Security is becoming more and more relevant these days, both in terms of online security,
as well as physical security.
And it's good to see that new technologies like high resolution home security cameras
like the Nest IQ are more acessible than ever.
The Nest IQ is the latest camera released by Nest, and has some notable new features
compared to the previous Nest Cam, and Nest Cam Outdoor.
But are these new features enough to justify the current price tag of $300, both in terms
of getting your first security camera, or upgrading a current Nest cam.
Obviously that's something you'll have to decide for yourself, but hopefully this video
will help.
First of all, let's quickly take a look at the physical design of the new Nest Cam IQ.
It's much bigger than the regular Nest Cam, with a form factor pretty much the same as
the more recent Outdoor Nest Cam, except for the mounting stand.
The IQ's stand is not removable, though it does have a threaded mount on the bottom.
The stand is adjustable on two axis, so you can tilt it up and down almost a full 180
degrees on the Y axis, and rotate it on the Z axis.
But you cannot tilt it sideways on the X axis.
This might only be a problem if you're mounting it on a wall, because if you want to point
it at an area not directly in front of it, the view of the camera will have to be tilted.
So I'm not sure why they didn't just make the stand removable so you can use your own
mount if you want.
Or just include a magnetic mount like on the Nest Cam Outdoor.
But now let's talk about the most important thing, the image quality.
One of the major selling points of the IQ is that it has an upgraded 4K sensor, for
more detailed video especially when zooming, as well as the ability to distinguish between
different human faces, for so called "Person Alerts".
But does that better sensor make a difference?
Well, not really.
You see even though the camera has a 4K sensor, it doesn't record 4K video.
Wait a minute, you might ask, then what's the point?
Exactly.
I assume what's happening is the camera captures the raw 4K video, and uses that to process
facial recognition, but the 4K video never leaves the camera.
It's downsampled to 1080p, just like the other Nest Cams, and streamed that way.
So yes, because the video is supersampled from 4K, it is slightly sharper, which means
you can zoom in a little bit further.
But you're still just zooming in on a better 1080p video, which is extremely compressed
anyway.
Now yes, I think it is really dumb, but even if I don't agree, I do know why they did this.
It's all about bandwidth.
Like I mentioned, all the Nest cams stream the video in a highly compressed format.
The regular nest, at Maximum quality, only has a bitrate of 1.2 megabits per second,
and the IQ has a slightly higher 2 megabits per second.
Even for 1080p resolution, those bitrates are extremely low if you compare them to say,
a video you record with your phone.
But they have to be, because even at that low bitrate, that's 300 to 400 Gigabytes a
month of bandwidth.
And as I've said in other videos, resolution means nothing if it's not backed up by a higher
bitrate, because otherwise you're not getting any more actual video data.
So for it to even make sense to offer 4K video streaming, they'd probably have to quadrupal
the bitrate, meaning you'd be using up terbaytes of bandwidth a month.
For someone with a slow internet plan, or a data cap, it's just not feasible.
However, I really wish they would at least offer the option to stream at higher quality
for those of us who can handle it, even if it means paying more for the cloud storage.
So the question becomes, if the actual output video isn't that much higher quality, then
why did they bother making this camera?
Because really the only extra ability at this point it offers is facial detection, which
if I'm correct, is not possible on older cameras because they don't have the high resolution
raw video to work with.
I will say that the face detection seems to actually work OK.
It's at least able to pick out faces, but for a while it might think the same person
is multiple people if it sees you from different angles.
And I think this feature can actually be useful for certain cases.
For example, if you have a multi-person household, you don't need to get a notification every
times it sees a person when you're not home, because it's probably just a family member.
But you don't want to disable notifications altogether, in case someone breaks in or something.
With person alerts, you could just get a notification if it sees someone it doesn't think it recognizes.
Whether it's someone breaking in, or your kids having friends over while you're at work,
you'd probably want to know about both.
So you can probably imagine a few situations where having facial detection is good, where
it's expected that trusted people will be going through any monitored area, and you
only care if it's someone you don't know.
Just be careful if your TV is in the camera's view, because every time a person was on the
screen, it thought it was a new person.
So you can exclude that from your zones.
Also, the Nest IQ has a feature called "SuperSight", where if you're looking on your phone, it
will zoom in on the part of the video where it sees a face.
It's a nice idea, but it still just uses the same resolution video.
I wish they would take advantage of the 4K sensor, and at least take still images at
the full resolution.
That could be a compromise that allows them to use low bandwidth video, but capture high
resolution images where it might be important.
Two more things I need to go over are the night vision quality, and the "HDR" claim.
With night time video, the IQ also uses infrared lights on the front, and it seems to be about
the same as the regular nest, both for the brightness of the LEDs, and the video quality.
The night video quality is almost indistinguishable, with the IQ having just barely a sharper picture.
As for the "HDR", I was expecting that to just be a BS buzzword, but the IQ does actually
seem to have a significantly better dynamic range than the regular nest.
I think they're using the term HDR very generously here, but I guess they just wanted to be able
to say it's better than the regular one.
You'll see here in the same scene, there are very bright windows, and an open door leading
into a dark bedroom.
While the windows are still blown out on the IQ, you can actually see into the dark room
a bit including the outline of some paintings on the wall, whereas on the regular nest cam,
it's completely black besides the bed.
So I'll say the HDR claim holds up.
Alright, so now that we know all the capabilities of the Nest Cam IQ, we can consider the question,
is it worth it.
And that depends on whether you already have a regular nest cam or not.
If you already have a nest cam, I definitely think it's not worth the upgrade.
You'd be paying $300 basically just for the facial recognition notifications, because
again, the video quality is almost the same, despite the improved sensor.
If you don't have a nest cam already, and you're choosing between this and the regular
one, I'd still be hesitant to suggest the IQ.
On Amazon, the current price of the regular cam is $166, nearly HALF the price.
I just don't think this camera's features can justify paying so much more.
So my overall verdict is that the Nest IQ is really disappointing.
The 4K sensor is wasted being used on highly compressed, low resolution video, and the
facial recognition feature is only marginally better than normal notifications.
Now if the price tag doesn't bother you, and you absolutely must have that extra bit of
video quality no matter how small, sure, go with the IQ.
But otherwise, save yourself a bunch of money and go with a regular nest cam.
Or even use the money you would have spent on a second camera, like the Outdoor cam,
which is the same price as the regular cam.
So that's all I have to say about the Nest Cam IQ.
You guys can let me know what you think down in the comments.
If you agree, disagree, or if it helped you make a decision, I'd love to hear about it.
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But anyway, thanks for watching guys, I'll see you next time, have a good one.
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