Nest doorbell cam

[DeeDeeYoung]

Have just installed my new doorbell cam and whilst love most of the functionality there is there that is making me think about returning it.  I have an iphone and there doesn’t appear to be any way of changing the volume or sound of notification when someone rings the bell.  I keep missing notifications as it’s so quiet and just pops up like a calendar reminder.  Is there any way of making this louder or sound different.  

[MplsCustomer]

@DeeDeeYoung 

While customers keep asking for more, Google Nest doorbell notifications are just standard notifications on our iPhones, with no options for a louder or different sound.

[DeeDeeYoung]

Hmm that’s frustrating.  That sadly makes the door cam not as half as useful as it should be.  

[MplsCustomer]

@DeeDeeYoung 

We use "Visitor announcements" on our Nest Hubs and Nest Mini. (https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/7672451?hl=en).

[janthadeus]

Hi folks,
 

Checking in — I just wanted to make sure if you’ve seen MplsCustomer’s reply. Let me know if there’s anything else.

I appreciate the help, MplsCustomer.

Thanks,

JT

[DeeDeeYoung]

I did, thank you!   Looks like the only way I can get proper alerts or at least customise them is via a hole hub or speaker … at least until there is an update on the iphone . Thank you! 

[Azarco]

Hey DeeDeeYoung,

Understood. We’re always trying to improve our user’s experience — we'll take it as feedback. Let us know if you have other questions or concerns, otherwise, we'll lock the thread after 24 hours.

Should that happen, feel free to start a new thread and the Community would be glad to assist you.

Kind regards,

Alex