Albeit nonetheless not in a very easy method
Google has taken an enormous step towards making the administration of its good house ecosystem much less of a fragmented faff by extending Google Dwelling app assist to the Nest Cam IQ Indoor and IQ Outside cameras.
That implies that now, technically, you possibly can handle all your Nest Cams in a single place.
It’s been a bugbear to many Nest customers that they wanted to modify between two apps – Google Dwelling and Nest – to view their digicam feeds, relying on what fashions they’ve.
A bugbear that really contributed to me breaking my loyalty to the platform… I just lately ditched all my Nest Cams in favor of a Reolink setup.
This replace, which is a part of a Public Preview that’s rolling out this week, means now you can switch and handle all Nest Cams launched way back to 2015 (the unique Nest Cam) instantly throughout the Google Dwelling app, eliminating the necessity to toggle between the Nest and Dwelling apps.
This transfer is a part of Google’s gradual effort to unify its Nest and Dwelling platforms.
As soon as transferred, you’ll be capable of entry digicam settings, video historical past in occasion and timeline views, and stay feeds all throughout the Dwelling app.
The combination additionally permits for automations, resembling linking Nest cameras with different good gadgets; suppose mechanically turning on lights when the doorbell rings or having a lightweight glow crimson if movement is detected.
The Google Dwelling app helps cross-platform performance, letting you test your stay feeds on telephones, tablets, TVs, and on the net through house.google.com.
For those who’ve obtained a Nest Hub Max it’s also possible to handle its built-in digicam instantly within the Dwelling app now as effectively.
Nevertheless, not like the Nest Cam IQ cameras, as soon as the Hub Max is transferred, it can’t be reverted to the Nest app.
Nevertheless, this being Google Dwelling, it’s not a very seamless expertise to arrange.
You’ll first have to affix the Public Preview through the Google Dwelling app or the Dwelling internet portal.
For those who’re already signed up, you need to see prompts within the Dwelling app to information you thru the switch course of.
Whereas the Nest app stays unchanged for now, Google has confirmed that solely the Nest Defend smoke detector and the Nest x Yale good lock nonetheless rely solely on the Nest app, so there’s nonetheless some app hopping to be achieved should you use these.
