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 ...

Resolved! Four cams, can’t setup/install. “Can’t connect to joining device”.

So frustrated. Need help.At our new house, I have two Google Nest Learning Thermostats, one wired door bell, two outdoor cams (wired), and one floodlight cam (wired). All were purchased new in the last 4 months. I have Google Wi-Fi with 3 mesh points...

Resolved! Adult bedroom camera

How do I restrict access to adult children in the home that have access to the cameras?i.e. I don't want my kids seeing the camera in my bedroom.

Nest Hello will not work

Hello, We have recently set up our Google nest hello. The video feed worked for about 5 minutes, but the chime to our old doorbell was continuously going off. The nest has stopped working and we can no longer even connect to it. Our old doorbell chim...

Resolved! 1st Gen Camera History - Won’t Playback

when I purchased these 1st gen cameras I could playback the footage fine in the nest app. It seems ever since the google home app came out, I can’t playback anything! I see the clips, and how many seconds they are. I can also scroll back 3 hours to d...

Multiple Data Archive Requests Failed

Twice in the past week I've experienced issues with my Nest archive data request under my account. In fact, one such request resulted in a complete failure, and the next request, which I couldn't make until the first one finally failed 7 days later, ...

Nest Cam with Floodlight shows "live video unavailable"

Starting at least a few weeks ago (probably early to mid-June 2022), my Google Home app shows "Live video unavailable" every time I try to check the video for my Nest Cam with Floodlight. I also have a wired Nest Doorbell and a Nest Cam Outdoor, and ...

nest camera compatibility with surface pro

I have a new outdoor cam. We set it up on my wife's ipad and we see it fine on her device. However, I have a surface pro and am unable to view the camera. I downloaded Bluestacks but cannot find google home on it Is there a fix for this problem?

Video feed from Tuya smart video doorbell

Hello, I have been given a Tuya smart video doorbell to trial. I can get it working with both mine and my wife’s phone, I am IOS, she is android, and I get hear the phone ring on my Google hub, but can get the video feed to work on the hub. I have lo...

Nest Disaster

Nearly a year later, the Google Home app has made no progress in cleaning up its Nest disasterhttps://9to5google.com/2022/07/08/google-home-nest-app-disaster/

Multiple cameras

Hi everyone Is it possible to view 2 cameras at the same time on the hub and/or Phone?

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

Resolved! Four cams, can’t setup/install. “Can’t connect to joining device”.

Resolved! Adult bedroom camera

Nest Hello will not work

Resolved! 1st Gen Camera History - Won’t Playback

Multiple Data Archive Requests Failed

Nest Cam with Floodlight shows "live video unavailable"

nest camera compatibility with surface pro

Video feed from Tuya smart video doorbell

Nest Disaster

Multiple cameras

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