How To Install Nest Indoor Camera

How to mountain your Nest Cam Indoor

You tin can place Google Nest Cam Indoor on a horizontal surface using the stand on its own, or you can install the camera on some other surface using the magnet or the mounting plate. Here are some tips for each option.

Here'south what you'll be doing in this series of articles to gear up your photographic camera:

Add your camera to the Nest app
Place or mountain your photographic camera -Yous are here
Get started using your camera

After you lot've prepare your Nest Cam with the Nest app, yous're set to start thinking about how you want to mount it.

Important: Nest Cam Indoor is installed very differently than Google Nest Cam Outdoor.

3 ways to mount your photographic camera

Everyone has different needs, and each home has a dissimilar layout, so nosotros designed Nest Cam Indoor to be easily installed just most anywhere and to confront any management.

There are three different ways you tin install your Nest Cam Indoor (each is detailed in the sections below):

Simply place it on a horizontal surface like a shelf.
Employ the magnetic base to attach it to a metal surface.
Install the metal plate to mountain your photographic camera on a wall, ceiling or any non-magnetic surface.

The camera stand gives you the perfect angle

No matter which method you choose, Nest Cam's versatile stand helps you point it exactly where y'all want.

The stand pivots astern and forward with a 180° range of motion. So, for example, you tin mountain Nest Cam Indoor up high and pivot the stand downward to be able to see the room.

The camera itself can rotate a total 360° in the stand, and if you accept a Nest Cam (not a Dropcam), the stand can also rotate 360° effectually. That way, if you lot need to mountain your camera at an bending, you can twist the camera and the stand up to straighten the image.

You tin even install the camera on a ceiling, upside down, and take the epitome rotate 180º in the camera settings to make certain information technology looks great when viewing the video in the app.

Before you brainstorm

Make certain you've gear up upwardly your Nest Cam Indoor with the Nest app before yous mountain it. Or, if you demand to, set it up with a Mac or Windows computer instead.
Need help deciding on a location for your camera? Here are some tips to help you selection a good spot:

Tips for camera placement

How to protect your Nest Cam and its video from theft
Remove the stickers on your Nest Cam's lens and on the bottom of the stand up. They're only in that location for protection during shipping and installation.
Review the Safety Guidelines for mounting your camera. Follow these guidelines to avoid adventure of heating and burns, chance of fire and shock, and risk of other serious injury.

Important: Nest Cam Indoor is installed very differently than Nest Cam Outdoor.

Mount your camera

When yous're ready, choose how y'all want to mount your photographic camera.

How to identify your photographic camera on a flat horizontal surface
How to adhere your photographic camera to a metal surface
How to install your camera on a wall or ceiling with the mounting plate

How to place your camera on a flat horizontal surface

You can put Nest Cam Indoor on a shelf, countertop or tabular array.
You don't demand the included metallic mounting plate for this
option. Just set it down and check its video stream with the
Nest app.

If your camera can't connect to Wi-Fi, or if the video stream is
interrupted, you lot might need to pick some other location where the
signal is stronger. Even a few inches can brand a difference.

Observe more Wi-Fi troubleshooting suggestions in the post-obit
commodity:

Troubleshoot Nest Cam disconnected or offline

To larn more than nigh your camera and customize its settings, check some suggestions for side by side steps.

How to attach your camera to a metallic surface

There's a powerful rare earth magnet at the bottom of Nest Cam Indoor'due south stand, so information technology volition securely attach itself to metallic surfaces. Yous don't need to drill holes or use the metal mounting plate to exercise this.

Only attach Nest Cam Indoor to a refrigerator, a file cabinet, or other metal surface. We practice not recommend attaching the camera to a estimator or electronics every bit this could potentially lead to damage.

Then check your camera'south video stream with the Nest app. If your camera can't connect to Wi-Fi, or if the video stream is interrupted, you might need to pick another location where the signal is stronger. Even a few inches tin can make a difference.

Notice more Wi-Fi troubleshooting suggestions in the post-obit article:

Troubleshoot Nest Cam asunder or offline

If you lot'd like to explore some of your photographic camera'southward features, check some suggestions for next steps.

How to install your camera on a wall or ceiling with the mounting plate

If y'all don't have a metal surface that the magnetic base can adhere to, y'all can install the camera's metal mounting plate on a wall or even the ceiling. Then, yous tin stick your Nest Cam to the plate and rotate information technology to get the prototype you desire.

Make certain the location you've picked is close enough to a wall outlet. Try belongings the photographic camera where you want it with the power cable and adapter plugged in. You should have a little slack simply in case.

Check your Wi-Fi coverage past viewing your camera'due south video stream with the Nest app.

If the camera can't connect to Wi-Fi, or if the video stream is interrupted, yous might need to pick another location where the signal is stronger. Fifty-fifty a few inches can make a departure.

Find more Wi-Fi troubleshooting suggestions in the following article:

Troubleshoot Nest Cam asunder or offline
In one case your photographic camera is successfully streaming video, it's time to install the mounting plate. Hold the plate against the wall, ceiling, or other surface, and screw it in. Make sure the cable clip points in the direction you want the cord to go. The screws are cocky-tapping, then they'll install easily in drywall, woods, and plaster without drilling a hole. If you lot need to drill into hard materials like concrete or masonry, apply wall anchors which are available at your local hardware shop.

Important: If yous need to drill holes, drill only one to start with. Place the mounting plate on the wall and then that the hole you drilled lines up with one of the slots on the plate. Drill the other two holes using the slots equally a guide. This will help all the holes line upwards with the slots.
If you used a drill to put in the screws, hand tighten them with a screwdriver. This will ensure a secure installation and help prevent over-tightening and possible damage to your walls or ceiling.

Stick your Nest Cam to the mounting plate. The rare world magnet will hold your Nest Cam securely, even if you install information technology on the ceiling.

Important: The rare earth magnet is very strong. Make certain to watch your fingers when attaching the mounting plate to avoid injury.

Check your photographic camera's view by looking at its live stream in the Nest app, and adjust the position if you need to. You can as well flip the view in the Nest app if information technology's completely upside down.

Ready to explore some other things your camera tin can exercise? Bank check some suggestions for next steps.

If y'all ever want to movement your Nest Cam to a new location, exist certain to also modify its location with the Nest app.

Here'southward what you'll be doing in this serial of articles to prepare your camera: