Watch Cam for Nest Cam
Here's my second Nest app, where I've tackled another one of their devices that I believe deserves the wrist treatment. As far as I know, there are no Apple Watch apps (or iOS Widgets) that provide Nest Camera monitoring, so I hope that fellow Nest users will find it useful. To cut to the chase, here's what the app offers:
• Monitor all your Nest Cams on your watch - just swipe left and right to access them.
• For each of the cameras, you can see the video clip of the last recorded event, or the current snapshot.
• For each camera, if there are events less than 1h old, app will show the event first. Otherwise, the current snapshot will be shown (You can at any point switch between the event and the snapshot).
• The app displays how much time has passed since the last event in an easily glanceable format (eg. "12 minutes ago", "3 days ago")
• Force-touch menu allows for switching between the event/current snapshot view, setting the Away state, as well as turning the camera streaming on and off.
• Again, much like Thermo Watch, this app can work even with the phone not being present, as long as your watch is within a known Wi-Fi network.
Modular Watch Face Complications can display the following:
• The time since the last recorded event from any of the cameras, and the location where it was recorded. So for example, if you have three cameras, no matter which one of them records the most recent event, that's the event for which the time and the location will be shown on the complication.
• Status of all the available cameras - if the camera icon on the complication is bright green, it means that all your cameras are online and streaming. If it is dimmed green, it means that some cameras are offline or not streaming. If it's dark grey, all cameras are offline or not streaming.
Other kinds of Watch Face Complications can only display the time since the last event.
iOS Widget offers all of the watch app features, plus the following:
• Tapping on the Event clip in the widget will launch the Nest app, and deep-link right into that event.
• Tapping on the Current Snapshot view in the widget will launch the Nest app, and display the respective camera.
Please note that due to the vertical size restriction imposed by the system to the iOS widget, the widget can only display up to three cameras.
Much like with Thermo Watch, I strived to make an app that's not just useful, but that also feels high quality, responsive, and stable. I tried to make user interactions as streamlined as possible - for example, the video clip of the recorded event just plays as soon as it loads, with the rest of the interface unobscured - there's no "Play" button to press to start, no "Done" button to return from the video clip, or anything like that.
Nest's QA department has reviewed, and approved it, and it will be featured on their website in the partnership program "Works With Nest".
The app is $2.99. I assume the crossover of Nest Cam and Apple Watch owners makes this a pretty niche app, so I hope that people who need it, won't mind paying a few dollars for it. Much like with Thermo Watch, I've spent a ton of time making it, and making sure it works right. This time also, the iOS widget is included right from the start, making the app available to any iOS device owner.
You can get it here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/watch-cam-for-nest-cam/id1151579375?ls=1&mt=8
You can also get it as a part of the "Nest Bundle" where, if you already own Thermo Watch, you can complete the bundle and get the Watch Cam for probably just $1 or maybe even for free (I'm not sure how the bundle completion pricing works).
You can see some more about the app here, and read the privacy policy (in short, I don't ever have any access to any of your login info, camera feeds, or usage data): http://watchcam.wixsite.com/home
Here's my second Nest app, where I've tackled another one of their devices that I believe deserves the wrist treatment. As far as I know, there are no Apple Watch apps (or iOS Widgets) that provide Nest Camera monitoring, so I hope that fellow Nest users will find it useful. To cut to the chase, here's what the app offers:
• Monitor all your Nest Cams on your watch - just swipe left and right to access them.
• For each of the cameras, you can see the video clip of the last recorded event, or the current snapshot.
• For each camera, if there are events less than 1h old, app will show the event first. Otherwise, the current snapshot will be shown (You can at any point switch between the event and the snapshot).
• The app displays how much time has passed since the last event in an easily glanceable format (eg. "12 minutes ago", "3 days ago")
• Force-touch menu allows for switching between the event/current snapshot view, setting the Away state, as well as turning the camera streaming on and off.
• Again, much like Thermo Watch, this app can work even with the phone not being present, as long as your watch is within a known Wi-Fi network.
Modular Watch Face Complications can display the following:
• The time since the last recorded event from any of the cameras, and the location where it was recorded. So for example, if you have three cameras, no matter which one of them records the most recent event, that's the event for which the time and the location will be shown on the complication.
• Status of all the available cameras - if the camera icon on the complication is bright green, it means that all your cameras are online and streaming. If it is dimmed green, it means that some cameras are offline or not streaming. If it's dark grey, all cameras are offline or not streaming.
Other kinds of Watch Face Complications can only display the time since the last event.
iOS Widget offers all of the watch app features, plus the following:
• Tapping on the Event clip in the widget will launch the Nest app, and deep-link right into that event.
• Tapping on the Current Snapshot view in the widget will launch the Nest app, and display the respective camera.
Please note that due to the vertical size restriction imposed by the system to the iOS widget, the widget can only display up to three cameras.
Much like with Thermo Watch, I strived to make an app that's not just useful, but that also feels high quality, responsive, and stable. I tried to make user interactions as streamlined as possible - for example, the video clip of the recorded event just plays as soon as it loads, with the rest of the interface unobscured - there's no "Play" button to press to start, no "Done" button to return from the video clip, or anything like that.
Nest's QA department has reviewed, and approved it, and it will be featured on their website in the partnership program "Works With Nest".
The app is $2.99. I assume the crossover of Nest Cam and Apple Watch owners makes this a pretty niche app, so I hope that people who need it, won't mind paying a few dollars for it. Much like with Thermo Watch, I've spent a ton of time making it, and making sure it works right. This time also, the iOS widget is included right from the start, making the app available to any iOS device owner.
You can get it here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/watch-cam-for-nest-cam/id1151579375?ls=1&mt=8
You can also get it as a part of the "Nest Bundle" where, if you already own Thermo Watch, you can complete the bundle and get the Watch Cam for probably just $1 or maybe even for free (I'm not sure how the bundle completion pricing works).
You can see some more about the app here, and read the privacy policy (in short, I don't ever have any access to any of your login info, camera feeds, or usage data): http://watchcam.wixsite.com/home
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