topic Re: Nest doorbell ring themes in Cameras and Doorbells

Nest doorbell ring themes

tdwrathbone — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 20:48:47 GMT

Any chance ring themes will become permanent? Cause they should be.

Re: Nest doorbell ring themes

Rubes — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 04:15:07 GMT

For now it’s just the standard ring. Around Halloween and Christmas new themes become temporarily available for the seasons and then are removed afterwards.

Re: Nest doorbell ring themes

harharvar — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 05:36:23 GMT

How do you even get your doorbell to “ring”? I am lost

Re: Nest doorbell ring themes

tdwrathbone — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 10:39:09 GMT

Under the settings in the app there is an option that appears to change the ring for the season. It hasn't appeared yet.

We wired our doorbell into the existing doorbell wiring and chime in the house. We also have the hub in the kitchen that makes a tone and shows the video when someone rings the bell.

Re: Nest doorbell ring themes

Burrhead514 — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 15:54:56 GMT

I would also like to see the themes available permanently. It makes for a nice conversation piece year round with different themes applied... Not sure why this can't be done instead of "seasonally".

Please supply an answer to this question.

Re: Nest doorbell ring themes

Rubes — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 02:11:59 GMT

Well the Halloween themes are very Halloween-ish. It would be very unusual to have a witches laugh in something like July!

Re: Nest doorbell ring themes

tdwrathbone — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 02:16:17 GMT

Not if you owned a haunted theme house! I just know that my sister in law has a door bell that has multiple different themes and rings available year round much like ringtones on your phone. This should be a feature on the nest doorbell.

Re: Nest doorbell ring themes

Rubes — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 11:39:49 GMT

I suppose you’re right if you owned a haunted themed house! That would be pretty cool actually.

Based on recent info, it seems as if the Nest Hello (battery) will be getting some kind of additional ring options beyond the seasonal themes. Not sure why the wired version is being cut out but at least a variety of tones does seem to be coming to the battery version.

Re: Nest doorbell ring themes

DM93 — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 14:30:00 GMT

The seasonal ringtones are not available for older doorbells just the latest version, thanks google way to keep your customers happy.

Re: Nest doorbell ring themes

Rubes — Sun, 03 Oct 2021 04:55:54 GMT

That is not entirely accurate.

The seasonal themes such as Halloween and Christmas are available to all Nest Hello devices. For example, my Hello is from 2018 and the current Halloween theme works perfectly.

That being said, there are new ringtones coming that are exclusive to the Nest Hello (battery). Those tones will not be available on the current wired doorbells. This may change in the future but limiting the new ringtones seems to be a tactic to encourage users to purchase the battery version.

But the seasonal themes work fine regardless of doorbell model.

Re: Nest doorbell ring themes

DM93 — Sun, 03 Oct 2021 12:11:15 GMT

you must be one of the lucky ones because myself and many others have installed the latest update and selected spooky sounds and we still get the default ringtone read comments on Reddit about it so no they don’t work on everyone’s.

Re: Nest doorbell ring themes

Rubes — Sun, 03 Oct 2021 13:52:13 GMT

As the “spooky sounds” selection seems to be listed in your settings, that indicates the theme is available to you. For it not currently working, that’s a separate issue. But the option is there to be selected.

Can you post what steps have been taken to attempt to fix it? I can post a few options but I don’t want to be repetitive if you’ve already attempted them.

Re: Nest doorbell ring themes

Brad — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 18:42:16 GMT

Hey folks,

Just checking in to see if you still needed help with this issue. Please let me know!

Best Regards,

Brad.

P.S Thank you for all of your help, Rubes! I sincerely appreciate you!

Re: Nest doorbell ring themes

GarrettDS — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 19:47:59 GMT

Hey folks,
It looks like we haven't heard back from the OP so I'm going to go ahead and lock the thread. If you have any further questions or concerns, feel free to create a new thread.

Have a great day,
Garrett DS