topic Nest Cam schedule on/off with routine or scripts in Cameras and Doorbells

Nest Cam schedule on/off with routine or scripts

Pachamama — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 01:46:15 GMT

How can I automate turning on/off my Nest cameras at specific times. It seems that I can only automate when I switch between home or away but this is seriously lacking. There are routines such as Bedtime and Good Morning that can be triggered on a specific time but there is no action available to turn on/off the camera. There is an option to turn on/off the light but not camera. It seems like such an easy feature to add so I am wondering when this feature will be available. I see other people asking for this such as the following thread. So please add useful functionality to the product.

https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Cameras-and-Doorbells/Turn-nest-cam-on-and-off-with-routines/td-p/87209

Re: Nest Cam schedule on/off with routine or scripts

MplsCustomer — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 16:10:16 GMT

@Pachamama

Unfortunately, the newer Google Nest cameras and doorbells work ONLY in the Google Home app and NOT in the Google Nest app (or on the home.nest.com website), where there is a "Scheduling" option.

Re: Nest Cam schedule on/off with routine or scripts

Pachamama — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 18:59:27 GMT

I understand that the cameras work with the Google Home App. This is where I am looking for Google to add the functionality. If I can turn on/off the camera with the Home/Away routines, it certaily should be possible to have them turned on/off with the Bedtime/Morning routines. This way it could be scheduled at specific times of day. It seems like the framework is there, it should not be that hard for the Google developers to add this functionality and it seems like people are asking for it. I see so many complaints that the Google Home App is lacking this functionality.

Re: Nest Cam schedule on/off with routine or scripts

aatienza — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 16:21:54 GMT

Hey folks,

We hear you. Our team is working hard to deliver the best experience for our users — we'll take this as feedback. Keep your eye on the Google Nest Community page https://goo.gle/2JvnMRy for any updates. Please let me know if you have other questions or concerns as I will be locking this in 24 hours if I won't hear back from you again. Feel free to start a new thread and we'll be happy to help.

Check out this link on how to file feedback.

Thanks,

Archie