Learn about Supersight close-up tracking

When Close-up tracking view is active, you’ll see a small picture-in-picture window appear in the bottom right corner of your camera’s video stream. The small window shows the camera’s full view, while the large main window will show the close-up of the person.

When you have a Google Nest Aware subscription, what you see in your video history depends on what device you’re using:

• On a phone or tablet
  You’ll see the zoomed in view if a person was detected. This is for easier viewing on a smaller screen.
• On a computer
  You’ll see the full video frame even if a person was detected. This is so you can see everything on your computer’s large screen.

All video in your camera’s video history will be saved in full frame. So it won’t be zoomed in, even if Close-up tracking view is enabled and a person was detected by your camera. This is so you have the complete picture and the highest resolution video saved in storage. While you’re watching video with the Nest app, you can manually zoom in and out at any point.

When you create a video clip, it will be saved in full frame. So if you want to manually zoom in for a closer look at a specific part of your clip, download it, then play it in an app that supports zooming in. One example of an app that supports zooming in is VLC Media Player (Mac, Windows, iOS, Android).