Manage your Nest Hub Max cameras with the Google Home app
Important: Your Nest Hub Max must have firmware version F22 for you to be able to transfer it to the Google Home app. For more information on how to find your firmware version, refer to Google speaker and display firmware versions and release notes.
There are 3 ways to set up your Nest camera for your Google Nest Hub Max through the Google Home app:
- The home control screen: Tap the Set up camera or Camera 👁 Image
tile. - The device control screen: Tap Set up camera at the bottom of the screen.
- Through in-app notifications.
How to setup or enable the Nest camera
To add a new Nest camera to your Nest Hub Max:
- Open the Google Home app 👁 Image
, then tap Set up camera or Camera 👁 Image
. - Choose the device to set up. If you only have one device, this screen is skipped.
- Tap Get started. Read through the Privacy guidelines, then tap I agree.
- Choose to either share your device stats and crash reports or not. Tap No, continue or Yes, I’m in.
- Scan the QR code of the camera you want to add to your Nest Hub Max then wait for the camera to successfully connect. The camera will show:
- A steady green light showing it is active and records footage.
- A blinking green light to indicate a user is checking the live stream.
- A preview of the live video shows up to confirm that the setup works.
- Complete device configuration:
- Adjust mic settings.
- Choose whether video recording is on or off.
- Optional: Add the camera to your Favorites, then tap Done.
- Open the Google Nest app 👁 Nest app
. - Start the transfer of your Nest camera to the Google Home app.
Tip: There are 3 ways to start the transfer:
- Through the in-app notification: This can appear when you open the Nest app 👁 Nest app
. - Through the Get started banner: This is found at the bottom of the home screen of your Nest app 👁 Nest app
and within the camera view. - Through the Settings: Tap Transfer to Google Home app at the bottom of your Nest settings.
- If you have multiple cameras linked, tap Choose camera to select the camera you want to transfer first, then tap Transfer.
- Read through the Privacy guidelines, then tap I agree.
- Choose to either share your device stats and crash reports or not. Tap No, continue or Yes, I’m in.
- Optional: Add camera to your Favorites.
- Wait for the transfer to complete, then tap Done.
If your camera was configured in both the Home app and Nest app, you can transfer your Nest app data in the Google Home app. There are 2 ways to transfer the data:
- Open the Google Home app 👁 Image
: Go to your live view and tap Try the latest camera experience. - Optional: Go to Settings 👁 and then
Nest Cam 👁 and then
Transfer to the Google Home app.
Internet bandwidth and speed requirements
With the Google Nest Hub Max, your camera streams live video through your home internet connection. For other Nest cameras and doorbells, you can refer to the table below to learn how much bandwidth you might use for each device.
Important: Monthly data usage for your cameras and doorbells may vary.
|
Quality and bandwidth setting |
Low |
Medium |
High |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Typical monthly data usage with 24/7 video recording |
100 GB |
200 GB |
300 GB |
|
Typical monthly data usage with Event based recording (EBR) |
50 GB |
100 GB |
150 GB |
|
Quality and bandwidth setting |
Low |
Medium |
High |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Typical monthly data usage with 24/7 video recording |
100 GB |
200 GB |
300 GB |
|
Typical monthly data usage with Event based recording (EBR) |
50 GB |
100 GB |
150 GB |
|
Video quality setting |
High Video |
Max Video |
|---|---|---|
|
Typical monthly data usage with 24/7 video recording |
200 GB |
300 GB |
|
Typical monthly data usage with Event based recording (EBR) |
10 GB |
75 GB |
|
Quality and bandwidth setting |
Low |
Medium |
High |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Typical monthly data usage with 24/7 video recording |
100 GB |
250 GB |
400 GB |
|
Typical monthly data usage with Event based recording (EBR) |
100 GB |
250 GB |
400 GB |
|
Quality and bandwidth setting |
Low |
Medium |
High |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Typical monthly data usage with 24/7 video recording |
30 GB |
120 GB |
300 GB |
|
Typical monthly data usage with Event based recording (EBR) |
30 GB |
120 GB |
300 GB |
|
Quality and bandwidth setting |
Optimized |
Premium |
|---|---|---|
|
Typical monthly data usage with 24/7 video recording |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Typical monthly data usage with Event based recording (EBR) |
2 GB |
10 GB |
|
Quality and bandwidth setting |
Low |
Medium |
High |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Typical monthly data usage with 24/7 video recording |
100 GB |
200 GB |
300 GB |
|
Typical monthly data usage with Event based recording (EBR) |
50 GB |
100 GB |
150 GB |
|
Quality and bandwidth setting |
Optimized |
Premium |
|---|---|---|
|
Typical monthly data usage with 24/7 video recording |
200 GB |
300 GB |
|
Typical monthly data usage with Event based recording (EBR) |
10 GB |
75 GB |
|
Quality and bandwidth setting |
Low |
Medium |
High |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Typical monthly data usage with 24/7 video recording |
50 GB |
150 GB |
300 GB |
|
Typical monthly data usage with Event based recording (EBR) |
50 GB |
150 GB |
300 GB |
Common scenarios after Transferring Nest camera data
- Duplicate sound detection events: If both Google Home and Nest sound detection are on, events appear in both apps, but only Nest has video playback.
- Notification with no video history: Google Home's sound sensing may trigger a notification without recording video.
- Duplicate and independent settings: If sound sensing is disabled in Google Home, it won’t affect Nest's sound detection settings.
Tip: The Google Home app and Nest app have separate settings after migration.