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Google now lets users see their Nest cameras on the Web

Google now lets users see their Nest cameras on the Web

It took some time, but you can now check on your house with a Nest camera without using an app. Google has launched a home.google.com gateway that provides web viewing for the most recent Nest Cam and Nest Doorbell models, as The Verge reveals. This portal is now under preview. You can view the live feed, zoom in, and turn the cameras on or off, but you cannot watch previously recorded video.

The battery-powered Nest Doorbell and its two wired counterparts, as well as the battery-powered and wired Nest Cam models (including floodlight, Indoor, Outdoor, and IQ varieties), will all have the feature within the next week (the Nest Hello and Doorbell second-gen). Any battery-operated device may be woken. For Nest cameras, Google already provided a web view, but that functionality was dropped for the 2021 devices. Customers were informed by general manager Rishi Chandra that a web view would be accessible this year. It’s unclear why these more recent versions couldn’t just use the old home.nest.com portal, but it’s safe to conclude that this was inconvenient given how many rival cameras supported the web.

Whatever the reason, the web viewer increases the use of newer Nest doorbells and cameras. Instead of taking out your phone, you can check on the front door or a pet from your office computer. Additionally, Google emphasises that it will be adding “more popular camera functions” over time, so you might not need the mobile app as much as you thought you would.

Google now lets users see their Nest cameras on the Web

Google now lets users see their Nest cameras on the Web

It took some time, but you can now check on your house with a Nest camera without using an app. Google has launched a home.google.com gateway that provides web viewing for the most recent Nest Cam and Nest Doorbell models, as The Verge reveals. This portal is now under preview. You can view the live feed, zoom in, and turn the cameras on or off, but you cannot watch previously recorded video.

The battery-powered Nest Doorbell and its two wired counterparts, as well as the battery-powered and wired Nest Cam models (including floodlight, Indoor, Outdoor, and IQ varieties), will all have the feature within the next week (the Nest Hello and Doorbell second-gen). Any battery-operated device may be woken. For Nest cameras, Google already provided a web view, but that functionality was dropped for the 2021 devices. Customers were informed by general manager Rishi Chandra that a web view would be accessible this year. It’s unclear why these more recent versions couldn’t just use the old home.nest.com portal, but it’s safe to conclude that this was inconvenient given how many rival cameras supported the web.

Whatever the reason, the web viewer increases the use of newer Nest doorbells and cameras. Instead of taking out your phone, you can check on the front door or a pet from your office computer. Additionally, Google emphasises that it will be adding “more popular camera functions” over time, so you might not need the mobile app as much as you thought you would.