







Just a few weeks after getting a new CEO, Nest is launching a new product. Last year the indoor Nest Cam launched for $199, and today Nest is launching its take on an outdoor security camera—the $199 Nest Cam Outdoor.

The Nest Cam Outdoor lines up pretty evenly with the existing Nest Cam: it records 30fps 1080p video, a 130-degree field of view, eight infrared LEDs for night vision, and a speaker and microphone for audio communication. The big difference is that the Nest Cam is now in a "weatherproof" IP65 rated box, which, while not submersible, should survive a rainstorm intact.

The mounting system is all new, too—it's magnetic. Rather than the usual ball and cup attachment, the Nest Cam attaches to the base via a magnet. The base can also be attached to the house magnetically—just slap it onto a metal surface and you're done. If you're not mounting to metal, there's also a screw-in version, but the Nest Cam Outdoor always attaches to the base with magnets.

For the data connection there is no Ethernet option—you just connect the camera to your Wi-Fi. Power arrives via a 25-foot power cord, which Nest suggests you screw into the outside of your wall, plug into an outdoor power outlet, and paint. The magnetic base attachment potentially makes the Nest Cam Outdoor very easy to steal, but Nest claims the screwed-in, permanently attached power cord will prevent people from walking away with your $200 camera.

Like the Indoor Nest Cam, if you want to record video you'll have to pay Nest a subscription fee every month for the "Nest Aware" cloud service. 10 days' worth of video history costs $10 a month for the first camera and $5 a month for each additional camera. 30 days of video history is $30 a month for the first camera and $15 a month for each additional camera.

Like any good Alphabet company, Nest is using machine learning to enable "Person detection" in the cloud. If you pay for Nest Aware, the Nest app will alert you when the camera sees something that looks like a person, rather than just any motion.

The Nest Cam Outdoor will ship sometime this fall. It's available for pre-order now at Nest.com and Best Buy.