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I would like to share a nest camera link, password protected, but, I cannot make this happen..

JohnF
Community Specialist
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Original poster: Naul Manthe 

 

When I follow the instructions posted by Nest / Google, I end up with a circular reference. Has anyone figured this out?
 
It seems like the software has changed but the instructions have not kept up?
 
Here is the message I am getting when I follow instructions for Camera Sharing (I want to get a link to share but cannot get to a link to share!):
Not shared
Only family account members can see your camera’s video.
Get a link you can use to share your camera’s live video stream. Video History and Clips won’t be shared. Family account members can always see this camera.
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JohnF
Community Specialist
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Hey there Naul Manthe, 
Sorry for the late response, but I wanted to hop in here to make sure you got some help. Sorry to hear about the troubles when sharing your camera, I know this can be confusing but I'm happy to help. 
 
I was able to find this article that walks you through how to share with family. Keep in mind that both people will need to be migrated to the same app in order to share. 
 
Please let me know if you have any further questions or concerns. 


-from Garrett DS(Community Specialist)

SimonJ
Community Member

Like the original poster here I cannot figure out how to share a public video feed of either an Indoor IQ (2020) or a Nest Cam Battery 2021. @JohnF the article you shared does not help, see below.

INDOOR IQ

This article  says that it's possible to share a public feed of the Indoor IQ video from a computer and that there should be a button to click called "Camera sharing" (step 3)  in the Nest app (home.nest.com). However there is no button called Camera sharing instead there's just a section with the same name (not clickable) and no button. I am using Mac OS 11.6.1 with Google Chrome Version 95.0.4638.69 (Official Build) (x86_64). I've also tried in the latest version of Safari. The 'Camera sharing' section of the Settings panel says the following: 

"Camera sharing
Not shared

Only family account members can see your camera’s video.

Get a link you can use to share your camera’s live video stream. Video History and Clips won’t be shared. Family account members can always see this camera.

Learn more"

Here is a screenshot of my settings page with the Camera sharing section visible. https://photos.app.goo.gl/nRZd6jZHxpv9ihQu7

The only thing that is clickable is the Learn More link which takes me to the help article I shared above. So I don't see how to share the feed?

My indoor IQ has software: 4820010 and the Model is Nest Cam IQ (in the settings page of nest app)

 

Nest Cam (battery) 2021

Obviously this camera doesn't appera in the Nest app (BOOO). So when i look at it in the Google Home app and play around in settings I cannot see a way to share it's public feed. Is it possible? How do i do it?

 

Thanks in advance.

neojester22
Community Member

So even though Google tells you that they are migrating Nest accounts to Google Home if you want to share the camera feeds to a Google Home Family Member each family member has to also create an account with Nest. Then Google will figure out that you added them to Google Home and give them access. 

Txzaza
Community Member

Google is screwing the pooch with the Google Home migration stuff…..  horrible experience…. Way too many competitors and other options….  

Karie
Community Member

computers were move around. At some point I lost the direct contact to the nest camera group but I can sign in through google. Then I lost the direct link to the same group of cameras on my iPhone. My husbands is still intact. 🤷‍♀️ I’ve tried to set up family sharing but things aren’t fixed. Maybe reboot?