Google
has
announced
that
in
the
next
few
days, Nest Cam
users
will
finally
be
able to
view
and
download
recorded
clips
and
scroll
through
their
event
timeline
on
its
new
home.google.com
web
portal.
While
you’ve
been
able
to
view
livestreams
from
here,
if
you
want
to
see
what
happened
earlier,
you
need
to
go
to
the
Google
Home
app.
The
company
also
says
it's
bringing
the
ability
to
create
custom
clips
from
recorded
footage
both
on
the
web
and
in
the
app,
finally
bringing
the
full
functionality
of
its
Nest
cameras
to
its
own
platform.
These
features
will
require
a Nest Aware
subscription,
starting
at
$8
a
month.
Google
first
promised
to
bring
a
web
view
to
its
cameras
in
2021,
but
it
didn’t
materialize
until
2022.
Then,
it
was
limited
to
live
view,
was
only
for
newer
Google
Nest
cams,
and
you
had
to
sign
up
for
Google’s
public
preview.
Now
the
interface
is
coming
out
of
public
preview
and
is
available
to
everyone
(although
the
preview
will
still
exist
as
a
way
to
try
out
new
features
such
as
Garage
Door
detection
before
their
full
rollout,
you
can
opt
in
here).
Older
Nest
Cam
users
(pre-2021)
could
view
live
and
recorded
footage
at
home.nest.com,
but
only
see
a
live
view
in
Google’s
interface.
In
either
case,
users
could
still
access
the
Nest
app
or
Google
Home
app
to
see
clips
and
download
them.
If
you
have
both
vintages
of
Nest
cams,
you
are
likely
still
switching
between
the
two
apps
and
two
web
portals.
While
you
can
view
livestreams
from
all
cameras
in
the
Google
Home
app,
the
recorded
footage
for
older
Nest
Cams
can
only
be
found
in
the
Nest
app,
and
you
can’t
use
the
newer
ones
in
the
Nest
app.
This
is
both
confusing
and
annoying.
Now,
Nest
Cam
users
will
be
able
to
take
advantage
of
both
a
larger
screen
and
enhanced
clip-making
options.
It's
not
clear
which
older
Nest
cams
will
work
(we’ve
reached
out
to
Google
for
clarification),
but
it
is
likely
all
the
newer
Google
Nest
Cams
and
the
older
Nest
Cams
that
have
been
transferred
to
the
Google
Home
app.
Picture-in-picture
viewing
is
also
slated
for
Google
Home
for
web.
Additionally,
the
blog
post
says
that
the
custom
clips
feature
—
which
lets
you
pick
a
start
and
end
time
from
any
recording
and
turn
it
into
a
clip
—
will
roll
out
in
the
next
few
weeks
both
on
the
web
and
in
the
Google
Home
app.
It
will
come
to
Nest
Cam
(indoor,
wired,
second
gen),
Nest
Cam
(outdoor
or
indoor,
battery),
Nest
Cam
with
Floodlight,
Nest
Doorbell
(wired,
second
gen),
Nest
Doorbell
(battery),
and
Nest
Cam
Indoor
(first
gen)
and
Nest
Cam
Outdoor
(first
gen).
With
every
improvement
to
the
Google
Home
app,
including
its
web
interface,
we’re
moving
closer
to
the
death
of
the
Nest
app.
Now,
arguably,
the
only
thing
still
keeping
the
app
alive
is
that
it's
the
only
way
to
set
up
and
control
a
Google
Nest
Protect
smoke
alarm.
(Originally posted by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy)
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