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...

Google Nest issue reconnecting with a new home internet.

We have Google Hub 2nd Gen and the speaker. We have changed our internet provider and am unable to connect. Try to scan the code from google home however says device not found

Have you seen TikTok routines or hacks that actually work with Google Home/Nest?

I keep running into short TikTok clips showing creative automations with Google Home/Nest — things like voice commands that trigger multiple actions, unique lighting routines, or even fun security camera alerts.Lately I’ve also seen similar content a...

Complete reset needed on Nest cameras, google devices, and apps

We have had our Nest cameras, Google Home, Google mini, and smart plugs for many years. We're not sure what has caused problems to our account, but the owner can no longer see or change anything any longer. We can only view using the secondary user a...

Only one phone can be connected to geofence?

my cousin moved in and I wanted the google system to recognize him as being home or away. But when I connected his phone it took recognition away from my phone. That makes no sense, why can’t the system recognize if both of us are home?

GOOGLE NEST DOORBELL WIRED, 2ND GENERATION CHIME CONNECTOR MELTING

The above Doorbell is hooked up to a chime/transformer side by side. We just had to replace the doorbell because the chime connector melted. So we have a new one and have connected it up the same. Everything works, but the chime connector is again ge...

Not able anymore to play radio '24/7 Continuous Music' on TuneIn

Hi,something has changed the past few weeks to automations.Until last month, I had a personal automation that started some actions when I come home.One of the actions is to start playing a radio station called '24/7 Continuous Music' on TuneIn (Free)...

the location starter is gone

I have a Samsung Galaxy z fold 5 on android 15 and one ui 7 with the February 1st 2025 security patch level. I can't use the location starter on my google home app because it doesn't show up, I've done everything from clearing cache, deleting data, a...

Trying to change WiFi on our google devices

Hi we recently had to change our WiFi device to something better and I’m not sure how to change our WiFi to each device. We have google display,Nest, google mini speakers

iOS 26 thumbnail previews broken on notifications

I’ve been using iOS 26 for a few weeks and updated to the official release yesterday. Previously, when I received a notification, I could long-press it to watch the short clip without opening the app. Since updating, this feature no longer works on m...

Presence Sensing

I recently went on vacation and when I came home presense sensing doesn't seem to be working. I used to arrive home and my lights but turn on automatically and 15 minutes later indoor cameras would be turned off as well as lights. Now that home autom...

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Heads up: Changes to Animal Detection Starter for Scripted Automations

Google Nest issue reconnecting with a new home internet.

Have you seen TikTok routines or hacks that actually work with Google Home/Nest?

Complete reset needed on Nest cameras, google devices, and apps

Only one phone can be connected to geofence?

GOOGLE NEST DOORBELL WIRED, 2ND GENERATION CHIME CONNECTOR MELTING

Not able anymore to play radio '24/7 Continuous Music' on TuneIn

the location starter is gone

Trying to change WiFi on our google devices

iOS 26 thumbnail previews broken on notifications

Presence Sensing

Door bell ring camera and Google nest camera

Home automation schedule starter only uses the fir...

Connecting other apps to Home

“SECURITY BY DESIGN’ FOR Nest CAMS - a priority

Automation not working with some devices

Recovery to Gmail account

doorbell chime on iPhone

Lenovo Display

Nest Doorbell (Battery)

Ever feel like you've been cheated? New 4th gen Ne...