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SmartWings Blinds on Matter - Constantly Offline

Hi All,I recently purchased two SmartWings blinds and purposely selected the Matter enabled motors for them. Along with purchasing the blinds, I purchased a Google Nest Hub (gen 2) to act as a Thread border router for the blinds. The setup process wa...

Matthome by Community Member
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Google Home Presence Sensing Does Functions Inconsisitently

We use Google Home for numerous automation functions and the home/away function does not work the same all the time. We use our cell phones and speakers to determine presence, but some times it can take up to three hours for the presence to change fr...

gacck by Community Member
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Device, groups, & rooms

Speaker group issues. I think I know the problem (me), but I don't know how to solve it. Psychologist? Maybe, but I thought I'd try this first.When I open the Home app, select 'device groups & rooms, select my room (office), and select choose devices...

Daughter with Autism

Hi, Looking at needing a system that works in two rooms of the house for my daughter. Looking at it being an assistant, when to wake up, when to have tea etc etc. Just constantly sending her reminders. The trick is I need it to go to both devices in ...

Kellie by Community Member
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Speaker groups

I've been having inconsistency issues with paired Google nest speakers, and discovered that I have multiple groups setup and they are creating a conflict with each other. How can I either delete my speaker groups or delete everything, and start anew?

Thermostat Learning WiFi searching

Hi thereThank you for your assistance in advance.I've recently purchased a Nest Learning Thermostat 3rd Gen and plan to have it installed this week. I attempted to power on the thermostat and connect it to my wifi network, but it continuously searche...

"Play the news" on Nest Mini, then commercials get VERY LOUD

Using the Nest Mini, I say "play the news" and all is well until a commercial comes on, which is incredibly loud compared to the program that had just been playing. After the commercial, the next news program is normal volume again, then BOOM COMMERC...

tbrudy by Community Member
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