topic Re: Doorbell nitification to only one speaker/device in Cameras and Doorbells

Doorbell nitification to only one speaker/device

Cgilly1 — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 00:41:06 GMT

Hello everyone, I just setup my Google doorbell (Battery) and it's great so far. Getting notifications like normal on both phone and Google devices throughout the house.

My question:

I noticed when someone presses the doorbell, the notification rings on every single speaker connected. I really only want the notification to go to my Google hub, because that is where I can view the video from and quickly respond. Right now it does go through the hub, but also broadcasts to every speaker and there seems to be a lot of delay. I also work from home so do not want the notification inside certain rooms, and we have a speaker outdoors so do not want to bother the neighbors.

Please let me know if that makes sense, and if you have insight it would be appreciated!

Re: Doorbell nitification to only one speaker/device

EmptyNester — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 01:57:20 GMT

Hi Cgilly1, I'm and end user. If you search on this user forum you will see a lot of people have been asking for this for over 8 months. So far Google has not provided a way to do this. One thing you can do is go into the app and select your doorbell and hit the SETTINGS gear icon and you should see a FEEDBACK option. This is the best place to send your request in so that the google developers see it. They do not actually participate much in this user forum. Another popular request is to get alerts on the HUB when someone walks by and doesn't actually push the button. Right now you can only do that on your phone or tablet.

Re: Doorbell nitification to only one speaker/device

John24 — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 05:39:10 GMT

Any solution to this yet? I was about to get a Nest Doorbell but this is a major flaw.

Re: Doorbell nitification to only one speaker/device

janthadeus — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 23:04:31 GMT

Hi John24,

Thanks for reaching out. If you have multiple speakers, you can create another home structure and set up your Nest Mini devices separately from the Nest Hub and Nest Doorbell (battery). In doing so, every time someone rings your doorbell only your Nest Hub will activate its visitor announcement.

I hope that answers your question.

Thanks,

Re: Doorbell nitification to only one speaker/device

John24 — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 23:12:16 GMT

I actually thought about that but that defeats being on the Google ecosystem. In example, being able to see who is at the door with my phone since it’s logged into a different account. So no, not an acceptable solution.

Re: Doorbell nitification to only one speaker/device

janthadeus — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 02:19:08 GMT

Hey there,

We hear you. Our team is working hard to deliver the best experience for our users — we'll take this as feedback. Keep an 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.

Best,