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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...

Resolved! Nest Doorbell motion detection not working with Google Home Automations

So I just got a Nest 2nd Generation Wired Doorbell installed and setup with Google Home. One thing I wanted to do was use motion detection to turn on the porch light at night. But after reading several posts here and other places on the interwebs, it...

I think I need to factory reset

I changed Internet provider so no longer connected to wifi I originally used to set up my nest speaker. I am told to factory reset but I need the wifi information that no longer exists

socket for bedroom light

I have one socket in the bedroom to control bedside lamp. It's connected through smartlife. All my other sockets with smartlife are working fine. The bedroom socket is on the google home dashboard, and shows as working. I can turn it off and on but n...

Resolved! Google Home won’t show Nest WiFi

1) Google speakers do not recognize device commands even though they are in the Home and Rooms on app. 2) Could relate to first issue, Home will not add Nest Router or Access Point in app. WiFi is working perfectly (deleted & reinstalled app, unplugg...

How to view continuous footage

Hello,I am using the Google Home app and am trying to view continuous footage but it is only showing me detected events. There was someone entering a room on my camera and I could see that but the camera switched to undetected around when that person...

Powerview gen 3 and google home

I have google home max hub and hunter douglas powerview gen 3 blinds. Created google home act under a different email as opposed to my personal email to specifically set up google home (call it email for google gome) than my personal email. I got my ...

Lights offline but responsive

I have a few routines in my automation in the Google Home app. Whenever I ask my nest to run one of the routines everything works, but he goes "Light 1 offline, light 2 offline, ...". Even though the app doesn't give any sign of offline devices. How ...

Google Home: turn off Smart plug when Battery reaches 70%

Hey, All!To preserve battery health, it's best to keep it up to 70% (Source: Accu Battery).We want to automate turning off a Google Home-compatible Smart Plug when battery reaches 70%.I was able to do it with Macro droid, but it's tricky! I created a...

Google Home Automations issue with Matter

I have been experiencing issues with the communication between Google Home automations and Matter devices for the past week. When I set up an automation, the Matter devices do not respond, although I can control them manually through the Google Home ...

Resolved! HUE plugin no reaction on voice command

Hi All,I have a google nest hub, a few hue plugins and a few hue lampsThey are all working fine when i switch on/off the lights with the app. But when i give the nest hub a voice command to switch the lights off, the lamps go off but the plugin does ...

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Heads up: Changes to Animal Detection Starter for Scripted Automations

Resolved! Nest Doorbell motion detection not working with Google Home Automations

I think I need to factory reset

socket for bedroom light

Resolved! Google Home won’t show Nest WiFi

How to view continuous footage

Powerview gen 3 and google home

Lights offline but responsive

Google Home: turn off Smart plug when Battery reaches 70%

Google Home Automations issue with Matter

Resolved! HUE plugin no reaction on voice command

I could not set up my mini nest

Google Nest Hub Max video calling won’t work

Google Nest Audio problem with playing Radio

Smartthings integration broken?

Nest camera is offline - I

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Nest Thermostat Fan Mode Script

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