cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 
Apps / Account

Blog Posts

Top Questions & Answers about Gemini for Home, Google Home Premium, and more! Read more

Device controls now available on Google Home for web Read more

Help Center

For immediate help, visit the official Google Nest Help Center where you can find tips, tutorials, and other answers to frequently asked questions.

Forum Posts

A new chapter for Google Home & Nest

Hey folks,Anish here, I lead the product teams for Google Home & Nest.I want to start by saying thank you for being on this journey with us, especially as we kick off a new era for the smart home! We have our biggest update in years and I wanted to s...

How to: Share devices with others in the Nest app or Google Home app

Once you have successfully setup your device in the Nest app or Google Home app (depending on the devices you have), you may want to add it to the Nest app or Google Home app on someone else's phone or tablet. A common misconception is that you do th...

David_K by Diamond Product Expert
  • 5841 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 7 kudos

Nest migration

I migrated my Nest to Google Home, following all directions. The thermostat migrated but it won’t show in the Google Home app so I can remotely control it as I used to. I read and lots of the help ideas but nothing works. I tried creating another “ho...

Dmt09 by Community Member
  • 1849 Views
  • 7 replies
  • 0 kudos

Google keeps refreshing every 30 seconds

My Google keeps refreshing every 30 seconds, causing me to lose time on using surveys and streaming videos. Every other app doesn't have this issue, and this has been going on for more than a month now, is there any way to fix it?

NovaX by Community Member
  • 2863 Views
  • 7 replies
  • 0 kudos

Resolved! “Your Own Number” edit button is nonexistent

I’ve been trying to connect my phone number for close to 2 years at this point. The other day I stumbled along a Reddit post who had the same problem as me, which said it’s a bug with the iOS app which doesn’t allow the number to be set. But this pos...

IMG_0926.png IMG_0927.jpeg
SoCuul by Community Member
  • 1552 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 1 kudos

Devices Offline for New Home Members

I recently invited someone to join my home, using the Google Home app. We got the new device added to the home, but most of the devices (thermostats and cameras) are showing offline.The new member has connected to our home network. Google Home is ins...

Rg_ by Community Member
  • 1599 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 2 kudos

Google Home app won't let me change ambient mode settings

There is a note at the top of the screen that I can't edit because I am not on the wifi. This change is very inconvenient as I manage all of the settings on Google Home for my mother who is 80 years old. I rotate pictures in and out of the ambient mo...

nana44 by Community Member
  • 942 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 kudos

Google Nest Notification Sounds on iPhone.

Hi, I wanted to know if there was a way to change the notification sounds from the Google Home app. I just installed the Google doorbell and I’m not able to hear notification sounds on my iPhone because the iPhone has a very low default notification ...

Mikey50 by Community Member
  • 8990 Views
  • 25 replies
  • 4 kudos

Google Home controlling a Denon receiver

I have a Denon receiver which is recognized as a device in my google home app, but I’m not able to play anything on it. I can however, power it on/off without any issues. Any suggestions on what settings I need to configure or specific commands I nee...

Rnaval by Community Member
  • 895 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 kudos
to vote