Latest Nest smart home reviews, previews and hands-on features from Pocket-lint

4.0 stars Nest Hello review: At last, a video doorbell to take on Ring By Britta O'Boyle 17 July 2018

A competitor to the Ring video doorbell is finally available in the UK. Say hello to the Nest Hello.Nest claims Hello is the first video doorbell able to both detect people and offer facial recognition, but its features aren't limited to just letting... Read more

4.0 stars Nest Cam IQ Outdoor review: Outside security camera gets smarter By Adrian Willings 23 April 2018

The Nest Cam IQ Outdoor is a version of the company's Nest Cam IQ smart home camera designed for the outside world, ideal to help keep a secure eye on your property. It's also the update for the original Nest Cam Outdoor. Nest Cam Outdoor review: Secure... Read more

Nest Secure preview: A simple, sophisticated alarm system By Britta O'Boyle 21 September 2017

Nest announced a range of new devices at its big event in September, including the Hello video doorbell and a new alarm system called Secure.The Nest Secure alarm system is made up of three main devices that work in tandem together, comprising the Nest... Read more

4.0 stars Nest Cam IQ review: Great home security lacks an intelligent asking price By Cam Bunton 19 July 2017

The personal home security market is on the up, thanks to reduced costs and size of components required to make it all work. Now, we no longer need a dedicated room to setup recorders and monitors, all we need is a small camera and an internet connection.That's... Read more

4.0 stars Nest Cam Outdoor review: Secure enough as a security camera? By Adrian Willings 17 January 2017

Nest has made the move from indoor security, to offering all-seeing protection for the outside of your home. Say hello to the Nest Cam Outdoor.Boasting some of the same features as its indoor Nest Cam sibling, the outdoor version is touted as offering... Read more

4.0 stars Nest 3.0 review: The smartest thermostat just got smarter By Mike Lowe 15 March 2016

We had Nest 3.0, the smart learning thermostat, installed at the tail-end of 2015, replacing the 2.0 model installed in the summer of 2014. Since then it's been sensing and learning our heating habits. Good job, as the wintry cold spell has really stuck... Read more

4.0 stars Nest Cam review: The next level in home security? By Mike Lowe 15 March 2016

Wi-Fi based home security camera options are everywhere at the moment, with the Google-owned Nest Cam not the first product with its foot in the door, so to speak. We've already seen Withings Home, Netatmo Welcome and Panasonic Nubo to name but a few.Nest... Read more

4.0 stars Nest Protect review By Stuart Miles 27 December 2013

Nest, known in the United States for its intelligent thermostat system that can be controlled via your iPhone, has launched an intelligent smoke and CO2 detector called Nest Protect.We've installed one in the Pocket-lint office to see if a smoke detector... Read more

Nest learning thermostat pictures and hands-on By Paul Lamkin 17 January 2012

Thermostats are dull aren't they? But they do control half of the money that you fork out every year on energy, so it pays to have a good one. And by good one we, of course, mean one that looks like HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey.Unlike HAL though, the... Read more