Override ‘Home / Away’ function during night time on Nest camera

[PoulKJ]

Hi Community! 

I’ve looked all over, but can’t seem to find a solution to my problem. 

We’re using the Home/Away function for our cameras inside/outside the house, and this works fine. The only issue is, that I would really like for the cameras to be turned ON at night, when we sleep. -But as far as I can tell, there isn’t an option to setup a timer/schedule, that turns on the cameras at a give time of day DESPITE you being at ‘Home’…

It is ludicrous, that you either have to have the cameras fully on always - OR - manually turn cameras on in the app, each time you go to bed 🙄 -One drains battery, adds unneascesary footage to you library AND kinda disturbs your own privacy, while the other is annoying and gives a bad user experience, potentially even causing the user to stop turning on/off.   

There must be a smart way of going about this? -If not, it should be developed ASAP. 

Look forward hearing about a viable solution!

BR,

Poul

[Brad]

Hey there,

Sorry to hear you're not too happy about this feature, but we’re always looking for ways to improve, and appreciate your feedback. You can send it at any time using your devices by saying, "Hey Google, send feedback," or by following the steps found here. 

Best regards,
Brad

[PoulKJ]

Hi Brad

it’s not that I’m not happy about the feature - I’m just lacking a time schedule setup, that can override this. We want to have cameras on at night, while we sleep / and that isn’t doable with the current functionalities as far as I can see. 

Can you confirm that this is not possible at the moment?

Thank you,

Poul

[Brad]

@PoulKJ

It would depend on your settings. If you have a Nest Aware subscription, some settings there may change the camera being on or off depending on motion detection, etc. but you can manually turn on your camera if it is wired set up.

Best regards,

Brad

[EmersonB]

Hello folks,

@PoulKJ I'm dropping by to ensure that everything is covered here. I hope that the information sheds some light on the issue. If you have other questions and concerns, feel free to let me know.

I appreciate the help, @Brad.

Thanks,
Emerson

[PoulKJ]

Hi Emerson

Well, I haven’t quite understood whether the requested functionality exists or not? (In all honesty, I’m actually unsure whether you understand what I’m asking for/about)..?

FYI: I have two cameras, setup wireless outdoors. Currently no subscription to Nest Aware. 

[EmersonB]

Hi PoulKJ,

I'm sorry for the confusion. Follow this link for you to program a camera schedule with the Nest app. Let me know how it goes.

Regards,
Emerson

[EmersonB]

Hello PoulKJ,

I wanted to follow up and see if you are still in need of any help. Please let me know if you are still having any concerns or questions from here, as I would be happy to take a closer look and assist you further.

Thanks,
Emerson

[janthadeus]

Hey there,

Just checking in to make sure that you've seen our responses. Please let me know if you have other questions or concerns as I will be locking this in 24 hours if I won't hear back from you again. Feel free to start a new thread and we'll be happy to help.

Thanks for the help here, Brad and Emerson.

Best,

JT