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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...

2 Google Hubs in One Home

Hello. We have a Google Hub Max in our kitchen. I want to get my daughter a Google Hub 7" for her bedroom so that she can listen to music on Spotify. Can I set up the device for my daughter with my same account but I don't want her to get doorbell no...

kyr77113 by Community Member
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Resolved! One or more devices are unavailable...

When I run a routine that controls multiple devices , Google Assistant says "one or more devices are unavailable, you might try setting them up again in the Google home app". I can't find a log or anywhere that says which devices it thinks are availa...

iMGin3D by Community Member
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Google Secure? Try scam!

Google is a multi billion dollar corporation with no ethics. They sold me a $2,200 security system to protect my home and family only to stop supporting it a short few years later and won’t offer a refund but rather a $200 credit or a setup with ADT ...

Dominic11 by Community Member
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roller controller

I have an integrated home automation system. The lights and thermostats are checked. The shutters, however, do not work, they have the on command and do not open and close. They appear in Google as lighting device.

roller controller

I have an integrated home automation system. The lights and thermostats are checked. The shutters, however, do not work, they have the on command and do not open and close. They appear in Google as lighting device.

Resolved! Nest Camera (outdoor): 5GHz

Does Nest Camera battery support 5GHz.I have a dual band mesh WiFi system with single SSID and I let the mesh system decide which band to use. All my devices (unless those not capable of 5GHz) connect to 5GHz, but camera (5m from router) connects to ...

thegios by Community Member
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Camera going offline

Since yesterday, after 5 days of installation, my Best Camera (Battery) goes offline twice a day: I get a notification that camera is offline and form home app I see what's in the attached screenshot  

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thegios by Community Member
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Resolved! Is there a way for nested conditions?

Why is the automation script below having an error thrown: redundant struct metadata: name: fitness customdescription: Scripted automationautomations: starters: - type: assistant.event.OkGoogle eventData: query is: "training time" - type: device.stat...

zludany by Community Member
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UK football (soccer scores)

When reporting UK football (soccer) score the assistant will state the value as zero if a goal has not been scored. In the UK we would say "nil".So it should be said as Southampton Nil Everton Nil for a result of no goals.

Pathetic Service from Google

The WIFI of my Thermostat is not working. It's been 2 months and I still did not get the replacement of the device which was promised by Google. Case ID 3-3686000036254. In this winter season, the thermostat is such an important device and its not wo...

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