Questions about Google doorbel

[phbern]

HI,

I'm considering getting the Nest doorbell(s) for my house and have a couple questions. I have an existing wired doorbell on the front door. I would also like to add new doorbells to two other doors.

Can the new ones be connected (somehow) to the existing chime on the front door? If not, how might I know if/when someone comes to those doors?

Thanks!

[MplsCustomer]

@phbern 

Connecting a second and third doorbell to your existing doorbell chime would require running doorbell wires to your doorbell chime and your transformer (depending on how it is wired). In addition, most mechanical chimes are designed to support just two doorbells (the connections are usually labelled "FRONT" and "REAR").

For your second and third doorbells, you could turn off the "Indoor chime" option and turn on "Visitor announcements" (https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/7672451) to get announcements on Nest Hubs, Nest Minis, or Nest speakers.

[phbern]

Thanks for your quick reply! One more question: can the visitor announcement be sent to a phone as well? I clicked on your link but didn't see anything about sending it to a phone.

[MplsCustomer]

@phbern 

All Google Nest doorbells send a standard notification to your phone when the doorbell is rung unless you turn off "push notifications".

[phbern]

Thank you!

[Jeff]

Hi there phbern,

I just wanted to check in and see if you had any additional questions or needs on this. It looks like you got the question answered well by MplsCustomer, so if there's anything more I can do, just let me know.

Thanks,
Jeff

[phbern]

p, everything's good!  Thanks!

[Jeff]

That's great. Thanks for letting us know, phbern.

I'll go ahead and mark this one as resolved in the next day or two, but I'll leave it open a little longer in case anyone has any feedback or wants to add anything else. 

Regards,

Jeff

[EmersonB]

Hello everyone,

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

I appreciate the help, MplsCustomer and Jeff.

Best,
Emerson

[janthadeus]

Hey phbern,

It looks like we can consider this one complete, so I will be locking this in 24 hours if we 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, everyone! 

Best,

JT