Nest

Nest

Lifestyle
3.8
18.5M+ Downloads
"Your home in your hand"

About this app

At Google Nest, we make products that are beautiful, helpful and easy to use. The Nest app is no exception.

Control your Nest thermostat, arm and disarm your Nest Secure alarm system, see your home with Nest Cam, and get an alert if Nest Protect goes off – all in one place. And receive notifications on your Android phone or tablet.

Nest uses sensors, algorithms, and the location of your phone to do the right thing automatically, turning off the heat and turning on the camera when you leave. Forget to set the alarm? It will notice, and send you a Remind Me alert.

Nest Learning Thermostat and Nest Thermostat E

Thermostats that program themselves to help you save energy.

- Change the temperature from the subway or the sofa using your phone.
- See how much energy you used, and why.
- View and edit your schedule.
- Get extreme temperature alerts before your home gets too cold.

Nest Secure alarm system

- Arm and disarm your home remotely from the app.
- Receive a Remind Me alert if you leave home and forget to set the alarm.
- Receive a security alert on your phone telling you what triggered the alarm – a door or window opening, or someone entering a room.

Nest Protect

The smoke and carbon monoxide alarm that thinks, speaks, and alerts your phone.

- Get an alert if Nest Protect senses smoke or carbon monoxide. (Requires Wi-Fi and a working internet connection.)
- Silence an alarm from your phone with App Silence. (Nest Protect 2nd gen only.)
- See the status of your batteries, sensors, and Wi-Fi connection.
- Run a Safety Checkup to test all your alarms at once. (Nest Protect 2nd gen only.)
- See your Safety History so you know when alerts happened and why.

Nest Cam IQ Indoor and Outdoor, Nest Cam Indoor, Nest Cam Outdoor, and Dropcam

The security cameras that let you see your home on your phone, inside and out.

- Get alerts when there’s activity, and talk back to get someone’s attention.
- See what you missed with snapshots of the last three hours.
- Check in 24/7 with crisp 1080p HD video (Nest Cam and Dropcam Pro only).
- Get person alerts (or familiar face alerts with Nest Cam IQ) and up to 30 days of video history when you subscribe to Nest Aware. (Subscription service sold separately.)

Nest Hello

Know who’s knocking.

- 24/7 video streaming means you’ll never miss a moment.
- Designed to show you everything at your doorstep – people head to toe, or packages on the ground.
- Knows the difference between a person and a thing.
- Notifies you about visitors, even if they don’t ring the bell.
- HD Talk and Listen lets you have a seamless conversation with someone at your door.
- When you can’t answer the door, quick responses let you reply to visitors with prerecorded audio messages.

Nest x Yale Lock

The lock for a more secure connected home.

- Instead of sharing keys, assign passcodes to people you trust in the Nest app.
- Get an alert when someone locks or unlocks the door.
- With Home/Away Assist and Auto-Lock, your door can lock itself when you leave.

Some features require a working internet connection, Wi-Fi, and/or Bluetooth.

App Info

Version
5.88.0.2
Updated on
Aug 17, 2026
Size
Requires Android
9
Package ID
com.nest.android
Installs
18.5M+
Category
Lifestyle

What's New

Bug fixes and enhancements

App Permissions

  • Identity
    • find accounts on the device
  • Contacts
    • find accounts on the device
    • read your contacts
  • Location
    • approximate location (network-based)
    • precise location (GPS and network-based)
  • Photos/Media/Files
    • read the contents of your USB storage
    • modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
  • Storage
    • read the contents of your USB storage
    • modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
  • Camera
    • take pictures and videos
  • Microphone
    • record audio
  • Wi-Fi connection information
    • view Wi-Fi connections
  • Other
    • receive data from Internet
    • view network connections
    • pair with Bluetooth devices
    • access Bluetooth settings
    • change network connectivity
    • connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
    • full network access
    • control Near Field Communication
    • run at startup
    • control vibration
    • prevent device from sleeping

Ratings and Reviews

3.8
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Thomas Dembie
Oct 27, 2026

app stuck spinning. can't get to the main screen to add a product. therefore cant use the product.

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Milton Anderson
Oct 27, 2026

Still trying to add another cell phone

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Dawn McClure
Oct 27, 2026

The Nest is horrible, it has a mind of its own. It repeatedly changes the temperature that I set it to, to something else. It is so unreliable that I need to turn it completely off when I go out of town. It is not uncommon for it to raise the temperature 10⁰ higher than I set it for.

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L A
Oct 26, 2026

Extremely buggy lately. Some commands sent get aced upon later, overriding commands sent subsequently. Android app Will spontaneously sign out, then if you force close and relaunch it, it will bypass. App will take changes and not send them, and again a force close then works. App needs rework with new Android versions, but it's still more functional than Google Home.

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Sandra McKenzie
Oct 26, 2026

Cameras are clear when they decide to work. Not often at all. It was purchased not only for security but to see who's coming on your property. Works maybe one day out of a week.

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Matthew Hughes
Oct 26, 2026

works now and again and for some reason it just stops responding to the app even though it says connected it won't turn the heating on or off

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