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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...

Resolved! Updated assistant

Ever since I updated to new assistant I have so many problems! I wish I could fire her!! Doesn’t recognize music to identify-is very finicky on understanding requests and is a disappointment! can anyone offer any tips?

Please help - can’t connect Nest doorbell on hyperoptic

Hi all,I’ve spent about 4 hours with Gemini trying to solve this to no avail.I have a Nest doorbell that I’m trying to setup (my ISP in the UK is Hyperoptic).I setup all other Google products no problem but I’m getting a 0.80 and 0.65 errors trying t...

Re: How presence sensing works with time-based automations

The old nest gen 2 worked great nest gen 4 sucks with automations. Exact same problem i am having

Levitron Light Switch NOT working with Google Home

I have a Levitron light dimmer switch D26HD smart dimmers for several years. I connected them to my Google Home, and could control each them via voice command on Google Assistant or in the Google Home app until recently. Now the connection between Le...

Verification code

I link a Phillips smart lock to my Google home and when I try to lock/unlock my door the app is asking me for a verification code. Where do I find this code??? I never set a code up

Automations not running reliably

I’ve been using Google home for at least 3 years now. Every once in a while in the past there has been an issue where an automation failed. Wasn’t a huge deal because it happened very rarely. Now, I have automations either fail to run in their entire...

Google home app

Is anyone else finding the Google home app pretty useless? At least with Nest it was easy to view and see things?

Google Home gives an error trying to synch to a defective offline sengled hub tried everything

I tried everything online and called in today. I spent an hour only to be informed "we can't solve this, we can't escalate this" and come here. really?The Sengled hub is broken/won't power on. every time i use a command like "turn off the lights" or ...

Google Home camera dashboard

I recently migrated my Google home and was able to see all my connected devices (e.g. my Nest, Hue lightbulbs, smart switches, etc) and setup a nice dashboard in Google home. I kept getting messages weeks later about migration so I did it again and I...

Smart plugs and switches accessible when not connected to the home network?

Hello - I have a question re. our Nest Thermostats and now I'm looking into getting kasa or TP* smart plugs & switches. What I'd like to know is:a. access these devices (esp. the plugs and switches) when NOT on the home network (i.e. when I'm in the ...

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Heads up: Changes to Animal Detection Starter for Scripted Automations

Resolved! Updated assistant

Please help - can’t connect Nest doorbell on hyperoptic

Re: How presence sensing works with time-based automations

Levitron Light Switch NOT working with Google Home

Verification code

Automations not running reliably

Google home app

Google Home gives an error trying to synch to a defective offline sengled hub tried everything

Google Home camera dashboard

Smart plugs and switches accessible when not connected to the home network?

I could not set up my mini nest

Google Nest Hub Max video calling won’t work

Google Nest Audio problem with playing Radio

Smartthings integration broken?

Nest camera is offline - I

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Request for System-Wide Loudness Equalization on G...

Nest Thermostat Fan Mode Script

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