Google Finally Gives Nest Camera Owners The News They’ve Been Waiting For – SlashGear

The company is expanding Matter support to the app’s iOS version, starting with the release of iOS 16.5 in the coming weeks. Users will soon be able to set up their Matter-certified devices with their iPhones, and will no longer be limited to using the Samsung SmartThings or Apple Home apps for setting up Matter and Works with Google Home-cleared smart home devices.

On the functional side, the Google Home app also gets a new Favorites tab that lets users bundle some of their most frequently used devices in a dedicated cluster. While this sounds convenient in itself, the Favorites tab will be the first thing users see when they launch the app. Notably, the Favorites tab will also show a live feed of the Nest cameras, which means users will no longer have to perform multiple taps and scroll pages to access the live camera view.

Google also enhanced the pace of certain Nest camera tasks, such as a 34% speed boost at launching the camera feed and a 22% improvement at finding the camera clips. Talking about clips, the updated Google app also introduces new event labels divided across categories like person, animal, vehicle, and delivery, among others. All the actionable notifications get a new home in the Inbox area, while the Activity Tab now hosts all events and the camera history sorted chronologically.