Watch Cam for Nest Cam 4+

Nest Cameras on Your Watch

Marko Radakovic

Designed for iPad

    • £2.99
    • Offers In-App Purchases

Description

This app lets you see your Nest Cams live feeds on your Apple Watch, and control the cameras with Siri.

Apple Watch, Nest Cam, and Siri together. What a sight!

The app has Siri Voice shortcuts, and they can be used to set your home into Away or Home state using Siri on your Watch or iPhone, as well as to display the live feeds from your cameras.

The app supports Apple Watch LTE, and can work when the iPhone is not around - as long as the watch itself has internet access (either LTE or WiFi).

The app is fully functional with an initial purchase. The in-app purchases are used only for giving a tip to the developer.

Watch Cam lets you monitor all your Nest Cams from the Apple Watch or the iOS Widget.
• From the watch face, tap on the Watch Cam complication to open the app. Swipe left and right to view life feeds from all your Nest Cams.
• One of the watch complications shows you the snapshot from the camera of your choice, right on the watch face. The snapshot updates periodically all on its own, so you'll have a recent view of your camera any time you look at the watch. Useful when waiting for that package to arrive.
• On your iOS device you can swipe to the widget panel to see what's on all of your cameras.
• View the continuously updated Live Feed from the camera in the watch app, the iOS widget, or the iOS app. The feed updates with a new image approximately every second on the iOS and two seconds on the Watch - may be faster or slower, depending on your network speed.
• Use the digital crown on the Watch to zoom in and out, or tap the screen to toggle zoom levels.
• Use the pinch gesture on the camera views in the iOS app to zoom in and out. Single tap toggles the zoom level in the iOS app and the iOS widget.
• Turn the device to landscape mode to increase the camera views sizes.
• Double tap on the Live Feed view in the iOS app or the widget to launch the Nest app.
• Set Geofence around your home to reliably set the Home and Away state when you come and go.

Watch Face Complications can display the following:
• Snapshot from the camera of your choice that updates periodically.
• Status of all the cameras - if the camera icon is green, it means that all your cameras are online and streaming. If it's dimmed, it means that some cameras are off.

You can long-press the Watch screen for additional functions, like setting the home/away status, or turning the camera streaming on and off.

While the app's minimalist looks betray the simplicity of its operation, what they don't show is the amount of planning, design, development and refinement that went into it, ensuring it becomes something that is enjoyable to use and experience.

Please Note: Watch Cam does not collect any of your data. Your login information, camera feeds, and any activity - all of it flows exclusively between your devices and Nest. Author of Watch Cam does not receive any of it, at any point.
This app and its developer are unaffiliated with Google Inc. or Google Nest. Nest is a trademark of Google Inc.

What’s New

Version 8.7

• Support for Gen 2 Doorbell.
• Full screen support for Apple Watch Ultra.

Ratings and Reviews

3.6 out of 5
11 Ratings

11 Ratings

Toejams64 ,

Live Feed

Still having problems switching to Live Feed.

Developer Response ,

Hi Toejams64. Please check if the event dismiss feature I introduced in version 2.8 has solved this issue for you. When you have an event, switch over to the live feed. This will dismiss the event, so next time you open the app, it will default to the live feed. Does that make it show the feed successfully? If not, please try simply restarting your phone and the watch, but wait a bit before starting the Watch Cam app on your watch for the first time after the watch restart. Another thing you can try is: Uninstall the app from the watch, when it uninstalls, wait about 30 seconds before re-installing it. And then when it installs, wait about 30 seconds again before launching it the first time. Let me know if any of this worked.

welshonemillion ,

Excellent app

I spent quite a long time trying around five other web cam streaming / baby camera apps in order to monitor an elderly relative who has dementia.

I needed an app that would work on both iOS on my iPhone and which would also work on my Apple Watch 3 LTE so I can check on my relative easily when I don’t have immediate access to my phone.

This is the most consistent, stable app I have found for streaming live video (around 1 frame per second or 1 frame per two seconds) to the Apple Watch and I’m pleased to say it works for my purposes perfectly - it’s exactly what I had been looking for.

I found setting up the Watch Cam app quick and easy. The app needs a Nest Cam to work and this was also easy for me to set up.

In my opinion the investment in both camera and app is well worth it.

I had a couple of questions to ask Marko regarding the app’s functionality before and after setting up which I emailed to him - he got back to me straight away and is extremely helpful.

Excellent app - very cool. Thanks Marko!

Mataniels ,

Perfect!

Had to uninstall and reinstall to get the app on the watch but now it’s up and running I love it.

Developer Response ,

Hi stewdy. Try just restarting your watch and the phone at the same time. The app should then appear available for the watch, and probably will install itself automatically. There’s sometimes a desync between devices that causes this, but restart of both almost always fixes it. If you continue having a problem, contact me at marconelly@gmail.com

App Privacy

The developer, Marko Radakovic, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

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