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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...

Announce custom message not playing

For something different I added the action "Make an announcement" to my home theatre routine. All the devices activate on the command "Home Theatre On" but the message "Would everyone please take your seats. The movie is about to begin." is never ann...

Resolved! blinking green light on google thermostat

My thermostat is unresponsive. When on the base, it does nothing. I took it off to charge it with a USB and now it has a blinking green light at the top. When I first plugged it in to USB, the google "G" came up in the center for a moment and then we...

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Hello guys I go by the name Jay zark jnr.please can anyone tell me more about nest aware

Nest Tampering Causing Unwanted Heating Activation

I'm away for the winter. Set Thermostats at 42 for the winter. Suddenly, about a month after leaving I see that my heat has been set at 72 for 3 days costing $75.00 in unnecessary natural gas consumption. I turned my 3 thermostats off fearing a repea...

Zoom and enhance on Google Home

I’m in the process of looking to migrate to Google Home.From what I see it appears the zoom & enhance is currently not available in Google Home.Can anyone from Google? Please explain why this function is taken away since you have the code to do it.Di...

Run a routine only once and have it deactivate itself until I activate it again.

I have a routine that I want to only run once if the starter condition is met, and then I want it to deactivate itself. How can I achieve this? I tried adding a custom command "Deactivate routine Test" to disable the Test routine but it did nothing.

Google Nest Mini

When I ask my Nest Mini to "tell me some good news," it responds with "Ooh (or 'ew'). What?" Does anyone have any idea why I'm getting this response?

Wi-Fi can’t find refrigerator

I have a new SQ refrigerator and a strong Wi-Fi signal. Everything is synced up, but I can’t seem to get the thin Q app to change anything on the refrigerator. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks for the help, Bill Heinsohn

First they came for timers now media alarms no longer supported.

About two weeks ago I could no longer telly Google assistant to turn on or off an outlet using a timer because of safety.Now last night when I tried to set my usual wake up alarm using a playlist I have in YouTube music. It said that it is no longer ...

Office Audio Setup

Recently, I brought my Google Nest Audio to the office to enjoy music during work hours. To facilitate this, I created a new location named "Office" and added the Nest Audio to it in my Google Home settings.An intriguing observation is that, despite ...

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Heads up: Changes to Animal Detection Starter for Scripted Automations

Announce custom message not playing

Resolved! blinking green light on google thermostat

I'm here to introduce myself

Nest Tampering Causing Unwanted Heating Activation

Zoom and enhance on Google Home

Run a routine only once and have it deactivate itself until I activate it again.

Google Nest Mini

Wi-Fi can’t find refrigerator

First they came for timers now media alarms no longer supported.

Office Audio Setup

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