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Google Nest Doorbell Battery displays "Camera feed is not available" on Google Hub

blighguy — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 03:21:21 GMT

I purchased a Google Nest Doorbell (battery) and it streams fine to the Google Hub when opened on the Hub. However, if a person presses the doorbell button, a message of "Camera feed is not available" is displayed on Google Hub.

I can immediately "Ok Google, show me the doorbell" and the stream works just fine.

In case this was due to the camera running from the battery, I connected it to a power source and the same issue occurs.

I saw this thread by user @amerpastco was closed without a resolution posted. I wanted to follow up on this issue as I am experiencing the same thing. (Another closed thread without resolution *at the time of writing this* was by @Mmcginnis1024 who has the same issue along with at least 3 others who interacted within the thread.)

Troubleshooting steps taken so far:

Power cycled my Nest Hub (2nd Gen)
Power cycled my Nest Doorbell (battery)
Power cycled my router
Checked for updates within the Google Home app on iOS as well as the iOS App Store.

After all of this, the issue persists which is extremely frustrating as I purchased this for my parents. I have the Nest Doorbell (wired) at my house and it works perfect with my Nest Hub (2nd Gen) every time someone rings the doorbell. Even more frustrating, there are several other discussion boards for this same issue and NONE of them get resolved. The "community specialists" keep closing these threads out without ANY resolution and that is not right. Someone at Google has to know what is causing this as it clearly is not an isolated issue.

Any advice/resolution would be much appreciated.

Thank you!

Re: Google Nest Doorbell Battery displays "Camera feed is not available" on Google Hub

blighguy — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 03:24:17 GMT

Original thread: https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Cameras-and-Doorbells/Google-Nest-Doorbell-Battery-displays-quot-Camera-feed-is-not/m-p/29257

Recent thread: https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Speakers-and-Displays/Nest-hub-won-t-show-doorbell/m-p/35089#M7521

Please DO NOT close this thread unless there is an actual RESOLUTION.

Thank you

Re: Google Nest Doorbell Battery displays "Camera feed is not available" on Google Hub

Mmcginnis1024 — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 04:15:34 GMT

The funny part about this is that I posted a response to the bogus “I have bad news for you, it’s probably not going to work” response I got back from google and somehow it got deleted….

i only purchased the hub for the doorbell capabilities….seems like a waste of money now because no one is helping.

Re: Google Nest Doorbell Battery displays "Camera feed is not available" on Google Hub

blighguy — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 04:50:31 GMT

Haha of course it got removed. When I read that response from the specialist I lost faith in their incident review process. Clearly the process is broken here and them closing it out without a resolution makes it 10x worse. Like you, I only purchased the Nest Hub for my new doorbell. I bought them with each other as it is literally advertised on their website to work that way and it doesn't. Very disappointed. Closing out one discussion and simply saying to open a new one if the problem persists will not help anything.

Re: Google Nest Doorbell Battery displays "Camera feed is not available" on Google Hub

Mmcginnis1024 — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 05:03:34 GMT

Disappointed as well because we have four google homes, multiple outdoor cameras, the doorbell, multiple CO2/smoke detectors, and now the hub. Hoping it would all work seamlessly, but now the hub seems like a waste of a purchase to me.

Re: Google Nest Doorbell Battery displays "Camera feed is not available" on Google Hub

blighguy — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 19:17:46 GMT

Just out of curiosity, what version of nest aware do you have? I have nest aware (1st gen) and I am paying for 2 cameras/year. I'm wondering if this could explain why the doorbell stream doesn't work when someone is at the door. It's a long shot but it's the best I can think of. I am probably going to upgrade my nest aware plan to one of the new ones offered and see if that resolves my issue.

A new issue I have found is that I can't save down any event videos from my doorbell through the google home app. It fails every time and I gave it permission to access my photos which brings me back to the plan I might be on. I will update my plan and let you know if that resolves anything.

Re: Google Nest Doorbell Battery displays "Camera feed is not available" on Google Hub

Brad — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 19:15:38 GMT

Hi there,

I apologize for my late response and thank you for all of your patience while waiting for a reply. I can definitely understand how frustrating your situation must be, but I wanted to make sure that your issue was addressed. Do you still need help with this issue? I know that there's been a delay in response since you posted.

Please let me know if you need further assistance.

Best Regards,

Brad.

