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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...
Unusual Devices and Text on devices menu.
Recently after both of my parents mobile phones were compromised in various attacks. I noticed small text below the connected devices in the devices menu, that reads "hitches" with nothing beneath it. This hasn't occurred before and it is some what c...
Script editor - run action only after device state is on for x seconds
I am trying to set up an automation where lights turn on only after media has been paused for 5 seconds. Is that possible? Thank you!
Google Nest Camera (indoor wired) refuses to work after ISP change
Hello, We changed ISP's from Comcast to Sail and we cannot get our two Nest cameras to connect to our phones since. Here are all the things we have tried:1. Turn phones on and off, turned airplane mode on and off2. Reset cameras3. Reset modem and rou...
Home and away routines missing #2
Why are my home and away routines missing? I've seen some more post's about this in the community but no clear answers. I have the presence sensing ON and it seems that it can tell if I'm home or not, but I can't make changes to the routine because I...
Routine with vocal assistant on wear os 3,5
Hello I would like to know why with my Xiaomi Watch 2 Pro (wear os 3.5)smartphone the routines do not work with the voice assistant while on my old Fossil generation 6 routines with the same wear os 3.5 system the routines worked correctly.
Purchased Home with Google cameras - unable to connect
I just recently purchased a home that has 6 cameras around the house including the doorbell. The previous owner did not deactivate their account/factory reset the cameras on their wifi network before they left. That is the only way a new user can con...
Home recognices my phone as away but never sets itself to away
So I recently got the Nest Hub second gen and its working fine. I started using presence sensing with my only linked phone. Works like a charm... kind of...In my activity I can see that the app detects that my phone left home, but my home does not go...
Two-factor Confirmation
I understand that in the current smart-home, it must be implemented using the device and traits specified in the following site. For example, use LIGHT Device and OnOff Traits to turn on a light.When I run a command like this, I want to check again w...
PersonDetection Event and eventData
I'm attempting to create a starter in automation for PersonDetection. Unfortunately, the cameras think they see a person a lot, but it's incorrect. Therefore, I'm trying to identify if the person has been "seen" for more than 5 seconds and if so, sen...
Nest camera won’t play notifications
So for a while I have been having my Google cameras and they have been working fine just recently I get a notifications from my camera that is there is a person or animal or someone sort of alert and I tap it on my phone to See what it is .so It can ...
