topic Re: Control camera push notifications with routines in Cameras and Doorbells

Control camera push notifications with routines

JSul — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 17:34:04 GMT

Problem: Without the ability to effectively automate notifications (ie on/off for time of day, familiar faces, etc), Nest Cams are just broken.

This question has been asked many (!) times over the years and never answered or solved. With the introduction of routines, I thought I would ask it again:

How can I automate notifications for my nest cameras so that I am (loudly) notified of activity at night, but not disturbed by notifications during the day?

In other words, how can I create a (custom?) action in routines that will turn push notifications on/off at certain times of day?

Thanks!

Re: Control camera push notifications with routines

JSul — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 17:28:17 GMT

Here's how to do it with a (much cheaper) Arlo camera:

https://kb.arlo.com/4900/How-can-I-set-a-schedule-for-my-camera-in-my-Arlo-account

Re: Control camera push notifications with routines

JSul — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 17:43:09 GMT

A sample of people who have asked this question in these forums over the past two years :

@MasterOfObvious, @Munso120, @Atellwanger, @MHK98, @Visadpatel, @slatcher12, @LouieChopSuey @Spaghetti69, @M_Dancer, @Nesty123

Re: Control camera push notifications with routines

JSul — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 17:43:35 GMT

More users who have asked this question:

@RK22, @BDemps, @Greg42, @caldjeff, @Skafte @BenEd, @jednyc

Re: Control camera push notifications with routines

JSul — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:01:33 GMT

More users who have asked this question:

@DonaldoBFreddin, @MplsCustomer, @TR5, @AustinO, @dchok, @Connor-, @CN0814, @Jpablob, @Troy3, @Millertime

Re: Control camera push notifications with routines

JSul — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:02:35 GMT

Still more users who have asked this question over the years:

@jhworley @sirfabio80, @RW2, @NestMan1

Re: Control camera push notifications with routines

JSul — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:04:51 GMT

Don't forget to send feedback in the Home App about this. It's so past time this was fixed!

Re: Control camera push notifications with routines

EmersonB — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 22:29:13 GMT

Hello JSul,

Thanks for reaching out here in the Community. We know how important this is for you. Well take note of it and ensure that we'll learn from your experience as we continually improve our products and service. Rest assured that we'll take this as feedback. We'll learn from this to deliver a better process and experience in the future. We’d suggest you send feedback using this link to let the Google Engineering team know about your concern. While they won't respond directly back to you, this is the best way to let them know about this. Please let us know if you have other questions or concerns.

Regards,

Emerson

Re: Control camera push notifications with routines

JSul — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 02:52:52 GMT

Hi Emerson. Do you know why this feature hasn't been implemented yet? It seems to have been possible to do this in the previous Nest app and it seems to be some a pretty basic use for the cameras. I mean do most people with these cameras get spammed all day with notifications from their camera every time their kids cross in front of it, or do they just turn off the notifications (and never be notified if someone is in their backyard)? I honestly don't understand how the smart human and facial identification functionality is useful at all if you can't fine tune notifications. Can you explain how this is supposed to work?

Re: Control camera push notifications with routines

JSul — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 02:54:10 GMT

It has also been getting requested for years and years. It's not as though it's at all complicated to implement...

Re: Control camera push notifications with routines

Lance_L — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 01:17:58 GMT

Hi JSul,

We hear you. While we don’t have any timelines to share, rest assured that 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 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 don'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 for the help, Emerson.

Regards,

Lance