topic Re: Nest Cam 1.69 Update ruined night vision even more in Cameras and Doorbells

Nest Cam 1.69 Update ruined night vision even more

SuperAdam — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 04:32:41 GMT

So Google updated their nest cams AGAIN and further ruined Night vision, day time HDR got a bit better but nowhere near as good as it was with 1.65 software, I about had it with Google, look at these picture and tell me if I'm imagining things, the picture on top is the new 1.69 software and the one on the bottom is the 1.67 software just a few minutes before the update, look how fuzzy and grainy everything is with the update, it's like everything is out of focus, STOP MESSING WITH THE CAMERAS GOOGLE, we paid money for this, it's literally unusable at night now.

Re: Nest Cam 1.69 Update

A-Swan — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 06:43:58 GMT

Same exact issue with my floodlight cam, night vision was great a week ago, now it’s pixilated and blurry.

I feel your pain, hopefully there’s an update to fix this issue soon but I won’t hold my breath.

Please keep us posted.

Re: Nest Cam 1.69 Update

SuperAdam — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 07:08:01 GMT

I doubt it will be soon, you thought your night vision looked great before this update? Then you didn't notice that it was top notch on 1.65 firmware, Google already ruined these cameras in June but it wasn't this bad, this screenshot was before any update, it was the 1.65 and the night vision was top notch, you can zoom in all the way and see all the details perfectly with no fuzziness or blurriness.

Re: Nest Cam 1.69 Update

RamBam — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 07:18:41 GMT

I thought this was just me. It started today. I'll also be making a post. Maybe if more people post their grievances they'll hopefully do something about it.

Blurry Night Vision

RamBam — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 07:37:07 GMT

I'm having the same issue many others are having with the blurry night vision video. Started today and it's absolutely atrocious. I also agree with others, that these updates you guys push onto us have done nothing but make things absolutely worse. First, the washed-out videos, and now this?! I can't recommend this camera or brand to anyone anymore, I would be doing them a disservice.

(These photos are only a day apart.)

Re: Blurry Night Vision

RoddyDuterte — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 13:32:07 GMT

What the hell is going on?? This is a security concern, these Google engineers should be fired. They need to fix this asap

Re: Nest Cam 1.69 Update

RoddyDuterte — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 13:47:32 GMT

This is extremely dangerous, this isn't like the Pixel where they can make a crap phone and no one cares. This is a actual security concern.

Re: Nest Cam 1.69 Update

chaybee — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 13:48:57 GMT

I thought I was going crazy, but I'm noticing this on both my outdoor nest battery and battery doorbell. I don't even use night vision as both are in well lit locations. Within the past week, during the night, the cameras are completely different than they were before. Super grainy, fuzzy and even worse when you zoom in. Please fix this Google!

Re: Blurry Night Vision

Phunksession — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 19:00:08 GMT

Mine just started doing this a few days ago on 2 outdoor cams, I thought my the cams were going bad. Good to know someone else is experiencing the same issue.

Re: Nest Cam 1.69 Update

Phunksession — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 19:44:23 GMT

I thought my eyes were getting blurry from staying up late the last couple of days but its actually the firmware update! lol Mine started doing this a few days ago, looks like it's focus on a area and make everything else super blurry and grainy

Re: Nest Cam 1.69 Update

SuperAdam — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 21:32:45 GMT

%100 this, in the middle it's focused but everywhere around its super blurry, who does Google hire for these firmware updates? A billion dollar company can't find competent people to do this job, it's absurd.

Re: Nest Cam 1.69 Update

Iano23 — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 22:16:17 GMT

1.69 about 45mins ago (GMT)

1.67 from 2 nights ago

Re: Nest Cam 1.69 Update

Iano23 — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 22:20:12 GMT

1.69 11.20pm GMT today

1.67 2 days ago

Re: Nest Cam 1.69 Update

SuperAdam — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 00:12:13 GMT

Yep, now watch Google goons come into this blog and tell us that it's us and not the firmware and tell us to "turn it on and off".

Re: Nest Cam 1.69 Update

RoddyDuterte — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 00:16:04 GMT

It looks like a cost cutting method? Make the video file/quality poorer (e.g. 720p to 480p) but try to use A.I. to fix the garbage.

Re: Nest Cam 1.69 Update

AccordXTC — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 01:16:52 GMT

Currently have two Nest Cam Battery and noticed this latest update has made it utter garbage at night.

Previous to this update daytime was the same. Now they seemed to have fixed the day and made the night worse.

Does nobody from Google test these poor firmware updates before pushing them out to the public. Such a piss poor attitude to give your customers who paid for this.

$40 Wyze Cam V3 shines with this crap firmware

Re: Nest Cam 1.69 Update

dnest — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 04:03:58 GMT

Can confirm 1.69 on all of mine. Exposure of daytime images looks better but I also have the “Vaseline on the lens effect” for all daytime and nighttime. Absolutely terrible image quality and a marked change from a year ago. Useless in current form and it feels like a purposeful change—likely as suggested by someone else to save bandwidth and storage. Unless there is a change back to the previously good image quality, I’ll be seeking alternatives. Very disappointing,

Re: Nest Cam 1.69 Update

SuperAdam — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:45:02 GMT

Yep, I get some stray cats in my back yard and I swear one orange tabby cat just blended into the back ground that all you can see is a blob of something walking around, good luck if it was a person, you would not get any kind of description, you'd just see a figure when before you can see things clearly even in night vision.

Re: Nest Cam 1.69 Update

SuperAdam — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:46:48 GMT

It's cost cutting when it comes to the people google hire to make the software updates too, there is literally no difference between video modes, max and high look exactly the same.

Re: Nest Cam 1.69 Update

SuperAdam — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:52:00 GMT

This is why I get mad, I have 4 of these cameras outside and I got nest cam indoor and I bought them individually, so no discount for buying 2 or more, that's $180x5 and that's $900 and these are not the only cameras, I have 3 more nest cams and a nest hello doorbell first Gen but at least those are function way better than the new ones right now, I am heavily invested in google and to see what they have done to these cameras is infuriating, I have seen the wyze cam v3 and they can do and for the price they sure punch way above their price.