The big smart home manufacturers have been leaking like sieves as of late, giving us juicy early previews of their super-secret upcoming releases. Philips Hue recently fell victim to its own leak that revealed its entire fall product lineup, and now Google appears to have unwittingly shared images of its new Nest cam hardware.
First, a quick recap: Google had already teased—intentionally—a new Gemini smart speaker during its Pixel event a couple of weeks back, and just days ago it promised an upcoming Google Home update on October 1, complete with a partial image of what appears to be a new Nest camera.
Those hints at new Google Home products aren’t the leaks we’re talking about now, though. Instead, it seems Google may have inadvertently left images of its new Nest hardware in the Google Home app following a recent update.
The images, which were spotted by Android Authority and appear to have been subsequently yanked from the app, don’t reveal anything startlingly new about the new Nest cams, aside from the fact that they exist.
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In total, we’re talking three new Nest cams, including a second-generation Nest Cam Outdoor, a third-generation Nest Cam Indoor, and a third-gen Nest Doorbell, all of which are wired models.
Aside from the images themselves, which look nearly identical to the old models, the Google leak also reveals codenames for the cameras. The new Nest Cam Outdoor, for example, is codenamed “lionesa,” according to Android Authority, while the next-gen Nest Cam Indoor has the internal name “ustica” and the Nest Doorbell was dubbed “rhodes.”
Other details about the new Nest cams were previously unearthed by Android Headlines, which said that the cameras will offer 2K resolution, up from 1080p on the previous models. Other new features include “zoom and crop” capabilities, along with expanded three-hour video previews, an hour of local video storage, and a range of new colors.
All our lingering questions about the new Nest hardware should be answered soon, with Google tweeting on X earlier this week that “Gemini is coming to Google Home” and teasing that we should “come back October 1st,” with a link pointing to the Google store.
It’s been four long years since Google refreshed its Nest Cam line, and even longer since we got a new Google Home smart speaker.
Many were left to wonder whether Google was poised to give up on releasing new Nest devices, but Google has been clearly signaling that it’s not done with making its own smart products.
This news story is part of TechHive’s in-depth coverage of the best home security cameras.
