topic Re: 1st Gen Camera History - Won’t Playback in Cameras and Doorbells

1st Gen Camera History - Won’t Playback

Thydgh — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 19:28:14 GMT

when I purchased these 1st gen cameras I could playback the footage fine in the nest app. It seems ever since the google home app came out, I can’t playback anything! I see the clips, and how many seconds they are. I can also scroll back 3 hours to different stills but there appears no way to play them as videos. Having the issue in both apps (google home and nest). Anyone else have this issue?

Re: 1st Gen Camera History - Won’t Playback

MplsCustomer — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 22:45:00 GMT

@Thydgh

Do you have a Nest Aware or Nest Aware Plus subscription ($60/year or $120/year to cover all your cameras)? Google Nest cameras come with a 30-day free Nest Aware subscription. Once that's expired, without a subscription you get "3 hours of photo snapshots of activity", according to this Google Nest Help page: https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9681538?hl=en. If you have the older 1st gen cameras, you can only view history in the Google Nest app (with a subscription).

Re: 1st Gen Camera History - Won’t Playback

Padruna — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 02:08:49 GMT

Agree, tge new google nest cams have awful playback features. Not helpful at all… I am switching to a new camera system completely.since Google wont even allow me to have the new caneras with the old nest playback

Re: 1st Gen Camera History - Won’t Playback

Thydgh — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 12:23:48 GMT

Wow, yes sadly at some point nest aware must have been required to playback video. When I first purchased the cameras that was not the case - I received a certain amount of video playback for free. After purchasing the subscription I can now pay the clips.

Re: 1st Gen Camera History - Won’t Playback

Brad — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 17:05:25 GMT

Hey there,

Here is a great link on how Nest Aware works and how to subscribe, and here is a link on how to manage your subscription.

Best Regards,

Brad

Re: 1st Gen Camera History - Won’t Playback

aatienza — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 02:39:05 GMT

Hey folks,

Appreciate the help, Brad. I just wanted to follow up to see if you still need our help. Please let us know as we would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Thanks,

Archie

Re: 1st Gen Camera History - Won’t Playback

aatienza — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 05:28:43 GMT

Hey folks,

Just checking in to make sure that you've seen our responses. Please let me know if you have other questions or concerns as I will be locking this in 24 hours if I won't hear back from you again. Feel free to start a new thread and we'll be happy to help.

Thanks,

Archie