Introducing new 2K Nest Cams and Doorbell with Gemini for Home

[GoogleNestTeam]

Hi Nest Community,

Earlier today, we announced Gemini for Home, a new Google Home Premium subscription plan, and previewed the new Google Home Speaker. We also introduced three new Nest Cams that are engineered for Gemini for Home¹ to bring you more peace of mind - Google Nest Cam Outdoor (wired, 2nd gen), Google Nest Cam Indoor (wired, 3rd gen), and Google Nest Doorbell (wired, 3rd gen). I’m excited to share a closer look and some tips and tricks for our new Nest Cams below.

To recap, we designed the new Nest Cams to deliver the full potential of Gemini's intelligence and to be true AI cameras that can interpret and understand. With a Google Home Premium subscription¹  the new cameras: 

• Give you more detailed notifications like “Dog jumps out of playpen” so you know more about what’s happening at home.  
• Enable you to search your video history with Ask Home just by asking something like, “What happened to the vase in the living room?”
• Help you catch up at a glance with Home Brief, which summarizes hours of footage into a quick summary.

The new Nest Cams also offer built-in features to help you know what’s happening at home:

• 2K HDR video - our highest video resolution ever 
• Our widest and tallest field of view
• 6 hours of 10-second event video previews come included
• Built-in intelligent alerts for people, animals, vehicles, and packages (Nest Doorbell only)
• Improved low light video and night vision
• Rated best-in-class for image quality by DXOMARK (2025)
  

The new wired Nest Doorbell offers our widest and tallest field of view yet. The red outline shows the field of view from our previous generation wired Nest Doorbell.

1. The new Gemini for Home features in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia start to roll out to the new Nest Cams and Doorbell today.

Over the next several days Google Home Premium subscribers with a new Nest Cam Outdoor (2nd gen), Nest Cam Indoor (3rd gen), and Nest Doorbell (3rd gen) will automatically receive an important software update that will enable these new Gemini features.¹ This software update could take several days to reach all eligible subscribers. The new Gemini features will come to Google Home Premium subscribers with these new Nest Cams and Doorbell in other supported regions in early 2026.

• To be eligible for these Gemini features, users will need Google Home App version 4.0 or higher. To confirm if you are on an eligible app version,: (1) Open the Google Home app, (2) Tap on your profile photo in the upper right, (3) Select "Home Settings" from the menu, (4) Scroll down to the "Nest services & support" section and tap select "Support. Support code, Nest Pro, app info", (5) At the bottom of the menu under "App Info" it will show "App version 4.0 or higher. 
  

2. Remember to try out Google Home Premium, which includes Gemini for Home.

A 1-month trial of Google Home Premium comes with the purchase of a Nest Cam Indoor (wired, 3rd gen), Nest Cam Outdoor (wired, 2nd gen) or Nest Doorbell (wired, 3rd gen).² 

• New users are eligible for a 1-month trial of the Standard or Advanced plan. 
• Current Standard plan subscribers are eligible for a 1-month trial of the Advanced plan. 
• Current Advanced plan subscribers or users currently in a free trial of Google Home Premium are not eligible for this offer.

3. Get the most out of your Home Premium trial with these helpful features:

• More descriptive AI notifications: Get more detailed alerts like “Dog jumps out of playpen." And see the important moment up close with a zoomed-in video preview.¹
• Ask Home about your video history: Ask something like, “What happened to the vase in the living room?” and get an event description along with relevant video clips.¹
• AI descriptions in the Home app: View detailed descriptions of events in your activity feed, like “Rabbits eating garden plants,” and tap to see a longer summary of what happened.¹
• Home Brief: Catch a detailed summary of activity around your home in a daily recap.¹
• Familiar face detection: Teach your Nest Cam or Doorbell to recognize the faces of people that you know, and notify you when it detects people it doesn’t recognize.³ 
• Extended video history: Get up to 60 days of event video history and 10 days of 24/7 continuous video history with a subscription.⁴

After you try Google Home Premium, we’d love to hear your feedback.

