Google may begin adjusting the quality of video recorded by your Nest security cam to help reduce the strain put on broadband networks. The company is making the changes at a time when more individuals than ever are using internet-connected devices in your home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
” To address the international call to focus on web bandwidth for finding out and working, in the next few days we’re going to be making a couple of changes,” Google stated in a declaration to The Brink Nest users on Twitter first reported getting an e-mail from Google revealing the changes.
If you’re in the US and your Nest’s camera quality and bandwidth settings are greater than the default, Google will be rolling those settings back to the default, the business tells The Verge Regardless of what your quality and bandwidth settings are, no other settings on your Nest cam will alter, the company states.
And if you wish to revert your quality and bandwidth settings back to the way you had them before, you can do that, according to Google. That might be something you wish to do if you actively depend on your Nest camera to track what’s going on around your house, as decreased video quality may make it harder for you to construct out what’s happening on your Nest video feed.
If you do not alter your settings after Google lowers the quality, the company plans to roll the settings back to the method you had them before when networks are less swamped with traffic, Google says.
You might likewise see changes with Ambient Mode slideshows from Nest screens, Chromecast, and Cast gadgets– as Google is decreasing the rotation period and the resolution of images in those slideshows globally, the company tells The Brink
Minimizing just how much bandwidth its Nest devices utilize isn’t Google’s very first move to help reduce the quantity of traffic on broadband networks– the business lowered YouTube’s default video quality to basic definition (480 p) on March 24 th. Amazon, Apple, and Netflix have likewise minimized video their quality in Europe to help keep broadband networks working efficiently, while Sony has decreased download speeds for its PlayStation Network in both Europe and the United States.