Get started with your Nest camera

Nest Cams have several ways for you to view, edit, and share your camera’s video. You can watch live video and recorded history with the app. You can also share your video stream or clips from your history with others.

• Watch recorded video in app
• Share video with other people
• Create and download video clips
• More ways to watch, edit, and share video

• Turn your camera on or off
• What the lights and sounds mean on Nest cameras
• Talk and listen to people with your camera
• Ways to control your camera

Your Nest camera will send notifications to your phone when something happens, but if you’re getting too many alerts or not enough, you may want to change the settings. You can also add a Nest Aware subscription to get more meaningful alerts and filter out ones you don’t want.

• Camera notifications
• Familiar face detection
• Set up and use Activity Zones
• Tips for getting the most out of activity alerts

• How your camera sees during the day and in the dark 
• How your camera works with Home and Away Routines and Home/Away Assist
• Internet bandwidth and speed requirements for Nest cameras
• Power requirements for Nest cameras
• Technical specifications for Nest cameras
• What the lights and sounds mean

With a Nest Aware subscription, your camera can let you know when it sees a stranger, a familiar face, or when something happens in a pre-defined area of your camera’s view.

• What you get with a Nest Aware subscription for your camera
• FAQs about Nest Aware
• Purchase a Nest Aware subscription

These articles explain what to do when you encounter an error code in the app, if you have video streaming or playback issues, if your camera shows offline or Wi-Fi connectivity issues, or if there’s an issue with your camera’s audio.

• Restart or factory reset Nest camera
• Video streaming or playback issues
• Camera offline or Wi-Fi connection issues
• What to do if you get an error code in the app