The Nest Cam Outdoor is a $199 camera with an easy-to-install magnetic base

The Nest Cam Outdoor. It's the Nest Cam in a water-resistant case.

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Just a few weeks after getting a new CEO, Nest is launching a new product. Last year the indoor Nest Cam launched for $199, and today Nest is launching its take on an outdoor security camera—the $199 Nest Cam Outdoor.

The Nest Cam Outdoor lines up pretty evenly with the existing Nest Cam: it records 30fps 1080p video, a 130-degree field of view, eight infrared LEDs for night vision, and a speaker and microphone for audio communication. The big difference is that the Nest Cam is now in a "weatherproof" IP65 rated box, which, while not submersible, should survive a rainstorm intact.

The mounting system is all new, too—it's magnetic. Rather than the usual ball and cup attachment, the Nest Cam attaches to the base via a magnet. The base can also be attached to the house magnetically—just slap it onto a metal surface and you're done. If you're not mounting to metal, there's also a screw-in version, but the Nest Cam Outdoor always attaches to the base with magnets.

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