Home Automation

Heads up: Changes to Animal Detection Starter for Scripted Automations

Hey Nest Community, We wanted to provide an update on the animal detection starters for scripted automations. When we first launched support for camera events in the script editor, there were separate animal detection starter types for dog and cat de...

WiFi Points are now showing a weak connection

I own a Nest Pro router and point, as well as a Google Wifi point/router. The Google Wifi is connected to my PC by a Cat6 ethernet cable. My apartment is no more than 900 square feet and my internet plan is of 300mbps. The Nest Pro router is in the m...

Tried to add a new Home (location not device) and old is gone.

I travel a lot and I tried to connect directly to the hotel room Chromecast and the app gave me the option of adding it to a new home instead of my current home where all my devices are. I made a new one and called it hotel and nowhere did it say thi...

How to play my playlist for a routine

I figured out how to play music with automations but it seems like Google just chooses whatever music it wants to play. How do I make it play a specific Spotify playlist?

Can't remove "Linked to you" devices

Hi all,I've been trying to Troubleshoot this but I can't get an answer. I have two devices under "Linked to you" in the iOS Google Home app that I can't remove.Neither device is on my wifi network so I don't have the ability to move them to a differe...

Resolved! Thermostat doesn't have enough power for Wi-Fi

I'm away from home and I noticed this message on my Iphone Nest App yesterday. "Thermostat doesn't have enough power for Wi-Fi" . I can't set the thermostat now. The model is: Display-3.4.When I left my home on Jan 28th, I left the thermostat at '52F...

Nest camera transfer to Google Home app

Moderator edit: Subject updated for clarity and findability. Some people have ability to transfer their Nest Cameras to the google home app. I don’t see this as an option? I have nest aware subscription and would like to consolidate into google home....

Resolved! Nest Cam and Pro

I understand Google will not support Nest or Nest Pro cameras therefore no more video or recordings. Is there a 3rd party company acquiring the support? If not, what are the direct google replacements? With the short announcement, it would be nice to...

Resolved! Extending nest connect range

I need to add yale locks to my nest account, but they are located in an out building more than 50 ft from my house. How can I extend the nest connect range?

Time-triggered Home Announcement Routines Not Activating On Any Device

I am trying to set a routing at a specific time. The only action is to anounce a message "It is time to take your medication" . The problem is that it doesn't work at all. What am I doing wrong?

How can we still use our Google home automation if the internet is down.

So I really like the Google home system. And I am expanding our system as we speak. but one thing is bothering me. As soon as my internet is down my assistent in the nest hub is also down.but my WiFi system was still working perfect so why can’t the ...

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Heads up: Changes to Animal Detection Starter for Scripted Automations

WiFi Points are now showing a weak connection

Tried to add a new Home (location not device) and old is gone.

How to play my playlist for a routine

Can't remove "Linked to you" devices

Resolved! Thermostat doesn't have enough power for Wi-Fi

Nest camera transfer to Google Home app

Resolved! Nest Cam and Pro

Resolved! Extending nest connect range

Time-triggered Home Announcement Routines Not Activating On Any Device

How can we still use our Google home automation if the internet is down.

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