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...

Issue with Google mini gen 1

I move a few days ago and can’t work out how to change the assigned rooms so I factory reset the 2 Google Minis and ran through the setup .. it fails after it does the update and says to test by say Hey Google .. it tells me the google device is not ...

How to manage Chromecast connections

4-5 years ago I was at a friend's house in Michigan, USA, who let me connect to his Sonos sound system to play music. I don't remember how it worked, but as long as I was connected to his Wi-Fi I could play music from my laptop on any of his system c...

Aladdin connect garage opener

I just recently installed an Aladdin Genie garage opener. I don't have an issue with using Google Assistant to open the garage but it will not close when asked. When asked, it states "garage door not available". I have searched for an answer to fix t...

Automation event relative to >4 hrs before sunset

Looking for way to program an automation to turn on a smart outlet that powers a light 14 hrs before sunset each day of the year and then turn off at 730 am. The Home app only has before sunset option up to 4hrs. Thanks.

Google Chromecast Posting

Hi, I am a photographer and I take Pictures of Landscapes and few wild animails. I would like to know where i can post or submit my photos for the chromecast screen saver on google.

Hallucinating Nest App

I have a nest app controlling the heating of my home which I'm away from at the moment.The nest app seems to be unable to stop the boiler coming on and heating the rooms to 20 degrees. If I turn off the heating on the app it shows the heating is off ...

USA floodlight metal mount and plastic cover

Hi,I need to purchase the metal mount and plastic cover plate that comes with the USA purchased Google Floodlight. I'm in Australia and ours come with an all in one plastic mount that does not work for my particular install requirements. Can someone ...

Nest Detect Pathlight

I know that Nest Secure will stop support in April 2024 but was curious if I will still be able to use the pathlight function on the Nest Detect sensors I currently have. It seems the new Google Nest products with ADT don't have that function which i...

Need help re-start home google

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Help wanted: Script ignoring `for:` in starter

Hey would someone be able to help, I have this automation to turn off the kitchen light if there is no activity for 2 minutes but it often turns off the light when there is definitely motion. If it helps the its an eve motion sensor over matter.# Tur...

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Heads up: Changes to Animal Detection Starter for Scripted Automations

Issue with Google mini gen 1

How to manage Chromecast connections

Aladdin connect garage opener

Automation event relative to >4 hrs before sunset

Google Chromecast Posting

Hallucinating Nest App

USA floodlight metal mount and plastic cover

Nest Detect Pathlight

Need help re-start home google

Help wanted: Script ignoring `for:` in starter

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