Google’s Nest floodlight camera is a solid $70 off right now

If you’re looking for a nice discount on a great outdoor smart home camera right now (and you don’t mind Google’s ecosystem), look no further than the Google Nest Cam with floodlight. It’s on sale for $209 ($70 off) at Amazon or $209.99 at Best Buy. It’s possible that it may dip to an even lower price during Black Friday / Amazon Prime Day, but today’s deal is a good value if you’re currently sprucing up the homestead with a bit of security in mind.

The Nest floodlight brightly illuminates your yard, driveway, or walk-up when it detects motion and syncs up with the Google Home app to show captured clips of the activity. It supports 1080p video with night vision, two-way audio for communicating with people outside, and IP54-rated weather resistance. Its fanciest features — like recognizing familiar faces or 24/7 recording — are locked behind subscription tiers, but even if you don’t pay a monthly fee, you can get notifications to your phone when it sees a person, vehicle, or animal and save any clip logged within the last three hours. You can even set up designated zones to trigger your notifications and recordings, so you’re not pestered every time a car passes by.