for
video doorbells so you can see
packages that are at the door resolution
is going to be
960 by 1280 comes in four different
colors and it does have the option to
wire it up so if you do wire it into
your home's existing wiring you can use
your indoor chime
if not and you do keep it battery
powered it is going to use google
devices with the google assistant built
in
around your house as door chimes this
doorbell is also available for pre-order
and also going to be released on august
24th
now taking a look at the next two
cameras here these are not available yet
they just say coming soon
but the first one we have up here is the
nest cam
indoor wired it comes in at a hundred
dollars it's got a nice
small form factor and has some really
cool mounting options including a wood
base
lastly we have the 280 dollar nest cam
with floodlight now this floodlight does
have to be wired in it is not
battery powered this is google's first
floodlight camera and comes in pretty
reasonably priced to the competition out
there
now all of these devices come with some
pretty cool features in general they're
all 1080p cameras
they all have two-way talk and hdr
but in addition to that they all come
with three hours of free cloud storage
in addition to those three free hours of
cloud storage
you're also going to get smart detection
included free with these cameras
that's going to give you notifications
for things like people
vehicles animals and for the video
doorbell it's also going to have
package detection these are all features
that are typically locked behind
subscription services
like with ring and arlo but for nests
you're going to be getting those
included
with these products another great
feature about these products right here
is that
all of the data processing is done
locally on these devices
and not up in the cloud so with the
footage being processed locally on these
devices
is then going to be encrypted and sent
to the cloud now this really should help
with privacy because
theoretically it's going to be sending a
lot less information to google's cloud
because it's doing the processing
locally now latency is a big concern
with home security cameras
you want to be able to see what's
happening live and as it's happening
google said that they really invested a
lot of time into this process
and we should see a significant
improvement from
previous versions but obviously we won't
be able to tell until we get these
cameras in hand
now with some of these cool new features
being baked into these cameras like
smart notifications
there are a few things that i wanted to
cover with the nest aware subscription
nest has two subscription options basic
and plus
basic comes in at six dollars a month
where plus comes in
at twelve dollars a month and i gotta
say the nest aware subscription
has got to be one of the most affordable
ones out there
with the basic six dollar plan it covers
all of your cameras
you're gonna get 30 days of event based
recording you're gonna get features like
face detection smoke and carbon monoxide
alarm notifications
and also glass break notifications for
the plus plan that is double the price
at 12
a month you're going to be getting 60
days of event based recording
you're also going to get 10 days of 24 7
recording to the cloud
and you'll be getting the same features
of face detection
smoke and carbon monoxide alarm
notifications and glass break detection
so it's been quite a few years since
nest has come out with any new products
and because of that my expectations are
way up here
however seeing some of the stats of
these cameras i'm
kind of disappointed first off these
cameras are still
1080p cameras we're not seeing any 2k or
4k resolutions out of this thing
which i'm pretty disappointed about i
mean it's 2021 i'd like to see
something better than 1080p from such a
powerhouse like google
next thing that i was disappointed not
to see is that there's no built-in
spotlights
i feel like most battery-powered cameras
right now have built-in spotlights but
sadly these don't just another missed
opportunity
by google so the next thing that i am a
little concerned about
is the mounting options for the nest cam
battery powered
as you see in the demos this thing is
just magnetized to a plate which seems
pretty easy to steal
so if you don't have the option of
mounting these up high i hope google
comes out with some kind of anti-theft
mount
for you to keep these secure and stuck
to your house
now the next thing that i heard that's
going to be pretty crippling at launch
is that these devices are not going to
be compatible with amazon or
smartthings you are only going to be
able to use these devices within the
google
environment now something else that was
absolutely shocking to me is that with
these being
brand new products being released
towards the end of 2021 is that they are
not going to be
compatible with the new matter alliance
if you are not familiar with mata
it is a new protocol that google amazon
apple all of the big companies are
working on to make all of their devices
compatible with each other so i would
think with a brand new product coming
out you are going to want that to be
matter certified so it is future proof
but as of right now we have not heard
anything about these being
matter compatible another big miss with
these devices right here
is that there's no mention on the site
about these devices having thread
technology built into it
this is google's technology that allows
devices to communicate
and create a mesh network and at least
right now there's no mention on the site
about
this being built into these new devices
so to sum it all up google has announced
four new products today that already
seem outdated
we've got just 1080p cameras no word of
thread technology being built into these
things
they're not matter certified no built-in
spotlights
and at launch they're not going to be
compatible with amazon or smartthings
now rest assured we are going to be
picking up these products and testing it
out
and maybe they'll be better in person
than they are on paper
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