Cameras and Doorbells

Need help with setup? Troubleshoot common Nest camera or doorbell problems

Here are some steps I recommend to resolve issues during the setup of Google Nest cameras or doorbells.Before trying these stepsMake sure you're using the correct app for setup. Need help checking which model you have? Use the Google Home app to set ...

Nest doorbell broken lens cover

After two weeks of owning it the unit fell and the lens cover is broken. The doorbell works and send alerts to the iPhone as usual. It was our fault so we want to buy a new one. We bought it at the Google Store on 9/5/21, USA.Broken lens cover 1 Brok...

Notifications gone and cameras say offline when watching footage back

After working fine the notifications have stopped coming to mine and my wife’s phone from the doorbell and 2 cameras. When look on the google home app it says the cameras/doorbell are unavailable when trying to watch motion from that day back. Haven’...

Adding 2nd Nest Cam Battery

Hi, I just set up camera 1 from the Nest Cam Battery 2 pack however camera 2 is denying me. The set up walked me through the same steps as cam 1 however cam 2 gets to a point where it tells me an error has occurred and to reboot. I tried reboot to no...

Door bell alarms

I keep getting bombarded with alerts of people when they are actually cars.

Full history of past activity

I am able to view live activity, but if I pull up full history and try to open a clip I get the message “there was a problem connecting to the camera stream”

Home/Away on iOS 15

Ever since upgrading to iOS 15, the nest app doesn’t set it to away mode when I come home. This means I have to manually turn off the cameras. Anyone found a workaround?

Need to use Google Home with my own domain (now called Google Workspace)

For many years, I have had a family domain name set up with individual Google accounts for each member of my family. it's great because our addresses are basically firstname@lastname.com and we can take full advantage of all google features via a "Go...

How to set a custom quick response message?

There are 3 preset quick responses that I can send when responding to my doorbell. The preset messages are not useful to me, how can I change them? I want to create my own preset quick response messages.

I Google nest cameras

I have 3 indoor cameras at the moment. Can I set these cameras in a 'patrol mode' so that it scans from one camera to the next when viewing on a phone or Google hub?

Any update on the "Streaming Media Repeatedly Pauses When Viewing Nest Cams on a Hub" issue?

We use a centrally located Hub solely to keep our Nest cam feed up on the screen at all times. This is preventing any other devices from being able to stream anything anywhere on the network - Like lots of other folks, we're having the issue where sh...

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Need help with setup? Troubleshoot common Nest camera or doorbell problems

Nest doorbell broken lens cover

Notifications gone and cameras say offline when watching footage back

Adding 2nd Nest Cam Battery

Door bell alarms

Full history of past activity

Home/Away on iOS 15

Need to use Google Home with my own domain (now called Google Workspace)

How to set a custom quick response message?

I Google nest cameras

Any update on the "Streaming Media Repeatedly Pauses When Viewing Nest Cams on a Hub" issue?

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