Watch Cam for Nest Cam

iOS 18 update: Really hoping you’re able to update to the new style widgets, since iOS 18 doesn’t support the old style widgets! I’ve really come to rely on the camera views in my Today screen.—————-Original/years ago review, five stars: IT ACTUALLY DOES WHAT IT SAYS! Dropcam/Nest camera viewing on my (series two) Apple Watch. The camera widget for the phone is just a bonus - I’ve kept waiting for Nest to add camera support for the watch, and was thrilled to find a third party app filling that void. (And doing so well.)

This may only be my second app review ever? I’m not sure, but this one is worth it. This app is so convenient that I should have given it these five stars back when I first installed it. Being able to check my Nest camera feeds on my watch is very convenient and was the whole reason I downloaded it in the first place. What I did NOT anticipate was how useful the widget would be. Being able to simply swipe from my Home Screen and instantly see my four top cameras is legitimately a game changer. I used that function more than my watch or the Google Home app itself. Unfortunately sometime in the last few months something broke. I think it was most likely due to an iOS update, but I’m not sure. Whatever it was, the widget now fails to load the camera feeds and is depressingly empty. I’ve tried limiting it to a single feed, uninstalling/reinstalling, even adding and removing cameras but nothing has helped. Is this something that is fixable? Thank you for a great app!EDIT:The developer emailed me two days after my review with some suggestions regarding ways to possibly fix my issues. After multiple emails back and forth, he actually sent me a link to download and test some of his upcoming updates. The build I am using currently does not fully restore the old functionality (a problem I already suspected was on Apple’s end due to the timing of the feature breaking), but is a fantastic partial fix. I am very satisfied with this app and COMPLETELY happy with my interactions with the designer. Thank you Marko!

The app works just as I had hoped it would. I am able to see a live stream on my Apple Watch and the last event. When I purchased the the app the last event option would not display on my phone or watch. I contacted the developer and he worked with me for multiple days trying to get to the root cause. He never gave up and even offered me a refund. I declined his offer to refund because I knew his app worked due to a friend who has the app. He contacted Nest for me and I sent him some information that Nest asked for. The next day there’s a software update for my Nest app. And Nest had fixed the problem on there end. I do not leave many reviews but I really wanted to somehow thank the developer for being so diligent on getting this to work for me. I wish all developers were like the gentleman who created this app. I would not hesitate to purchase an app from this developer!