If you own a compatible Google Nest device, you can add a Google Home Premium subscription to save your recorded footage, and more. You can choose between Standard or Advanced plans to fit your needs and preferences.
Google Home Premium $0 trials
- When you set up an eligible device in either the Google Home app or Nest app, you can try out a Google Home Premium subscription for 30 days.
- Newer Nest cameras or doorbells are eligible for 1 month Standard or Advanced plan trials.
- If you purchased your Google device from SafeStreets, you are eligible for a 6 month Advanced plan.
- After the trial ends, you can subscribe to Google Home Premium to continue using subscription features. There is a limit of one $0 trial per home.
- Once you start the trial, you can't cancel it, but you have the option to turn off camera recording and sound detection. You can also delete your video history and sound detection events with the app.
- To be eligible for a $0 trial, your home must be in a country where Google Home Premium subscriptions are available for purchase.
- Specific Google Home Premium features may vary by plan, region, and device. Learn what features you get with a Google Home Premium subscription.
- You'll need to use a Google Account when you sign up for Google Home Premium.
For 30 days, you'll get a preview of the Google Home Premium subscription service. However, certain features are only available with a paid Google Home Premium subscription for users located in the US. Some examples of these US-only features include sound detection and Emergency Calling.
During the trial period, you'll be able to:
- Use Google Home Premium features like:
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Sound detection (Smoke alarm, carbon monoxide alarm) Available on:
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- Familiar face alerts are not available on Nest cameras used in Illinois and may not be available on certain Nest cameras in the EU.
- For users in the US, their Google Nest speakers or display can detect the sound of breaking glass or a smoke alarm.
- Highlight areas to monitor motion activity and get custom alerts with Activity Zones. Activity Zones do not require a Google Home Premium subscription with Nest Cam battery or Nest Doorbell battery. A Google Home Premium subscription is required to use Activity Zones with:
- Nest Cam Indoor
- Nest Cam Outdoor
- Nest Cam IQ Indoor
- Nest Cam IQ Outdoor
- Nest Doorbell wired
- Nest Hub Max
- Get 30 days of event video history (clips).
- If you've already purchased a Google Home Premium subscription with longer video history, you'll still have access to your full video history when your trial ends.
- Create and share video clips or timelapses.
You can always check when your trial ends beforehand on a web browser or in the app:
Web browser
- Visit store.google.com/subscriptions. Sign in to your account, if needed.
- If you have more than one home, use the drop down menu at the top to select the home with the $0 trial.
- You'll find the date your trial ends in the Google Home Premium section.
- If you already signed up for a paid subscription, you'll see the date when your billing starts.
- If a date doesn't appear then you may not have a $0 trial.
Google Home app
- Open the Google Home app
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- At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
- Tap Settings
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- Under "Features," select Google Home Premium.
.Nest app
- Open the Nest app
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- Tap Settings
Google Home Premium.
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Google Home Premium.- If you're eligible, you can opt in to the $0 Google Home Premium 30-day trial when you add an eligible product to the Google Home app or Nest app. The availability of the $0 trial depends on your region.
- You can purchase a subscription for Google Home Premium at any time during your trial or after it ends.
- You'll be notified in the app and get emails to let you know when your trial ends.
Tip: The $0 trial may end when you purchase a Google Home Premium subscription through one of our partners. You can contact the partner for more information.
- To continue to use the features that come with your Google Home Premium trial, you'll need to purchase a Google Home Premium subscription.
- If you've already purchased a subscription from the Google Store, it will automatically start after your $0 trial ends. You don't need to do anything else to continue to use Google Home Premium.
- If you don't purchase a Google Home Premium subscription before the trial ends, you'll lose access to Google Home Premium’s features like:
- Familiar Faces
- Sound detection
- Event history
- Intelligent alerts
- Gemini for Home
- Help me create
- AI descriptions (Advanced plan only)
- Ask Home camera history search (Advanced plan only)
- 10 days of 24/7 video history (Advanced plan only)
- With Nest Cam battery or Nest Doorbell battery, you'll continue to have the included 3 hours of event video history. Recorded video history will be erased when the trial period ends except for saved video clips or timelapses. Your sound detection history will expire over time and be deleted.
If you cancel your subscription during the trial period, you'll still have Google Home Premium until the end of your trial. You won't be charged once it's over. You can always choose to reactivate your service before your trial period ends.
Subscribe to Google Home Premium
You can subscribe to Google Home Premium in the Nest app, Google Home app, or the Google Store. You can also subscribe to Google Home Premium during or after the $0 30-day trial.
Through the Google StoreBuy a Google Home Premium subscription on the Google Store. Start with either a Standard or Advanced plan.
- On your Android device, purchase Google Home Premium through the Nest app.
- To complete your Google Home Premium purchase, install the Google Home app.
- From the Google Home app section, follow the steps in "Subscribe to Google Home Premium."
Important info to know before you purchase Google Home Premium:
- Sign in to the Google Home app with the same Google Account you use in the Nest app.
- To find your account in the Nest app, tap Settings
- To find your account in the Nest app, tap Settings
- In the Google Home app, select the home that you want to subscribe to Google Home Premium in the Google Home app.
- If you have more than one home on the app, to select a home name, use the Down arrow
in Google Home.
- If you have more than one home on the app, to select a home name, use the Down arrow
- To make sure all camera and doorbell devices are correct for the home name, find the "Device" section of the Google Home app.
in Google Home.Important: Google Home Premium subscriptions through the Google Home app are only available on Android devices. If you don't have an Android device, you can subscribe through Google Store.