• We have a dedicated thread right here on the Nest Community where you can share and see other people’s thoughts

4. Ask Home about your video history to quickly and easily find important video clips

With a Google Home Premium subscription, you can use the search bar in the Activities tab or search icon when you’re viewing your camera in the Google Home app. Type in any event you want to search and the Home app will display a summary with relevant video clips.¹

5. Check out Home Brief for helpful recaps

With a Google Home Premium subscription, you’ll receive a daily push notification in the evening with a summary of the day’s camera events. Open the notification to ask followup questions or see more details, or come back anytime to the Activity tab of the home app to see the most recent summary.^1,3

6. Get Familiar Face alerts so you know who’s coming and going

With a Google Home Premium subscription, use familiar face detection to teach your Nest Cam or Doorbell to recognize faces of people that you know.³ Over time, facial recognition becomes more accurate at determining familiar faces and can send you more helpful alerts. You can also manage your familiar faces library in the app, like change a person’s name or delete a face profile.

Whenever your camera recognizes a face, photo snapshots of the person’s face will be saved in the familiar face library. From there, you’ll be able to edit the face profile of each person and manage photos. All home members in the app have access to the familiar face library, and may be able to categorize faces your camera detects.

7. Try Zoom and Crop so you can focus on what matters most. 

With Zoom and Crop in the Google Home app, you can zoom in and crop your camera view to stay focused on one important spot, like a garden bed or walkway. You’ll see a high-quality image or video in your live feed and video history.

8. Check out alerts with zoomed in previews

Your Nest Cam or Doorbell can send alerts with zoomed-in video previews of what happened, so you can see the important moment up close.⁴

9. See what you missed with 6 hours of 10 second event video previews that come included with your Nest Cam and Doorbell

If you miss an alert, check out event video previews with 10-second clips of each event that happened over the past 6 hours.⁴ 

10. Thoughtfully designed to help make installation easier for users upgrading from previous generation Nest Cams and Doorbells.

• The new wired Nest Cam Outdoor (2nd gen) re-uses the existing drilled mounting holes from the previous generation wired Nest Cam Outdoor (1st gen).
• For users that want to plug their camera into an indoor power outlet, the new wired Nest Cam Outdoor (2nd gen) requires a smaller hole to be drilled (9 mm / 3/8 in) in your wall compared to the previous generation wired Nest Cam Outdoor (1st gen) (26 mm / 1 in) and battery powered Nest Cam (13 mm / 1/2 in) when installed with the optional wired power cable.
• The new wired Nest Cam Indoor (3rd gen) re-uses the existing drilled wall mounting holes from the previous generation wired Nest Cam Indoor (2nd gen)
• The new wired Nest Doorbell (3rd gen) is compatible with the Nest Doorbell (2nd gen) backplate, so if you’re upgrading, you can simply swap out the doorbell camera. 

The new wired Nest Cam Outdoor (1 pack $149.99, 2 pack $249.99), Nest Cam Indoor ($99.99), and Nest Doorbell ($179.99, available in the US and Canada only) are available now on Google Store and retailers.

Thanks,

Julie, Product Manager, Google Home & Nest  

¹Requires Google Home Premium Advanced plan (sold separately), Google Home app, Wi-Fi, and internet connection. Features subject to change; available in select countries and languages. Gemini features work independently of Gemini apps. Check responses for accuracy; results may vary. 

²Purchase of Nest Cam Indoor (wired, 3rd gen), Nest Cam Outdoor (wired, 2nd gen) or Nest Doorbell (wired, 3rd gen) comes with a 1-month trial of Google Home Premium from date of offer redemption. Offer available to users 18 years or older only. New users are eligible for a 1-month trial of the Standard or Advanced plan. Current Standard plan subscribers are eligible for a 1-month trial of the Advanced plan. Offer is not available to current Advanced plan subscribers or users currently in a free trial of Google Home Premium. Redeem offer during device setup in the Google Home app or redeem in Settings in the Google Home app or on the Google Store Subscriptions page after device setup. Valid form of payment and Google Account required at signup. Subscription auto-renews, unless previously cancelled, after expiration of trial membership at $10/month or $100/year for Standard plan or $20/month or $200/year for Advanced plan. Cancel anytime. One trial per home at a time. Return of purchased device may result in cancellation of subscription. No refunds for partial billing periods are available, except as required by applicable law. See g.co/nest/tos for full terms.

³Familiar face alerts require Google Home Premium subscription, working Internet and Wi-Fi. Not available in Nest Cams used in Illinois.

⁴Some features, including mobile and browser notifications, remote control, video recording, video streaming and video history, require the Google Home app and working internet and Wi-Fi.