topic Re: Nest Audio Automation in Home Automation

Nest Audio Automation

RosiesLaundry — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:41:01 GMT

I have one nest hub and four speakers. I want them to play music starting at 6 am to 10pm but I'm not home at either of those times. It needs to active regardless if I'm home or not. How can I set this up?

Re: Nest Audio Automation

SmartHomeH-TAGS — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 19:04:23 GMT

In Automations there is an Action called "Play and control media"

I've never had music play for that length of time, but I would probably use the radio instead of a music playlist as it might stop after all the songs have been played.

Alternative from Personal Automations you could use a Daylong Automation and reset the music to be played at different times throughout the day.

A Daylong message pops up at the bottom of the screen after "Personal Automations" has been selected.

To have music played on multiple speakers simultaneously (I've never done this either) I would think you'd need to use a Custom command (Try adding your own) with a mention of the speaker group name included.

Re: Nest Audio Automation

RosiesLaundry — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:36:14 GMT

Thanks for all that information. I'll look into that. The problem I seem to have is the system turning off when I leave. It won't keep playing, nor will commands work without my presence.

Re: Nest Audio Automation

SmartHomeH-TAGS — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 06:20:20 GMT

That's why I suggested a Daylong Automation as you can repeat the commands at regular intervals.

Re: Nest Audio Automation

RG13 — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:05:34 GMT

Bonjour, si tu utilises les scripts YAML de Google home preview, il faut que tu ajoutes : "conditions:
# Condition 1: Le mode de la maison est "Absent"
- type: home.state.HomePresence
state: homePresenceMode
is: HOME"

Re: Nest Audio Automation

RosiesLaundry — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 23:45:53 GMT

Unfortunately I don't know Google home preview YAML scripts. Maybe that would help.

Re: Nest Audio Automation

CarbonUK — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 21:48:04 GMT

This is how I would do it...

1: Create a speaker group in the Google Home app that includes your desired speakers/devices.

2: Create a Spotify playlist and set the options to shuffle, repeat and auto-play.

3: In the Google Home app create an automation using a scheduled time (6:00am) as the starter and use the following custom command as the action... "Play my [Name of Spotify playlist] playlist on [Name of speaker group] for 16 hours".

Hope this helps 👍

Re: Nest Audio Automation

virnab — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 23:02:49 GMT

Hi RosiesLaundry,

Thanks for posting in the community.

I appreciate your inquiry about how to set up your Nest Hub and four speakers to play music from 6 am to 10 pm. I also value the efforts you've already made, following the suggestions provided by the other posters in this thread. No worries, help is here.

Thank you, SmartHomeH-TAGS, RG13 and CarbonUK, for your help.

To provide you with more assistance, I would appreciate it if you answered the following questions:

Are you using Google Nest speakers or third-party devices?
What is the model and generation of your Google Nest device? You can find help identifying your device in this Google Nest Help Center article: Google Nest and Home device specifications
Are your Nest Hub and speakers connected to the same Wi-Fi network and linked to the same Google account? For more information you can consult these Google Help Center articles: Check that your devices are on the same Wi-Fi network and Check which Google Account is linked to a speaker or display.
Are your Nest Hub and speakers connected into a speaker group? Or are they working individually? To learn more, you can consult this Google Nest Help Center article: Create and manage speaker groups in the Google Home app.

Please keep me posted.

Yours truly,

Virna

Re: Nest Audio Automation

CarbonUK — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 08:01:27 GMT

Are you an AI bot? No human writes like that.

Re: Nest Audio Automation

RG13 — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:35:04 GMT

Oui je suis un humain et situé en France, belle journée