- Open the Google Home app on your Android device.
- Tap your photo on the upper right corner of your Google Home app to make sure that you're signed in with the account you want to use to subscribe to Google Home Premium.
- From the home view, tap Settings
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- Under "Features," tap Google Home Premium.
- Tap Subscribe.
- If you haven't previously used your Google Home Premium $0 trial, you'll see an option to start a 30 day $0 trial. After starting your $0 trial, you should see the option to subscribe to Google Home Premium.
- Choose your Google Home Premium plan.
- Choose between monthly or yearly billing.
- Review your purchase. Then, tap Subscribe.
- You'll receive an email with a receipt from Google Play.
- You'll manage your Google Home Premium subscription through Google Play.
.There are two types of Google Home Premium subscriptions, Standard and Advanced. In addition, some users may still have a Nest Aware 1st gen subscription. To manage your subscriptions, you need to be the home’s owner.
| Nest Aware 1st gen | Google Home Premium subscription Standard or Advanced plans | |
| Subscription structure | Separate subscriptions for each camera in your home | One subscription for all cameras in your home |
| Billing cycle | Monthly or Annually | Monthly or Annually |
| Billing account |
If you started using the Nest app before August 19, 2019, you created a Nest Account to manage your Nest products. If you started using the Nest app after August 19, 2019, you're already using a Google Account. |
Requires Google Account |
| In-app management | Can be managed from Nest or Google Home app | Can be managed from Nest or Google Home app |
| Adding additional subscriptions |
Additional subscriptions are no longer available to purchase. You can continue to renew existing Nest Aware 1st gen subscriptions if you use a Google Account to sign into the Nest app. |
Subscriptions are applied per home, not per device. If you'd like an additional subscription, please add another home under your account. |
| Availability | Your home needs to be in a country that supports Nest Aware. | Your home needs to be in a country that supports Google Home Premium. |
| Partner management |
Partner subscriptions are no longer available for Nest Aware 1st gen. If you purchased Nest Aware 1st gen through one of our partners, their policies might be different from what you see in this article. You should contact the partner for details about your subscription. |
If you purchased Nest Aware or Google Home Premium through one of our partners, their policies might be different from what you see in this article. You should contact the partner for details about your subscription. |
Learn about taxes on your Google Home Premium subscription
When you subscribe through Google Store in Canada, Mexico, or the US, your billing address determines your taxes. If you start your subscription and then move to a new home, there’s no tax change within your current billing period. Your new billing address determines your taxes for your next subscription payment.
The price of your subscription includes value-added tax (VAT) and goods and services tax (GST). For countries and regions where there’s VAT or GST, you don’t get charged more in taxes.
To check how much you paid in taxes, you can go to any of your invoices through Google Pay. These invoices show the taxes you pay for your subscription.
Manage your subscription
Nest app
- Open the Nest app
- Tap Settings
You can add Google Home Premium to your home if you’re the home’s owner.
- Go to your subscriptions.
- Select Subscribe to Google Home Premium.
- Choose a plan and then select Next.
- Choose your payment method and then select Confirm Purchase.
Your subscription will start after your $0 trial ends, or within 24 hours if your trial has already ended.
Cellular backup
If you have Nest Secure, learn how to purchase or cancel cellular backup.
If you have a Nest Aware 1st gen subscription, you can switch to the latest Google Home Premium subscription. When you switch, you get a prorated refund for the unused time on your previous subscription.
Before you cancel or change your subscription, consider that:
- Nest Aware 1st gen subscriptions are no longer available to purchase.
- If you've migrated to a Google Account, you need to have at least one active subscription to keep Nest Aware 1st gen.
- If you cancel your Nest Aware 1st gen subscriptions, you won't be able to sign up for Nest Aware 1st gen again, and you'll lose any video history that wasn't saved to the app. Before you cancel the subscription, make sure to save clips of any video history you want to keep.
- You can't add any additional Nest Aware 1st gen subscriptions but you can switch to a Google Home Premium subscription.
Switch to Google Home Premium:
- Make sure you've migrated to a Google Account.
- To save your video history, use the "Takeout to download all footage or use the clip creation functionality" on home.nest.com to save clips. Learn how to save video history. It may take a bit to generate the file because it depends on how much history is there.
- Go to your subscriptions.
- For the subscription you'd like to update, select Get Started.
- Choose a plan and then select Next.
- Choose a billing cycle and then select Next.
- After you review the Checkout page, select Confirm Purchase.
Important:
- You can't change your billing plan cycle from monthly to annual or from annual to monthly.
- You can upgrade from the Standard plan to the Advanced plan at any time.
To upgrade the Advanced plan of Google Home Premium:
- Go to store.google.com/subscriptions.
- Select Upgrade to Advanced or tap More
next to the subscription and then select Change your plan.
- Select Advanced.
- Click or tap Next.
- Review the subscription and click or tap Confirm Purchase.
next to the subscription and then select Change your plan.To switch from the Advanced plan of Google Home Premium to the Standard plan of Google Home Premium:
- Go to store.google.com/subscriptions.
- Next to the subscription, click or tap More
- Select Standard.
- Click or tap Next.
- Review the subscription and click or tap Confirm Purchase.
Related resources
- Get started with Google Home Premium
- What you get with a Google Home Premium subscription
- Manage your Google Home Premium subscription via the Google Store
If you need more help, contact Nest Customer Care.