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Heads up: Philips Hue Change Impacting Scripted Automations!

Hey everyone,We wanted to keep you in the loop about some recent changes related to Philips Hue sensors that might impact your scripted automations. Philips Hue has updated their sensor device configuration to use the TemperatureSetting trait (previo...

Nest Hub doorbell display

Does anyone know how I can get any motion events from my doorbell camera to send a notification to the Hub? Currently it only triggers if someone presses the doorbell button, but we have so many people who randomly come up to our house, or knock only...

Sjp23 by Community Member
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Teenager Acess

We currently have a teenager that I would like to add to our Google home family but the issue is we have wifi under our Google home.is there a way you can add someone to your home to be able to turn lights on and off etc without giving them access to...

Rob21287 by Community Member
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Morning routine conflict

So if I set an alarm with a Morning routine, it triggers the built in "Good morning" routine. This routine has a built in announcement I don't want and can't remove. So I triedCreating a new routine with a Starter of 'When an alarm is dismissed'Deact...

Wibbly by Community Member
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Sunrise Alarm feature User Interface

So the sunrise alarm feature, when active, has 2 buttons on the display - one for 'Sunrise' and other for 'Stop'.They both seem to have the effect of simply cancelling the alarm, right? Anyone know what the difference between them is?

Wibbly by Community Member
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Google Mesh Wifi vs. HUB

Hi,I have a broadband connection and a HUB.How do I connect my Google Mesh?Does it goes from the broadband router to the hub and then into the Mesh?BR,Rasmus

Automation and groups

Hey google, This is an is there any way/suggest improvement post. Why can’t routines be combined. I seem to need an on routine and an off routine for lights rather than one routine that turns them in from this time to that time. Or even better would ...

Philj by Community Member
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Learning nest and multi zone system fan constantly running

We recently built a home. We have two ac units. One upstairs controlling only one zone and another in the basement controlling three zones using a Honeywell hz322. The multi zone unit fan runs constantly even when the furnace isnt fired up. How do I ...

Plugs and 3 way light bulb

I have a light plugged into a smart plug...when I ask Google to turn on my tv- my light turns on also? Why. Is it because it's a3 way bulb in my light? How can I get this to stop?

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