topic Gentle wake brightness in Home Automation

Gentle wake brightness

Montbarron — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 12:23:23 GMT

Recently it seems gentle awake is only brightening by bedroom lights to 3%. I may be wrong but I'm sure that they were getting brighter before. Anyone have any ideas? Is there a setting I need to change or is the feature broken?

Re: Gentle wake brightness

Acarp1890 — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 13:40:04 GMT

No ideas here, I'm here for the same issue. Ours won't go beyond 1% and I miss the full wake capability it used to have.

Re: Gentle wake brightness

JillG — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 16:22:37 GMT

Hi,

Which bulbs are you using?

Jill

Re: Gentle wake brightness

JillG — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 19:50:14 GMT

This seems to be an emerging issue and I'll escalate it over to the Community team at Nest.

Re: Gentle wake brightness

Acarp1890 — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 21:18:07 GMT

Hi Jill, we use TP-LINK light bulbs in case it's helpful information. 😊

Re: Gentle wake brightness

PedroLiberal — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 07:53:52 GMT

@JillG please take note that it’s not just the gentle wake function.

The “get spooky” and “I feel like a fish in the ocean no longer work either.

My lights have always been exposed through openHAB and they used to do the “fish” command fine, but it’s been quite a while since it stopped doing it.

Re: Gentle wake brightness

Dan_A — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 01:00:18 GMT

Hi folks,

JillG, thanks for the help.

Montbarron, Acarp1890, PedroLiberal, chiming in to see if you're still in need of assistance with the gentle wake feature? Keep us posted.

Best,

Dan

Re: Gentle wake brightness

Princesss — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 02:30:32 GMT

Hey everyone,

We just want to check if you have seen our response posted above. Let us know if you have additional questions, otherwise we'll be locking the thread.

Best,

Princess

Re: Gentle wake brightness

Montbarron — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 10:02:57 GMT

No doesn't seem to work still. Just checked this morning. The lights didn't even come on till after I stopped the alarm. I've tried restarting all devices and disconnecting and reconnecting the accounts associated with the devices, still no luck.

Re: Gentle wake brightness

Acarp1890 — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 14:17:18 GMT

Mine seems to be working fine at this point, it has been for at least 6 weeks or so? I didn't do anything to fix it after initial resets that didn't work.

Re: Gentle wake brightness

Dan_A — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 19:51:57 GMT

Hi folks,

@Acarp1890, that's great news. I was hoping to know what steps you took but as you've mentioned it worked on its own. Thank you for your patience.

@Montbarron, how are we doing with your Google Home and your Smart lights? May we know what lights are you using and what app are they linked to? It would help a lot if you could do a sequential reboot first:

Unplug the power cord of your router followed by your Nest speakers.
Unplug your Smart Lights either bulbs or plugs.
Plug them back in after 5 minutes tops. Restarting your phone might also help.

Keep us posted.

Regards,

Dan

Re: Gentle wake brightness

Dan_A — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 22:05:03 GMT

Hey there,

I wanted to follow up and see if you still need help. Please let me know if you are still having any concerns or questions from here, as I would be happy to take a closer look and assist you further.

Cheers,

Dan

Re: Gentle wake brightness

Dan_A — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 22:41:07 GMT

Hello everyone,

We haven't heard from you in a while so we'll be locking this thread if there is no update within 24 hours. If you need assistance or want to discuss topics, feel free to start a new thread.

Kind regards,

Dan