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automations dont work...

I set up two automations, one for lights on at sunset and the other for lights off at 1 am. Neither work. Yes, the location is correct. It's surprising but I guess not so much the more I deal with Google on a personal level. makes me rethink my GCP a...

jdilger by Community Member
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seeing nest camera and nest thermostats on MacBook

Hi, I can see my nest camera and thermostats on my iPhone. But I can't see both when I'm using my computer. I can either go to google home and see the new camera, or go to the old nest address and see my thermostats. What am I doing wrong?Jerry

jerry66 by Community Member
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Nest Thermostat is 10° F off from ambient room temp

During the summer, our brand new Nest Learning Thermostat would routinely read 5-10° Fahrenheit higher than the actual ambient room temp. I attributed this to the incredibly warm weather and the 100 year old house, and bought a Nest sensor and placed...

Nest thermostat

I tried hooking up the 3rd gen learning nest thermostat. According to where my wires were and where Google is telling me to place them . I am not sure what the problem is.

CO490 by Community Member
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Resolved! Changing router & wifi

I need to upgrade my BT router and therefore my network. If I just move my google speakers to the new network will I have to re-configure all smart devices such as plugs & bulbs or will they automatically migrate?

Griff1982 by Community Member
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Automation starting incorrectly

This is my automation:metadata: name: Announce when laundry room lights are on description: This is mostly for debug...lights are coming on randomly. automations: # ---- STARTERS ---- # starters: - type: device.state.OnOff state: on is: true device: ...

Google home won't turn on/off my tv

I have a Roku stick plugged into my very old tv. The Roku stick is plugged into a wall outlet so it has power all the time.When I first connected my Roku stick to google home, I could turn the t.v. off/on using google home and voice commands. Sometim...

Home / away assist

We use the home/away assist through the nest thermostat and also our protect smoke alarms. Historically we've had no issues with this but recently the 'away' setting has been kicking in early morning (c.6am) meaning the heating isn's coming on. We're...

ats543 by Community Member
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