Nest Cam on Google Nest Hub Max

Your Google Nest Hub Max comes with a built-in Nest Cam. You can use the Nest Cam to check in on your home when you're away with the live view functionality and alerts when activity is detected. If you lot have an agile Nest Aware trial or subscription, you too become continuous video recording, intelligent alerts, and other advanced features.

Annotation: The Nest Cam built into your Nest Hub Max does non support Night Vision.

Prepare Nest Hub Max's Nest Cam

Before you enable the Nest Cam, brand sure your Nest Hub Max is gear up.

  1. Open up the Google Home app .
  2. Touch and hold the Nest Hub Max for which you'd like to ready the Nest Cam.
  3. At the lesser, tap Set upwards Nest Cam.Annotation: If you have a Nest business relationship or Nest devices set up in your home, you'll exist given the option during this setup process of migrating your Nest Account to your Google Business relationship and so that your Nest Hub Max can work with other Nest devices.
  4. Follow the on-screen directions and when prompted, use your mobile device's photographic camera to browse the QR Lawmaking displayed on your Nest Hub Max.

Note: In the Dwelling app, you'll have admission to the live view and Talk & Listen functionality. If you'd like to access the full prepare of Nest Cam features such as activity notifications, Nest Aware features, etc., you can do so when you download the Nest app and sign in with your Google Business relationship.

Using the born Nest Cam

Like other Nest Cam devices, the Nest Cam congenital into your Nest Hub Max allows you and members of your household to get a alive view of what's happening at home. It as well includes notifications and continuous recording, if enabled in the Nest app. If you lot'd like to plough the Nest Cam functionality on or off, you can do so from the device settings menu or from the live view page.

Turn Home monitoring on or off

Plow the camera on or off from Device Settings

Plough the photographic camera off from Live View

  1. Open the Google Home app .
  2. Tap Photographic camera and then Carte du jour 3 dot menu icon and then Turn off Photographic camera.

Turn the camera on from Live View

  1. Open the Google Home app .
  2. Tap Camera and then Turn on camera.

Connect the Nest Cam to the Nest app to access additional features

Nest Cam Recording Beliefs

The lights on your Nest Hub Max tell you what the Nest Cam is doing. When the Nest Cam is enabled, a solid green light will be displayed on your device. This means that your Nest Hub Max is ready to stream images or video to assistance yous monitor your dwelling house remotely from the Nest app. When you or a family member is watching the live view, the lite will glimmer green.

Notation:

  • If you're a Nest Aware subscriber and accept gear up upwardly the built-in Nest Cam in the Nest app, your device will continuously tape video for you to review in the Nest app.
  • If you don't have Nest Aware but have set up the built-in Nest Cam in the Nest app, your Nest Hub Max volition send the concluding three hours of activity snapshots for yous to review in the Nest app whenever an event is detected in forepart of the camera.

Yous can disable the Nest Cam functionality anytime from either the Nest app or the Home app.

Learn about camera and microphone controls and indicators on your Nest Hub Max.

To sympathize how your data is handled when you use the built-in Nest Cam on your Nest Hub Max, visit the Privacy Help Center FAQs page for Google's connected domicile devices and services.

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