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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
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Unlink services could not reached

Hello,Yesterday I was making cleanup in my Google Assistant integration on my Home Assistant instance and did several sync devices commands. After few commands something strange happened. From above 200 entities linked I could see only 7 light entiti...

Szaman by Community Member
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Count down timer

I have a smart switch that doesn't have count down feature in its control app. This switch works great with Google Home. I created automation to use my voice to turn off the switch. I was also able to create automation that captures "turn on" event. ...

Vadim1 by Community Member
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Activate Xbox when casting on tv

I'm using my chromecast through my Xbox in the input for tv or other sources. I'm wondering is there a way to automatically activate my Xbox when casting to my chromecast since you can't use the casting as a trigger for a routine in the Google home a...

Étienne by Community Member
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First Time Setup Family Group

I've set up schedules for the family group and it doesn't appear to stop the network like it's supposed to during the schedule. I'm scheduling down time, not uptime??

Saeryn by Community Member
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TV problems after casting qith my phone

After casting from my phone to my Hisense 4K TV, the TV will not power back up and I ended up having to put my phone back to factory settings. Because it got screwed up to. The phone is fine now, but the TV is dead as a door nail. Can you help

Casting problems to tv

Hi, in the old Google home app my tv used to appear as a device I could cast to and control. This now seems to have disappeared as an option in the latest update. I am using a vpn on my phone which is causing an issue with smart viewing, bit this was...

Cannot reconnect google nest cam to Google home app

Having factory restarted the camera, following the recent outages, I cannot reconnect the two togetherI have a blinking blue light, the phone is right next to the device. Have not changed Wifi SSID or settingsAny suggestions

Kevinw60 by Community Member
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Offline but still taking images

My Google nest went offline last night still taking images but can't see the video and saying offline but all other devices in the home is connect to Internet why and how do it fix it?

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