Hi Dan, thanks for reaching out. I have two outdoor Nest cameras. A while back (year or so?) I migrated the account over to Google. On my MacBook Pro I get the "sign in with Google" and continue on. I am able to see the view from both cameras and all the various functions/settings. On my iPhone 11 (currently running iOS 16.4.1) I was primarily using the Nest app to view the cameras, etc. and it worked just fine. The Google Home app also worked but I preferred the Nest app. Recently (I think after updating the iOS) I began having problems. With the Nest app the home screen asks me to sign in with Google. Click on that and the "Nest" Wants to Use google.com to Sign In comes up and I click on Continue. A Sign In screen appears: fill in email; Welcome screen: enter password; 2-step verification screen appears giving my a number and telling me to open the Google app on my iPhone. Here's where the problem occurs. I open the Google app, the main screen briefly appears and then loads a screen that shows the spinning arrow like it is waiting to pull up the screen where I would enter the 2-step verification. That has worked in the past. Now it just spins and spins. I've waited many, many minutes and it doesn't time out so I just close the app.
The Google Home app does connect to the cameras, which is good! But the Home app is not as robust as the Nest app, e.g., it doesn't show the thumbnail camera screens of the alerts (motion, noise, etc.). Clicking on the little Nest Home icon brings up the "Welcome home." screen, "Sign in with Google". Do that enters the rings of hell mentioned above.
A long story but I wanted you to know what was happening. Thanks for any suggestions. The good news is that I can see what the cameras see. The bad news is that I don't get any of the thumbnail views that are available on the Nest app. Jim
