The Nest Cam IQ lets you ‘zoom, enhance’ like a CSI detective

How is a burglar supposed to get viral fame when your security camera can’t properly zoom in on his face? Luckily, you can now treat him to the Nest Cam IQ (£299, out late June), which has a 4K sensor and some impressive directing skills. It doesn’t break your home network by recording or streaming in 4K. Instead, the disarmingly cute Cam IQ uses the extra resolution and HDR to crop in on fine details that would otherwise be a pixelated blur. Okay, it can’t quite pick out reflections in his eyeball, but face recognition and ‘supersight’ let it follow your intruder around a room, helping him star in his personal Home Alone movie (minus the swinging paint cans).

Mark Wilson Features editor

About

Mark's first review for Stuff was the Nokia N-Gage in 2004. Luckily, his career lasted a little longer than the taco phone, and he's been trying to figure out how gadgets fit back into their boxes ever since. While his 'Extreme Mark Wilson' persona was retired following a Microsoft skydiving incident, this means he can often be spotted in the wilds of South West London testing action cams, drones and smartwatches, and occasionally cursing at them.

Areas of expertise

Smart home tech, cameras, wearables and obscure gadgets from the early 2000s.