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Feature Request: Ability to turn off notifications if camera sees family members

jugsy
Community Member

Cameras allow you to select between notifications for people, any other movement and/or sounds. Considering Nest has familiar face functionality I'd appreciate more granular options with people notifications. At the very least it would be the ability to switch off notifications if the camera sees a family member, but could extend to on/off notifications for each familiar face. Essentially, I very much want to receive a notification if a stranger is creeping up my garden in the dead of night; I would also rather not receive 14 notifications as my girlfriend walks in and out of the house while gardening.

Google Staff: Please do not close or lock this case

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MelbaDT
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey jugsy, 

 

Thanks taking the time to post in the Google Nest Community and we understand how you feel about this. We appreciate your feedback as we're open for ways to improve. Keep an eye out on this Community page or follow our social channels for news and updates. 

 

Rest assured that your thread will remain open. 

 

Best, 

Melba

gregbpool
Community Member

I second this request. I use a Doorbell (battery) that is located at the entrance of an apartment complex with two different tenets. Not only do I not need a notification when my family comes and goes, I don't need to know when my neighbors come and go either. I only to be notified when someone unknown approaches my door.

More specifically, I need the software in general to distinguish when some arrives at my door as opposed to when they are simply leaving. I should be able to teach the camera the direction someone will follow when they leave with their back to the camera. At that point, facial recognition is useless; I only need it to work when they approach the camera. This would eliminate numerous, erroneous notifications for when anyone leaves the apartment building.

I also want to be able to go back in the Full History, choose a clip, and help identify people who's faces aren't being registered or were misidentified. Nest Aware is confusing my female wife with my male neighbor when he wears a hat; this should be simple for me to "teach" the ML to distinguish. 

MelbaDT
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey gregbpool, 

 

Understood and thanks for chiming in — we appreciate your feedback as well. 

 

Check back in from time to time for news and updates. 

 

Best, 

Melba

SteveT1
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hi everyone,

Just checking in to see if you still need assistance with this. We'll leave this topic open for another 24 hrs in case there are any follow up questions or comments. Please let me know if you need further assistance.


Best regards,
Steve

jugsy
Community Member

Hi Steve,

Melba said this would remain open: "Rest assured that your thread will remain open."

There's been several instances of this thread over YEARS that your team has locked or deleted. Please push this up for implementation and don't close this topic. Thanks.

Kind Regards,
Peter

Thanks for checking, SteveT1. Let us know if this feature request is being considered.

Otherwise, you should only close this topic if you are not going to consider the request.

Brad
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey folks,

 

Thank you so much for bringing this up to my attention! I like that idea, and I could see how it could be helpful. I will go ahead and submit this feedback forward for you. Thank you for all of your patience. However, I cannot guarantee this thread will remain open as I can't guarantee your feature request will become an option. To keep the forums clean, and organize this thread may be locked if there is little to no activity. Just wanted to give y'all a heads up. 

 

Please let me know if you need further assistance on this issue.

Best Regards,

Brad.

Brad
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey Folks.

 

At this time, I'll go ahead and lock this thread. If you're still experiencing problems, feel free to start a new thread and we'll be happy to help.

 

Best Regards,

Brad.