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⇱ Nest Outdoor Security Camera Review - Phoronix


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Nest Outdoor Security Camera

Written by Michael Larabel in Peripherals on 21 September 2016 at 11:46 AM EDT. Page 2 of 4. 13 Comments.

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For my testing I placed the Nest Cam Outdoor at the back corner of a backyard. In this position it's out of direct sunlight and its power connector had no problems sharing a weatherproof outlet with a landscape lighting connection. I barely had to use any of the power cable though and had excess cabling, but fortunately with its position it was all out of sight.

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Assembly took only a few minutes. Syncing the Outdoor Nest Cam to your account is just another QR code that needs to be scanned via the app.

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The Nest Cam Outdoor can be configured via the Nest App and the livestream accessed via the app -- the same app as managing the Nest Thermostat and Nest Protects. Or from the Nest.com web-site you can fully manage the camera too... But that's where my first complaint rolled in: viewing the video stream from the Nest web-site requires Adobe Flash. Hopefully Nest plans to implement HTML5 video support soon!

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From a few feet away you can easily tell it's a security camera, but beyond that distance, it blended in well -- at least with a white background. At night it's noticeable only by the green LED.

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More on the software and usage on the next page...