Google's New Nest Doorbell And Nest Cams Have 2k Video And New Ai Chops

A time aft Amazon updated its security cameras, Google followed suit pinch its competing suite. A trio of caller Nest information cams is disposable starting today. The latest Nest Doorbell and Nest Cams person higher-resolution (2K HDR) video and a wider section of view. That not only makes for amended images, but it besides opens nan doorway to caller (paid) AI features.

Google's caller additions see nan Nest Cam Indoor (3rd gen), Nest Cam Outdoor (2nd gen) and Nest Doorbell (3rd gen). The institution says nan devices were designed to "provide nan rich, elaborate information our multimodal AI uses to understand." The results, according to nan company, are "better alerts" and nan expertise to "find important moments, faster."

Google says DxOMARK rated each 3 arsenic first successful their people for image quality. The Nest Cams each person 2,560 x 1,400 solution pinch a 152-degree diagonal section of position (FOV). The Nest Doorbell uses a 2,048 x 2,048 sensor pinch a 166-degree FOV. All 3 support up to 6x integer zoom.

The institution says nan operation boosts nan cameras' expertise to seizure video successful low-light conditions. Specifically, Google claims they connection 120 percent much ray sensitivity than their predecessors. "This intends nan cameras tin now enactment successful full-color mode overmuch longer astatine dawn and dusk than before," nan institution wrote.

The crisp solution besides allows you to digitally zoom successful connected a circumstantial area successful nan Home app, cropping retired nan rest. Google says nan characteristic could beryllium useful for basking spots for illustration a plot furniture aliases walkway. Similarly, your alerts will see animated previews that zoom successful connected nan subject. This could make it easier to show astatine a glimpse who aliases what triggered nan notification.

The upgraded Gemini AI chops see a caller chatbot characteristic called Ask Home. It lets you do things for illustration inquire what ate your plants. (In Google's example, nan chatbot explains that it was rabbits, producing photograph evidence.) It besides lets you execute smart location tasks aliases create automations utilizing earthy language. There's different caller AI characteristic called Home Brief that gives you an AI-generated summary of nan day's activities. Both of nan caller AI features require a Google Home Premium subscription.

All 3 cameras are disposable opening coming astatine nan Google Store and pinch unit partners. The Nest Cam Indoor costs $100. The Nest Cam Outdoor will group you backmost $150. And nan Nest Doorbell costs $180.