Walmart’s affordable Google Home camera is a no-brainer at $10 sale price

Andrew Romero | Dec 1 2025 - 1:05 pm PT

The beauty of Google Home is that it mixes together a lot of great smart home tech into one app, but there’s always been a clear disconnect in cameras. If you have a Nest camera and another brand, for instance, the Nest camera is always going to work better. That’s why the reveal of Google’s partnership with Walmart for affordable smart home hardware was pretty exciting, and why the discounts have been irresistible.

Walmart’s Onn brand includes a huge mish-mash of tech products, but the retailer has certainly struck a chord in working with Google. Walmart’s Google TV streaming devices are among the best deal in streaming – if not the best deal – and now that’s extending over to cameras.

The Walmart Onn Indoor Wired Camera is exactly what’s on the label, an indoor security camera. But this “Works with Google Home” camera is different from the others you’ve seen in that, instead of just showing up in the Home app, it’s entirely powered by the Home app.

Unboxing the Onn camera is nothing all that special. The packaging is simple and in the box you just get a power cable (USB-C), power brick (USB-A), quick start manual, and an optional wall mount with some screws.

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The camera hardware itself is also really simple. The camera sits on a posable arm above a base which can spin around. The base has a mounting area underneath and a spot to route the cable. While I wish there was a bit more heft here to keep it in place on a table – it probably weighs about 60% as much as the Nest Cam Indoor – I can’t complain at all for $23, and there’s even less room for complaint when it’s on sale.

Once plugged in, the camera is set up fully through Google Home. There’s no Onn app needed. Interestingly, Google is using Matter to some extent for setup here. As it stands, Matter doesn’t technically do anything with cameras, so I’m not sure what the smart home standard is being used for.

That said, the setup process is almost exactly like a Nest Cam, and it ties into Google Home Premium (formerly Nest Aware) for cloud storage. There is no local storage, as is pretty common in these dirt-cheap security cameras, but I personally argue that Google’s cloud storage plans are the better option in the long run. Not only are you getting these new AI features, but the cost doesn’t change as you add more cameras. It just costs $10/month (or $100/year), which is cheaper than a lot of others, too. You do get 3 hours of event-based video history for free, though, which is better than nothing.

Setup is a breeze and runs through Google Home in a matter of minutes. A card pops up when an Android device is in range during the initial boot. From there, the process is as simple as hitting “next” a few times. There may be an update to install, but that doesn’t add much time to the process. My colleague Ben Schoon has run into a wall with this camera on his network, though. For whatever reason, the camera simply doesn’t work with his Ubiquiti gear, but it worked just fine on my Nest WiFi setup. If you’ve seen similar issues, let us know in the comments below.

Picture quality is remarkably good, especially considering this camera retails for only $23 at Walmart. When it’s on sale – it is right now – it can get as low as $10, which is truly insane. It’s a perfect indoor camera option when spaces aren’t large enough to warrant 2K video. At 1080p, this does just fine.

Building out a smart home in Google Home never needed to be expensive, but the security end of it always has been, just because the only real option is Nest, and prices there start at $99. For certain places where a camera is convenient but not mission-critical, that’s a high price to pay. But a $23 Walmart camera with all the same Google Home features and integration? And now it’s on sale for $10? Instant buy.

I think Google’s decision to open up Home to more cameras is a great one, and I can’t wait to see what’s next. I’m hoping we’ll see more unique form factors and even more price points. There’s certainly room for say, a 4K camera priced up at or even above Google’s options. Something like an outdoor camera to compete with Wyze and other brands out there.

This Walmart setup proves that cameras in Google Home are finally affordable – open the floodgates!

Walmart Onn Camera – $10