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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...

check if home

Am i missing something? The app can only see if I leave or enter a certain location? Is it not simply possible to have an automation that checks whether I am in a location before determining if it should proceed or not? I want my lights to turn on at...

ADT+ transition unsupported cameras!

I have recently transitioned to my nest to ADT+ only because Google is dropping support for the Nest Secure which I paid a lot of money for. When I decided to go with nest/google I knew the cameras were good quality so invested in the system despite ...

Assistant functionality on Spotify

I want to control Spotify via Google Assistant while I am jogging, but unfortunately I can't add songs to the queue. I can use "play next song" or "play [song name]", but adding to queue doesn't seem to work, it just directs to me web results. Any he...

Home Away Assist not working

I have Home/Away Assist set to On, but my camera does not turn on when I leave my home. Also, for the past few days the camera has been turning on at random times when I do not want it to be on. I am a paid subscriber please advise.

Routine starts on Android phone instead Nest Hub (2nd gen)

I've set up a household routine to play a radio station when I ask Google to do so. The only option I can choose in the configuration settings of that routine is to "Play on device you speak to". When I'm too far away for my Nest Hub to hear me (the ...

I regret buying a Nest so much

I normally wouldn't take the time to post something like this because life is short, but there's no purchase I've ever regretted more than my Nest so wanted to share the experience to hopefully help others avoid this product. Despite turning off all ...

Resolved! change Language to English

Can anyone help me change the language viewed on my Google nest hub seven to English. It is in Chinese.

Nest Gen 3 Thermostat will not connect to Internet.

Google has been the biggest pain in the a__ Spoke with tech support and they tell me that the thermostat is bad but great news its still under warranty and they will ship a new one. Great pay with a hold on your credit card and return old one with a ...

Google Assist activates on phone, but responds on Nest Devices

Hi all,When I activate the assistant on my phone the tab pops up and it understands the command I am giving. The responds altough is given randomly over one of my Nest speakers.I am on an android phone an have 1 Nest Display and 2 Nest Mini 1st Gen.I...

Nest Connect to Replace Nest Guard to Connect Yale x Nest Lock to Wifi

I have had a Nest x Yale Lock since early 2019 that previously connected to Wi-Fi through my Nest Guard. Now that Google made Nest Guard defunct, and I replaced by security system with their new ADT system, I can't access my Nest x Yale Lock. Per Goo...

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Heads up: Changes to Animal Detection Starter for Scripted Automations

check if home

ADT+ transition unsupported cameras!

Assistant functionality on Spotify

Home Away Assist not working

Routine starts on Android phone instead Nest Hub (2nd gen)

I regret buying a Nest so much

Resolved! change Language to English

Nest Gen 3 Thermostat will not connect to Internet.

Google Assist activates on phone, but responds on Nest Devices

Nest Connect to Replace Nest Guard to Connect Yale x Nest Lock to Wifi

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