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Heads up: Philips Hue Change Impacting Scripted Automations!

Hey everyone,We wanted to keep you in the loop about some recent changes related to Philips Hue sensors that might impact your scripted automations. Philips Hue has updated their sensor device configuration to use the TemperatureSetting trait (previo...

Kogan Smarter Home routines arent working anymore

Hi.I used to be able to run my kogan Smarter Home routines when I said "I'm home" or "Goodbye" or "Goodnight" etc.Now everytime I ask Google to do some home automation thing it does single item commands like "turn on all lights" but it won't activate...

MikeStan by Community Member
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Google Nest hub

Can I use the Google Nest hub to remotely lock and unlock a Kwikset 916 SmartCode deadbolt?

Epant2006 by Community Member
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Link account

Ive had my Google nest for sometime time and had no issues. But for some reason my best keeps going to "link account" page but it is linked.... It will do it at random times even while casting from my phone it is becoming rather annoying! Ive done th...

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Unable to play music in "Away" routine

For my "Away" routine, I would like to play music for my cats via my Google home speaker. However, the only my lights and cameras are available on the list devices to create actions.I tried working around this by creating a custom routine, but custom...

Robunsc by Community Member
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Google Nest Cam Notifications

When you do not turn on the "notifications away only" button, (reg. presence sensing when away from home area), what happens to your notifications in that scenario? Do you continue to receive notifications even when you are still present in the home ...

JeffSA by Community Member
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Music connection

I press the tab to connect but all that happens is the icon pulses and a sound occurs every 40 or so seconds on the speaker

pjlaura by Community Member
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My GE cync bulbs constantly stop working

There have been a bunch of forum posts that all get closed on this, but my GE Cync bulbs constantly disconnect from the Home app. I have done all the troubleshooting, talked with customer service both from Google and GE, done the factory resets, boug...

Irwinad by Community Member
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Nest Offline

My nest hub only allows me to access it when I am in the wifi network. When I try to call away from home from my app, my nest displays "offline." Why is this?

Avoss1983 by Community Member
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