Caporegime
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@Psycho Sonny
I was actually going to ask a niche question. You might be able to help
Does the nest camera system have the ability to turn on at certain times, send alerts and detect animals?
I ask as I'd love to be able to remotely check on my chickens. And be alerted if there's a fox detected at night. Or check remotely during the day they are OK.
A fox could easy get in at night but if I got an alarm on my phone I could easily go out and prevent disaster in time.
This is especially important for holidays.
This is very niche. But with the doorbell would make it worth the subscription.
There is a schedule function. As well as home and away function. As in as soon as you leave the home cameras go on and as you come home they turn off.
I have this off and leave them recording 24/7 though.
Schedule function I have neve rused but I imagine this is what it says on the tin and what you are looking for.
There is no animal or pet detection unfortunately. There is parcel detection and people detection as well as motion detection and activity zones.
I have set a zone to cover my driveway for example. If anyone steps foot on my property I get an alert. I have had cats set this off I'm sure. But it was just a standard zone alert rather than a specific alert.
The subscription will do what's needed. If you get the outdoor camera or doorbell both have speakers so you can speak or make noise to maybe deter a fox but in that situation I'd hope they are well secured if you won't be at a home I don't see how knowing a fox is there if you are 1000 miles away is helpful tbh.
But the cameras can do what you need them to do with a subscription. Set up an activity zone and a schedule and you are good to go.