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Google Nest Cam (battery) version sharing live video difficulties

April1992
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So I searched how I can make the google nest cam live video be viewed by my family members. Google says I need to create a family group and add them, so I did but still the nest cam is not appearing in their google home app. It says in their google home app, "Whenever a family member adds a device it will appear here" but the nest cam I have added is not showing. The other option that google suggested is logging in to home.nest.com and from there I can find the sharing in the settings. Now I am in the home.nest.com and I see "Home" the plus sign and "Add product." So I clicked Add product then chose Nest Cam, but I can’t see Nest Cam (battery) in the next option so I chose Nest Cam Outdoor. The next interface says, "Use your computer to setup your camera." So I connected the Nest Cam to my computer using its own cord which is USB to pins something, it wasn’t usb-c so I thought is this even a data cable? It only charges the Nest Cam and my computer does not detect it. Eventually the only option my sister was able to view the live video in her phone was when she logged in my google account in her phone. I don’t have problem with that but we still want to have access to the live video without having my personal account being shared to multiple devices. My brother’s suggested that I make a new google account where we can all share but is that really how google home should be managed? I already have so many things set up in my personal account and it’s so tedious to organize it again in a new account. Please help. I just wanted them to have access.

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MplsCustomer
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@April1992 

I'm not sure what you mean by a "family group".

All you should have to do is to invite your family members to your Google Nest "home". They need to have a personal gmail account. Once they accept the invite they should be able to log into the Google Home app using their gmail account and have complete access to everything in your Google Nest "home".

One disadvantage is that all members have complete access to everything in your Google Nest "home".

https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9155535?hl=en&sjid=3952892941433874368-NC#zippy=%2Cinvi...

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MplsCustomer
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@April1992 

I'm not sure what you mean by a "family group".

All you should have to do is to invite your family members to your Google Nest "home". They need to have a personal gmail account. Once they accept the invite they should be able to log into the Google Home app using their gmail account and have complete access to everything in your Google Nest "home".

One disadvantage is that all members have complete access to everything in your Google Nest "home".

https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9155535?hl=en&sjid=3952892941433874368-NC#zippy=%2Cinvi...