Last month, Nest unveiled two new products that could make your home a whole lot safer: a redesigned Protect smoke alarm and a new wireless Nest Cam home security camera. Both quickly debuted in the US and now, they're both available in the UK too. The new £159 camera is clearly based on Dropcam -- the startup that Nest acquired last year for $555 million. The new hardware comes with some useful improvements though, such as a sleeker design and a magnetic base that's easier to set up around the home. It also shoots in full HD (1080p) and uses eight infrared LEDs to record and detect motion after dark. You can check the camera's live feed from your phone and "soon" Nest will launch its Aware cloud service (£8 per month) so you can review anything from the last 30 days.
The second-gen Protect, meanwhile, is slightly smaller and curvier than its predecessor, with a new "split-spectrum sensor" that better detects both fast and slow-spreading fires. There's also deeper integration with the Nest companion app, which lets you silence deafening alarms remotely and test the device's various speakers and sensors. Just like the previous model, all of this will set you back £89 online and in stores.
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Source: Nest Cam, Protect (UK)
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