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Let’s Discuss! Smart Home Automations for Pets

Hey Nest Community,May is National Pet Month in the United States! And as all pet parents know - scaley, feathery, and furry friends are very important inhabitants of your household and can absolutely benefit from the connectedness of a smart home. W...

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My energy provider does it for me!

My energy provider is National Grid, and they have a program where they control thermostats during peak hours to lessen the amount of energy draw. Because I signed up for that program,, I don't do much manual adjusting. They do it all for me. That wa...

EBR by Community Member
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Seperating Youtube Accounts between Different Devices

I have a youtube family account and I just bought a google speaker so my daughter can listen to listen through it.Except it plays the music from the account defined in google home, which is my account, and I cant find a way to tell it to only play fr...

Teach your Assistant to recognise your voice

Hi there!I've been trying to connect my Philips Hue app to Google Home. I have added the devices to my Google Home app and it's working if I toggle it manually.but when I go to set up the voice assistant, it tells me to add the device again.

Muezza by Community Member
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More devices being supported

Hi everyone,I am trying to set up a new script that lets me know when someone was at the mail box, sending me message through the new script editor. Since custom notifications have been made available, I thought I'm good to go as soon as my motion de...

Pat_ by Community Member
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Spotify stops playing on mymy speakers.

Hallo Team.I do hope you are all well.I have recently automated my house. Small 580m² house. I have multiple speakers in . 2 bonded in the lobby. 1 × dining room 1x kitchen 1× in my bedroom and considering adding to mt top lounge, inverter room and o...

Flashman by Community Member
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Suggestions for the GoogleHome App

Heya!Is this the right place? If not, please move topic. I consider switching from Alexa to GoogleHome, but there are a few drawbacks i would like to bring up and hope you consider adding/changing these points: 1. The "Add Action" button should be on...

RichardHH by Community Member
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Color Changes in actions via voice commands

Morning!Short: Color change commands are not working when executed via GoogleAssistant but working with GoogleHome.Replicate:Routine/Action named "light test":If i tap the "play" icon within the Google-Home App to start the routine containing the com...

RichardHH by Community Member
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Automation only works when Home app is open

I have an automation that turns lights on at night when motion is detected in an area. That automation works fine. I also have an automation that turns those same lights off when no movement is detected. That one does not work - unless I open the hom...

jkane001 by Community Member
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