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Cameras recognized as both car and person seen

MAK57 — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:56:56 GMT

Both of my cameras are recognizing vehicles but also sending us notifications as a person for every car. How do we fix this and is anyone else having this problem? It's very confusing... a car is not a person

Re: Cameras recognized as both car and person seen

gmelanymelissa — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:51:39 GMT

Hi MAK57,

Thanks for posting in the community. I understand how confusing it could be when your Nest Cameras are incorrectly identifying vehicles as both 'car' and 'person', leading to unnecessary notifications. I'm here to help you resolve this!

To better assist you with accurate information, I’d like to confirm the following:

What specific model of Nest Cameras do you have? Here’s a helpful article about how to identify your cameras model.
Did the issue start since the first installation?
Are you using the Google Home app or Nest app?
Have you set up any Activity Zones for your cameras?

Keep me posted.

Regards,

Melany

Re: Cameras recognized as both car and person seen

MAK57 — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:57:57 GMT

Nest cam outdoor battery

The issue just started maybe 4-6 weeks ago

google home app

No activity zones

Re: Cameras recognized as both car and person seen

gmelanymelissa — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 16:17:23 GMT

Hi MAK57,

Thanks for the follow-up information.

It’s possible the Nest Cam (outdoor, battery) is detecting an image of a person inside the vehicle. We value your feedback on this, as it helps us continually improve our products to meet your needs. For instructions on how to share your experience, please refer to this article: Send feedback from the Google Home app.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Regards,

Melany

Re: Cameras recognized as both car and person seen

MAK57 — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 23:42:19 GMT

No! Figured out it’s flies landing on camera. Which is stupid for it to detect flies as a person