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Heads up: Philips Hue Change Impacting Scripted Automations!

Hey everyone,We wanted to keep you in the loop about some recent changes related to Philips Hue sensors that might impact your scripted automations. Philips Hue has updated their sensor device configuration to use the TemperatureSetting trait (previo...

Routine with vocal assistant on wear os 3,5

Hello I would like to know why with my Xiaomi Watch 2 Pro (wear os 3.5)smartphone the routines do not work with the voice assistant while on my old Fossil generation 6 routines with the same wear os 3.5 system the routines worked correctly.

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Purchased Home with Google cameras - unable to connect

I just recently purchased a home that has 6 cameras around the house including the doorbell. The previous owner did not deactivate their account/factory reset the cameras on their wifi network before they left. That is the only way a new user can con...

Hoff34 by • Community Member
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Two-factor Confirmation

I understand that in the current smart-home, it must be implemented using the device and traits specified in the following site. For example, use LIGHT Device and OnOff Traits to turn on a light.When I run a command like this, I want to check again w...

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PersonDetection Event and eventData

I'm attempting to create a starter in automation for PersonDetection. Unfortunately, the cameras think they see a person a lot, but it's incorrect. Therefore, I'm trying to identify if the person has been "seen" for more than 5 seconds and if so, sen...

Nest camera won’t play notifications

So for a while I have been having my Google cameras and they have been working fine just recently I get a notifications from my camera that is there is a person or animal or someone sort of alert and I tap it on my phone to See what it is .so It can ...

Future of Family Bell?

We are avid users of Family Bell for our family routines. I saw that it was being discontinued and all bells needed to be recreated in Routines, which I've completed, however some of my family bells are still active and working and I can still see it...

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Nest Doorbell (1st gen, wired) & Google Mini (1st gen)

So...I've just finally gotten around to setting up my Nest Doorbell & Mini; found them in an old box after they were lost a few years back.It took a bit to get the doorbell working, but it is up and running like a champ. We have an OLD NuTone chime b...

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