If your camera is using its backup battery, it will honor its maximum video clip length setting.Higher video quality settings and more activity will shorten the amount of time it takes to fill up the internal memory.The Nest Cam (wired), Nest Cam (battery), Nest Doorbell (wired, 2nd gen), and Nest Doorbell (battery) have enough internal memory to store up to one hour of recorded events when they're offline.Here are some more details about how local video storage works when your battery-powered camera or doorbell is offline: However, because they don't have a backup battery, they won't record and save video locally when the power goes out. They can still record video and store it locally when the Wi-Fi or internet goes out, and then upload it to the cloud when reconnected. The Nest Cam (wired) and Nest Doorbell (wired, 2nd gen) save video to local storage a little bit differently. That way, you can still get video of what happened when the Wi-Fi, internet, or power goes out.

To offer backup video storage when they go offline, the Nest Cam (battery) and Nest Doorbell (battery) can continue to record and save events to their internal memory, and then upload the video to the cloud when they reconnect to the Nest service. For example, there could be an issue with your internet service or router, your home could have a power outage, or your camera could be unplugged. But for your camera to upload video to the cloud, it needs to be connected to Wi-Fi and the Nest service.Ĭameras can disconnect for several reasons. Once your camera's video is safely uploaded, you can access it anytime. All Google Nest cameras and doorbells can upload and securely save video in the cloud, where it's protected from theft and damage.

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