Google Home for web: Now comes with camera history, clip downloads, and more

To check out the features before general availability, join Public Preview

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Published onMarch 14, 2024

published onMarch 14, 2024

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Google announced that the company is bringing the most requested camera features to Google Home for web.

The upcoming release will include features like a full camera experience for Nest cameras and doorbells with event and timeline history, the ability to create custom clips to download and share, and picture-in-picture support for live camera views.

With all these features, Google Home for the web will soon be available to the public. However, if you want to try the features early, you can opt-in to the Public Preview.

Nest Cam and Nest Doorbell features

Camera history

Custom clips from your video history

These features will also come to the Google Home mobile app. As of now, the supported devices as mentioned on the Google Nest Community page are:

If you plan to opt-in toPublic Preview Updates, you need to go to the Google Home app, then tap Settings>Public Preview>Join Public Preview. You will be notified once the Public Preview is available and can accept or decline the request.

Here are the features available to try in Public Preview:

Apart from this, in the blog post, Product Manager also mentioned:

Garage door detection is in Public Preview and available in the Google Home app for the US and Canada to users that have a Nest Aware subscription and own a Nest Cam (indoor, wired, 2nd gen) or a Nest Cam (battery) when wired for power. Camera history on the web prior to 3/7/24 may not include audio in events for the first generation Nest Cam Indoor and first generation Nest Cam Outdoor. Events after 3/7/24 will include recorded audio

What are your thoughts on this announcement, and will you be joining the Public Preview, share your opinions in the comments section below.

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