Home Automation

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...

Makeover needed for Google Home app to Google nest wifi

As mentioned, Makeover is needed for Google Home app towards Google nest wifi.Overall easy, fast tapping to do what you want to achieve on the app, but it fails to do more important things that need manually settings, troubleshooting. For most people...

Humidity targets nest gen 4

I have a nest Gen. 4 hooked up for whole house humidity (April air) and it does turn on the humidifier and turn it off, but I'd like to be able to see the levels that it's targeting for the humidity. I don't believe is actually adjusting humidity bas...

How to automatically start an app on google tv?

Hello!How can a tv with Google TV system start from an app, that is for watching tv channels, be opened with tv remote?I have a Tv with Google TV system, but I can't find a way how to make a tv channel app be opened with remote when I just want to wa...

Nest v2 to v4 upgrade with Fossil Fuel kit - not engaging alternate heat

Hello - I have had two Nest v2 thermostats working perfectly fine for more than a decade on two identical Trane heat pump/duel fuel (propane) systems. Both systems have fossil fuel kits attached which presumably have outdoor temperature sensors. Rece...

Gave up on Nest

Just a post to say I threw out all of my Nest affiliated cameras and doorbells. After hour 4 of trying to reconnect after replacing my modem I realized the products are useless in bettering my life given they eat up so much of my it.Do better Google.

Home Automations on Pixel Watch

Hello thereI am totally new in using smart home tools and recently installed like 20 Shelly Mini Gen3 (power outlet) into my home. I did this to simply turning of our lights on and off via the shelly app and/or "Hey google..." commands.For different ...

Detecting smoke but there’s no smoke

Any suggestions when my Google nest kept alerting me that there is smoke but there isn’t any? I took it down but it’s still beeping. It’s the middle of the night and it goes off every 10 minutes or so. I removed the thermostat but I’m not sure what h...

Zoom and Crop, Zoom and Enhance not showing up

Is anyone else experiencing a loss of functionality of the feature Zoom and Crop/Zoom and Enhance on iPad or iPhone?SpecsiOS 26.1Google Home app version 4.5.56Devices affected1) Nest Doorbell (wired, 3rd gen)2) Nest Cam Outdoor (wired, 2nd gen)3) Nes...

Nest cam night intruder alert

I have been trying for years to find a simple way to get my fancy nest floodlight camera and google home to wake me up with some kind of loud phone notification if someone is in our yard after dark, without also flooding my phone with notifications f...

Nest thermostat E won’t connect to the nest app

I’ve recently set up the E link with my new boiler and I’m trying to get the thermostat E to connect to the appall I’m getting on the thermostat is a downwards arrow and a house on the screen and it will not go past this stage I’ve tried re setting t...

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Heads up: Changes to Animal Detection Starter for Scripted Automations

Makeover needed for Google Home app to Google nest wifi

Humidity targets nest gen 4

How to automatically start an app on google tv?

Nest v2 to v4 upgrade with Fossil Fuel kit - not engaging alternate heat

Gave up on Nest

Home Automations on Pixel Watch

Detecting smoke but there’s no smoke

Zoom and Crop, Zoom and Enhance not showing up

Nest cam night intruder alert

Nest thermostat E won’t connect to the nest app

Cannot setup home/away switch in Google Home on an...

Home App Automations

Tapo camera goes to information screen

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Cannot get a routine to turn off multiple things

Automatisierung nest mini 2

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Door bell ring camera and Google nest camera

Home automation schedule starter only uses the fir...

Connecting other apps to Home