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Let's Discuss! - The latest updates from Google Home and Nest

GoogleNestTeam — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 18:08:01 GMT

Hey everyone!

If you haven't, check out the latest blog for new details about all things Google Home and Nest, including new automations and starters, Thermostat updates, home panel on Android 14 and so much more!

Let us know what you think in the comments below - what are you excited for the most, how will these changes make your home more helpful, any great ideas for routines and automations? We'd love to hear it!

Thanks,

The Google Nest Team

Re: Let's Discuss! - The latest updates from Google Home and Nest

Durango807 — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 18:57:08 GMT

I'm not seeing the AI scripting assistant. I'm in Canada, is this a US only thing for now?

Re: Let's Discuss! - The latest updates from Google Home and Nest

Durango807 — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 18:59:43 GMT

Also, glad to see things improving especially with more starters. I'd really like to see NFC tags as a starter option. It's much more convenient than talking with google assistant for frequent routines.

Also I haven't played with the scripting yet but having conditions like set the lights to 40% brightness (IF they are higher than 40%) would be great.

Re: Let's Discuss! - The latest updates from Google Home and Nest

OpethNJ — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 20:19:11 GMT

I would be surprised if it is actually live yet.

" Available later this year in Public Preview, “help me script” gives you a starting point for coding more personalized automations."

Taken from this article on Oct 3: https://blog.google/products/google-nest/google-home-custom-routines-ai/

Re: Let's Discuss! - The latest updates from Google Home and Nest

Durango807 — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 20:34:45 GMT

Ahh I see. Thanks for the info.

Re: Let's Discuss! - The latest updates from Google Home and Nest

ViciousNarwhal — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 21:25:15 GMT

So, will the Nest Camera script run before I let someone into the house? Someday I'd really like to be able to see the person that rang my Nest Doorbell on my Nest Hub Max in a reasonable amount of time. If I wait for it, then the person will likely be gone. Note that I have GB symmetrical fiber Internet and great ping times to Google, so bandwidth should not be an issue.

Re: Let's Discuss! - The latest updates from Google Home and Nest

OpethNJ — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 21:42:27 GMT

@ViciousNarwhal wrote:
So, will the Nest Camera script run before I let someone into the house? Someday I'd really like to be able to see the person that rang my Nest Doorbell on my Nest Hub Max in a reasonable amount of time. If I wait for it, then the person will likely be gone. Note that I have GB symmetrical fiber Internet and great ping times to Google, so bandwidth should not be an issue.

That sucks you are having that experience but that is not indicative of the whole product line I am sure. Assuming you have ethernet in that topology somewhere I am not saying you arent having some layers 2-7 issues since I am sure you have already eliminated layer 1.

I on the other hand have something to totally different with the Nest Battery so Nest to Home via 802.11.
Within 3 seconds , most , of someone ringing the doorbell I have the video stream presented on my 3 Nest Hub v2 displays and notification on my phone.

Re: Let's Discuss! - The latest updates from Google Home and Nest

NOLANest504 — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 21:55:41 GMT

Updates are always great, however is anyone at Google paying attention to all the unhappy Philips Hue lighting users suddenly losing their lighting scenes in Google Home Automations? According to personal troubleshooting and following several threads, no one has found a resolution or workaround. Moving automation setup out of Assistant and over to Google Home took some time to figure out also. Can anyone spare us the time and frustration and be more up front about significant changes that might affect users daily automations and their beloved “works with” home items?

Re: Let's Discuss! - The latest updates from Google Home and Nest

MR-QPR1991 — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 08:48:46 GMT

Great to see updates and new features but can we get more news on support for your older products.

Cameras

Smoke alarms

Thermostat

Also will you be fixing the issue with the sound on the camera preview. Internet is littered with this problem and not being fixed. Tech support just ignoring you when it's brought up.

When viewing your nest cameras in the Google home app the volume control believes that your in a phone call. And the sound is coming out the earpiece.

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DuckPaint — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 10:21:42 GMT

When are you going to support Latin American countries? I want to take full advantage of my nest, but I can’t from Argentina.

Re: Let's Discuss! - The latest updates from Google Home and Nest

AbedO — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 12:15:47 GMT

I see Help Me Script is available for some already, with blogs even having reviewed the feature, but it does not appear to be available to me in the US. Is there a timeline for roll out? Would love to give this a try.

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ViciousNarwhal — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 15:13:12 GMT

I have a Nest Doorbell, Nest Outdoor Cam (non-battery), and a Nest Outdoor Cam battery. I have issues with the entire line. The battery cam is the worst as I've tried the solar panels, and currently even have it plugged in, and still it runs out of charge every month.

I've really tried to make these work well, but I never get an image on my Nest Hubs in a reasonable amount of time. All cams have excellent connectivity to my Unifi wifi network. They always seem to be sluggish and under-powered. Not to mention lack of configurability compared to competitors.

Bad zone notifications like a car drives by that generates a shadow in a zone, so it alerts to motion. Or a light turns on/off, and it senses that as motion. So many false alarms that it becomes useless.

Face detection is a complete waste. I've tried curtailing the images of my family and it misidentifies people more often than correct.

Then there's the UI that is all over the place with promises from Google to fix for years. Do I manage something in the Nest app or Home app. What can or can't I do/manage over the web? Give me one app and website where I can manage ALL of my Google/Nest settings and capabilities, but I have no hope that this will ever happen. Google is just waiting to be able to EOL the old devices and then they'll shut down support for them.

I really used to be a Google fan, but they've really lost the enthusiast/techie capabilities they used to build.

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PhilB8 — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 21:51:03 GMT

Same from Brazil. Was hopnig to test 'help me script' but no luck.

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S0ulmusic — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 23:38:08 GMT

Hey, I would like to be able to control the heat link that came with the Nest Thermostat separately to the temperature that it shows. That is, I want to be able to use the heating link to tell the boiler to turn ON/OFF based on the input of other devices. Is that something that it likely to come along ?

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remmiz — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 03:21:29 GMT

Can we please at least get feature parity with the old Nest app and website? It's been years and we are all sick of having to switch between them.

Re: Let's Discuss! - The latest updates from Google Home and Nest

AbedO — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 13:46:23 GMT

Looks like Help Me Script is available to me as of today, looking forward to trying it!

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wordsdk — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 12:13:21 GMT

Looking forward to give it a try when it's becomes available in Denmark

Re: Let's Discuss! - The latest updates from Google Home and Nest

TweetyWasHere — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 21:06:35 GMT

I've got the help me function. Nice to generate some simple examples, but it's not that good that it can make complex automations.

Re: Let's Discuss! - The latest updates from Google Home and Nest

Parin — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 23:51:23 GMT

Ever since this update dropped, I can no longer being able to broadcast my own voice to my Nest speakers. Was this change intentional? I have seen multiple threads regarding this issue.

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7006808200 — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 08:04:54 GMT

I'm unable to connect Google nest with phone wifi