Access your video history anytime through Nest’s cloud-based video recording and storage service. Use this article to learn how to access video history for your cameras in the Nest app.
You can review your video history in the Nest app if you have an older Nest camera or doorbell model set up.
If you have a newer camera or doorbell model set up in the Google Home app only, use the Home app to review video history instead. You can also find recorded events for any Nest camera model you have in the Home app in the Activity Tab.
Find your camera’s video history
- Open the Nest app.
- On the home screen, select your camera.
- Your camera’s video history will appear below the live video stream.
Switch between different views in video history
- In the timeline, you’ll get an activity track that’s marked with activity your camera has picked up.
- In the event history, you’ll get a list of events your camera has picked up.
To switch between these views, tap the Timeline 
Review recorded video
Video history timeline
Whenever your camera detects sound or motion:
- A dot or bar on the activity track highlights when the activity was detected.
- A snapshot of what your camera captured at the beginning of the activity is shown.
Tap any dot, bar, or snapshot in the timeline to jump to the beginning of the recorded event.
- A dot usually means your camera noticed a short event.
- A longer bar means it has noticed an activity over a longer period of time.
- A gray dot or bar means that your camera detected motion or sound outside of your camera’s Activity Zones.
- A colored dot or bar can mean:
- Your camera detected motion in one of its Activity Zones. The color matches the color given to the Activity Zone when it was created.
- Your camera detected sound or motion it thought was important, like a person talking or walking within the camera's range.
Gaps in your video history timeline tell you whether the camera was off, offline, or no activity detected.
- If you have event video history (Standard or Advanced plan of Google Home Premium), it's normal for dark gray gaps to appear in your camera’s timeline between events.
- If you have the Advanced plan of a Google Home Premium subscription, after 10 days you’ll find gaps in your camera’s timeline. This is because the app will remove video that contains no activity, so you’ll only get video clips of activity.
- If you have a 1st gen Nest Aware subscription, you’ll only notice gaps in your camera’s timeline if your camera was turned off or was offline.
Event history
Event history shows you an overview of what your camera has detected, like motion, sound, or doorbell rings. You can easily review what has happened at a glance.
You’ll get a video snapshot, activity name, and time the event occurred.
If you only want to check certain kinds of events, you can set a filter:
- Open the Nest app.
- On the home screen, select your camera.
- If needed, switch from the Timeline
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Tip: The kind of events you can filter depends on the camera you have, the detected activity, and whether you have a Google Home Premium subscription. - Select the types of events you want to get.
- Tap Done. There may be a short delay until events are filtered.
Disable video recording
To disable video recording:
- Open the Nest app
- Select the camera
- Go to Settings
- Scroll down to Video recording and turn it off
Learn about other useful camera options and tips
- From your video history in the Nest app, you can create and save video clips and timelapses.
- You can share the video clips with friends and family on social media. You can also download clips to store them on your computer or send them to anyone in an email.
- Store up to 3 hours of video clips in the clip library of home.nest.com.
appears when you’re reviewing your saved video. Tap it to switch to your camera’s live video stream.
Important: If you don’t see this button, Tap Go live
When the live video stream is on for your camera, you can tap the microphone icon to talk to others near your camera. For more information on how this feature works, refer to Talk and Listen with Nest cameras.
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