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...

Automation sunset

When I try to make an automation, it isn't possible to turn on the lights before sunset when it's cloudy or clear. Normaly it's turn on the lights 40 minutes before sunset, but when it's cloudy it's to late and when it's clear it's to early. Any help...

Can't add device to Google home routine

Unable to add a device that is visible under devices section of Google home app to a new routine. The device is added and it's functioning in an existing routine.

Start a script from another script

Hello,I'm looking for a way to call an script from another script, I've created script to manage some stuff and now I want to call all those scripts in a single script.

adding the doorbell to google home that can't normally be added

hello, this doorbell is not added to google home, do you know how to add it, it works with battery now S-Link Swapp SL-EG22

Goggle mini keeps restarting during setup

Good day. My home mini keeps restarting during setup up. When it ask if you here the beep. I didn't have this issue with any of the others just this one I have factory reset. Power my phone. Thank in advance

Automation To Stop Currently Playing Music at Set Dates & Time.

I can't seem to create an automation to stop music playing at specific times/dates without adding a starter phrase. I have an automation that plays music on one of my home speakers at night. However, I would like for the music to automatically stop w...

Hue Remote (Dimmer Switch) Triggering Routines

Hi all,I have about 3 Hue Switches (dimmer switches) around my house. Now I know that you can create Routines using these switches on Alexa (i.e. if the first button is pressed that'll be a trigger, or if the brightness up is pressed that'll be a tri...

Copy/convert Home app automation to scripted automation

I (like many users here, probably) have a lot of automations and devices currently in the Google Home app. I was really hoping that, with the new Script Editor feature, I would be able to copy and/or edit the scripts of existing automations, add a ne...

Controlling kids access

Hello all.My question is simple. Does Google Fiber have a way to monitor and/or control family members profiles so that I can control when my children can access certain devices at certain times, basically controlling those devices within the paramet...

Where to find the Nest Pro ID

My Nest Learning Thermostat is installed. While I was matching it with the Nest App for Android, after scanning the QR code from the device, I went to Home/Assist to get the number - wrongly as it is on the back of the thermostat! but I couldn't go b...

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Heads up: Changes to Animal Detection Starter for Scripted Automations

Automation sunset

Can't add device to Google home routine

Start a script from another script

adding the doorbell to google home that can't normally be added

Goggle mini keeps restarting during setup

Automation To Stop Currently Playing Music at Set Dates & Time.

Hue Remote (Dimmer Switch) Triggering Routines

Copy/convert Home app automation to scripted automation

Controlling kids access

Where to find the Nest Pro ID

Older wired cameras

Nest Doorbell motion detection not working with Go...

How to stop currently running action or add condit...

cannot change lamp color using google gome anymore

Aqara 3 gang switch all displaying the same name i...

Nest: Switched internet providers and lost access ...

Nest Doorbell Camera

All of my Google home devices suddenly disconnecte...

gmail access

Google Home lost ability to connect to Philips Hue