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Play certain episode from Spotify or Apple Music

So I am trying to play audiobooks with Spotify or Apple Music, but I can't get my Google Nest to play a certain episode or just the latest. I can see from the prompt that it understands the command perfectly fine, but it just keeps on playing random ...

Tuya Lights stopped with Google home

Hi! I used to have no issue with this but since a couple of days ago the light bulbs which are connected to my tuya app stopped working on Google home (they still work on this app). I've reinstalled everything and disconnected and reconnecting from b...

Operating Matter devices offline

I’m anxious to upgrade my wifi smart lights and plugs to Matter-capable ones to experience the cloudless benefits. However, in the event of an Internet outage, the Nest speakers and displays I use to control the smart devices, becomes useless. What i...

[PersonDetection] is off for this camera.

I scripted an automation that would turn on the porch lights when my Nest camera detected a person and it worked for one day. - type: device.event.PersonDetection # A person has been detected by the camera.Now I just get this warning in the script ed...

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Lights are a mess

My routines and voice commands are random and broken for the last few weeks. Individual lights are reported as offline when part of a routine but can be turned off via voice command. Another light is suddenly just not functioning and no reason is giv...

MarcH1 by Community Member
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Google home controls

Hi, recently I've been experiencing a lot of issues with identity theft. I'm wondering how I change all my settings for privacy security for me and my children. Could you please offer any kind of advice, links etc to help me fix these issues and up t...

All devices offline in Google home

So all my devices are offline in "Google home" app but still work in the third part app "Deltaco Home".They have worked before and just stopped. Tried buying new lamps but exactly the same issue so I guess it's Google home that's the issue since I ca...

Not able to add climate actions to away routine

When I create a regular household routine I get a nice list of actions.  However when I try to edit the system defined Away or Home routine I only see a list og my lights and my cameras but my climate devices are missing.Why is that ?

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Chromecast screen time is not working

Screen time feature is not working. My son watches Netflix longer than I configure. I can see in a family link, that he spent 3:30 instead if 1:30 that I configured.i tried to delete the kids profile and reinstalled it, the problem is not solved. bed...

Dudelis by Community Member
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Show photos while casting music on hub

Show photos while casting music on hub.It seems there was a change lately. For years my photos were shown on my hub while I casted a radio station during my visit on the toilet. Lately it only shows the casted radio station and have to swipe to see m...

Huspub by Community Member
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