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April1
Dec 27, 2019Guide
High WiFi consumption
My internet service provider reported that I consumed the total monthly allocated data of 1024 GBytes in December. My activities remained the same, almost similar WiFi devices, same streaming. Only di...
- Dec 28, 2019
Nest aware does constant streaming back to googles servers. The standard features only do it when its activate by live view or motion view.
Here's an article that talks about it. Basically at lowest settings, nest aware uses around 18gb/month/device. Medium is roughly 120gb/month/device and high resolution is 300gb+/device/month. If you also have nest cam IQ it can by 400gb+/device/month.
If you've got 2 devices, that's potentially a lot of data streaming.
https://corpblog.viasat.com/keeping-an-eye-on-the-data-usage-of-all-those-smart-home-devices/
April1
Dec 27, 2019Guide
Yes I’m using Nest Aware for two cams.
plemans
Dec 28, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Nest aware does constant streaming back to googles servers. The standard features only do it when its activate by live view or motion view.
Here's an article that talks about it. Basically at lowest settings, nest aware uses around 18gb/month/device. Medium is roughly 120gb/month/device and high resolution is 300gb+/device/month. If you also have nest cam IQ it can by 400gb+/device/month.
If you've got 2 devices, that's potentially a lot of data streaming.
https://corpblog.viasat.com/keeping-an-eye-on-the-data-usage-of-all-those-smart-home-devices/