Personal routine

[alexinatl]

I set a routine to turn floodlights on at sunset and a separate routine to turn floodlights off at midnight. Now, I want these routines to run ONLY when I am home and go dormant when I am away. How do I do this?

[Cathal_S · Accepted solution]

Hi alexinati,

It's not possible currently to have a routine run when conditions are met.

Home and Away routines can be set up for whatever you leave or return home but routines can not check if you are home or away.

Have a look at the Google Nest help center link below for more information about routines.

https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/7029585 

[alexinatl]

Thx…next question…can lights be set at 50% brightness while on and then jump to 100% brightness once motion is detected?

[Cathal_S]

Hi again,

No not currently but Google has said that they are planning more advanced features in the future to routines.

I use the free Home Assistant  software running on a Raspberry Pi  for advanced home automation features.

[Azarco]

Hey there,

Cathal_S, we appreciate your insights and the additional information you've provided.

alexinatl, we hope the information shared above answers your questions. Let us know if we can help with any of your Google Home or Google Nest devices.

Thanks,

Alex

[Azarco]

Hi alexinat,

Checking back in to see if you still need help with this. Feel free to respond to this thread if you have additional questions or concerns and I'd be glad to answer it for you.

Best,

Alex

[alexinatl]

Excited for google to enhance the scheduling and granular control of these products…feel like nest products/software enhancements have slowed…want to stay on this platform for a host of reasons and hope we see better controls soon…thx for everyone’s help!

[Azarco]

Hi alexinatl,

We hear you! We're always looking for ways to improve and we appreciate your feedback. You can always send your feedback using your devices by saying, "Hey Google, send feedback," or by following the steps on this link. Let me know if I can assist with anything else, otherwise I’ll be locking this thread after 24 hours.

Kind regards,

Alex