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What is the Product Experts Program?

Hey Google Nest Community, If you spend a lot of time in the community, you’ve surely seen helpful comments and thoughtful conversations happening, some users even have specific badges next to their n...

The latest updates from Google Home and Nest

Hey everyone, Google Home and Nest are launching new updates and improvements. So, now it’s even easier to manage your smart home, with more controls in the Google Home app and powerful automation too...

Switch to the latest: The Google Nest Skill for Alexa

Hey Google Nest Community, Do you use your Nest devices with Amazon Alexa? After September 29, 2023, Google will no longer support the legacy Nest skills for Alexa. To continue controlling Nest device...

New starters and actions for automations now available in Home app

Hey Google Nest Community, We're excited to roll out a variety of new home automation capabilities both in the Home app for all users, that we'll discuss in this post, and new capabilities in the scri...

Camera events, custom notifications and more now available in the script editor in Public Preview

Hey Google Nest Community, Today we're excited to roll out a variety of new home automation capabilities in the Home app for all our users, and new capabilities in the script editor (currently in Publ...

Introducing the new home panel on Pixel devices

Hey Google Nest Community, We recently announced a series of exciting new updates to Google Home. Of those, one that we are really excited about is the new home panel available on Pixel devices. Why? ...

Create powerful automations with our new script editor, now available in Public Preview

Hey Google Nest Community, TL;DR: Read about the new script editor for automations that is rolling out to users in Public Preview, and join our discussion in the Home Automation forum to share the scr...

Take a visual tour of the new Google Home app

Hey Nest Community, We recently announced a series of exciting new updates to Google Home. We were able to use a lot of the great feedback from the community to iterate on the Home app and we're reall...

The new Google Home: new features, global rollout and a look at what’s next

Hi Google Home users, At Google Home we are on a journey to give users a smart home that is not just simple, fast and reliable but truly helpful. Our investments in Matter and the Google Home app are ...

Expanding chimes for in-room smart home devices

Greetings, smart home enthusiasts! Based on invaluable input from the Google Nest community and feedback from our own internal trials, we're expanding the use of chimes to acknowledge smart home comma...

Better control of your smart devices with Google Assistant

Hi everyone, As smart home enthusiasts, we all have a special relationship with our Google Assistant. It’s part of our homes, and issuing a command is now second-nature. With that in mind, the Assista...

New Google Home Automation Features for Smart Home

Hey everyone, We’re happy to share that we’re expanding Routines in the Google Home app to give you more control of the things you can automate in your home. With new starters, conditions and actions,...

The latest Nest updates are coming in hot.

Hey everyone, Your Nest devices just got more streamlined, just in time for summer. From your favorite channels in the Live tab on Chromecast with Google TV*, to a more natural way of getting help fro...

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