Re: Google Nest Doorbell Battery displays "Camera feed is not available" on Google Hub

blighguy — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 19:18:33 GMT

Hi Brad,

No this issue is very much still ongoing and it makes me want to return all of my google products. A resolution would be much appreciated as these products are not working as advertised.

Thanks.

Re: Google Nest Doorbell Battery displays "Camera feed is not available" on Google Hub

Mmcginnis1024 — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 23:54:39 GMT

Same with me…I would like a resolution because I bought the food hub for the doorbell and the doorbell feature isn’t working properly on the hub and it sounds like you are saying there is no fix?

Re: Google Nest Doorbell Battery displays "Camera feed is not available" on Google Hub

Mmcginnis1024 — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 23:56:40 GMT

Not sure which one I have but we pay like 7 dollars a month.

Re: Google Nest Doorbell Battery displays "Camera feed is not available" on Google Hub

Yonderboi — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 02:21:47 GMT

+1 on this topic. Having the same issue reported: Video streaming from Nest Doorbell (battery) to Nest Home Hub works fine when activated directly via voice command, but not when someone actually rings the doorbell. This results only in the error message “Camera feed is not available”.

Given the amount of people who evidently have this issue, and how central of a use case this is for all of us, it would be good to see Google putting some actual attention into solving this.

Re: Google Nest Doorbell Battery displays "Camera feed is not available" on Google Hub

Brad — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 23:24:48 GMT

Hey all.

Just checking in to see if you still need assistance with this issue.

Please let me know if you need further assistance.

Best Regards,

Brad.

Re: Google Nest Doorbell Battery displays "Camera feed is not available" on Google Hub

Mmcginnis1024 — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:18:38 GMT

Yes….there is still no solution and it is very frustrating.

Re: Google Nest Doorbell Battery displays "Camera feed is not available" on Google Hub

Yonderboi — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:21:47 GMT

Yes this is still an issue. Extremely annoying.

Re: Google Nest Doorbell Battery displays "Camera feed is not available" on Google Hub

blighguy — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 01:11:16 GMT

Update 1/12/2022:

I upgraded my plan to the latest one offered and that allowed me to name faces on the doorbell, but I still have the main overall issue where when someone rings my doorbell I get the error message “Camera feed is not available.” Like others, when I prompt the google nest hub to see my doorbell it appears without hesitation. My friend has the old nest wired camera working with his google nest hub (second gen) without issues. There is something broken with the code for receiving notifications using the new nest doorbells and the google nest hub.

In addition, I also noticed I get a blank image when receiving notifications on my apple watch. It will not show the preview that I can see in my phone notifications. @Brad if this post could somehow be escalated to a software team at google, a lot of us would be very happy.

Re: Google Nest Doorbell Battery displays "Camera feed is not available" on Google Hub

Yonderboi — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 14:39:48 GMT

I have the same issue with Apple Watch. Less mission critical than the Home Hub problem, but would be good to have fixed at some point.

Re: Google Nest Doorbell Battery displays "Camera feed is not available" on Google Hub

blighguy — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 23:00:56 GMT

Yes. Help is still needed as there hasn’t been a resolution. Thanks.

Re: Google Nest Doorbell Battery displays "Camera feed is not available" on Google Hub

blighguy — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:01:21 GMT

1/21/2022 Update:

This topic has been escalated and is a known issue. Hopefully we can get a resolution soon as this has become extremely frustrating. This update came from the following thread: How do I make it so I can see my doorbell camera on my hub?

In the meantime, I have tried reaching out to Google via their twitter. With any luck, maybe they will provide me with a resolution.

Re: Google Nest Doorbell Battery displays "Camera feed is not available" on Google Hub

blighguy — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 20:52:38 GMT

Update 1/24/2022:

Commenting here to say as of today (January 24th, 2022) the issue is still here and help is still needed. Please do not close this thread. Other related threads with activity as recent as 1/21/2022 are being locked. This is not right and is not solving the issue.

Thank you.

Re: Google Nest Doorbell Battery displays "Camera feed is not available" on Google Hub

JesseS — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 18:30:57 GMT

I just bought the Arlo doorbell and 2 google hub maxes. Video works fine as long as the doorbell is not ringing. When the Arlo battery doorbell rings, I am unable to stream the video to my hub, but it does work on my phone. Very annoying and defeats the purpose of the hubs. I will be returning the hubs if there issue isn’t resolved before my returnable date of 4/12/22.