Stream from Nest cameras on TV using Chromecast

Quickly see who is at the front door using your TV.

Imagine you are comfortably settled on the sofa and watching the latest episode of your favorite series on Netflix with your children, but someone rings the doorbell, or you hear a noise from the children’s room. If you have a Google Chromecast at home connected to your TV, you don’t have to take out your phone or crane your neck to look at the Nest Hub display— ask Google to show you the feed from your doorbell or security camera right on that TV.

Any compatible security camera from Nest, Arlo, Wyze, Eufy, Netatmo, TP-Link Kasa, and more can be streamed live to the big screen using Chromecast. And starting last month, you can stream video from the new Nest cameras if you have a Chromecast with Google TV.

Below is a list of new Nest cameras you can now use to stream video.

• Nest Doorbell battery *
• Nest Cam (indoor, wired) *
• Nest Cam (outdoor or indoor, battery) *
• Nest Cam with floodlights *
• Nest Cam IQ (indoor and outdoor — now discontinued)
• Nest Doorbell wired (formerly the Nest Hello)
• Nest Cam (indoor, first-gen)

(*Only works via Chromecast with Google TV)

With your cameras and Chromecast enabled, you can easily set up streaming to your TV. First, ensure you connect your camera and Chromecast to the same Wi-Fi network. Then follow these steps.

Add your Chromecast TV to the Google Home app

First, you need to make sure you connect your Chromecast to the same account as your smartphone or tablet.

• Open the Google Home app.
• Find the icon from your Chromecast – it will be in the room you placed it in during setup.
• Tap and hold the icon.
• Click on settings in the upper-right corner.
• Tap on “Recognition & Sharing.”
• If you didn’t connect the device, you would see a banner in the upper part of the screen titled “Enable voice control and more.”
• Tap the banner and follow the instructions to link the Chromecast with Google Home.

However, suppose your device is already connected. In that case, the banner won’t be there, and your email address should be displayed under “Linked account(s),” indicating that your TV is already connected.

Watch video from your video call or security camera on your TV

Using voice commands, you can view a live feed from any compatible security camera or video call directly on your TV.

• Say “OK, Google” or “Hey, Google” to your smart speaker or Google Assistant on your smartphone, and then “followed by [camera name] on [TV or Chromecast device name].”
• On the Chromecast with Google TV, hold down the Assistant button on the remote and say the wake-up phrase “OK, Google” or “Hey, Google,” and then “show [camera name].”
• To stop streaming, say “stop [Chromecast or TV name]” or tap on the “Home” button on the Chromecast on the Google TV remote.