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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...

Best and google home speaker connection issues

One child moved out and left his speakers for the other child. He does not know the password for the specific WiFi that connects the nest. A hard reset was suggested but I don’t see how to do it. The small google home speaker was working yesterday an...

Ltrull by Community Member
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Full electrical outlet installed

I have installed a brand new smart outlet in my home (bn-link).Each of the individual slots can have it's own name and even be controlled separately through the Smart Life or Google Home app, but when I use voice commands, it applies to the whole out...

Alwpg by Community Member
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Ambient mode photo album

Ambient mode is only selecting 5 photos from my album and after displaying them goes to generic pictures. The system was using the whole photo album up until about a week ago.

Robert-M by Community Member
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Turn off Notifications

My Google Nest keeps on reminding me of “time to wash hands”, “time to go for a walk” etc. How can I delete these voice notifications ?

Nest learning thermostat shedule

Hello, sorry for my poor English.. I have a problem with nest learning thermostat schedule. I'm setting different temperatures during the day,i have put 20° from 18 to 23 and from 7 to 830. Now here in italy it's 22:10 and 19°in the room, and the nes...

Nest IQ Outdoor Cameras - Have Power but No Electrical Connection

I have 3 outdoor Nest IQ cameras. A few months ago, one of them went offline and never came back on. It is not an issue with the wifi or electrical outlet. It is plugged into a good working outlet (other items plugged into this outlet work, tried rou...

mlt17 by Community Member
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3rd party apps no longer Connecting

Main concern: last night all my 3rd party devices stopped connecting to my Google Home. For months now I have had TP-Link Kasa and Govee Home connected to Home and have been using them without any issues. Yesterday, I opened and installed a brand new...

RossB by Community Member
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Automations

Through automations and routines, I need help figuring out how to create one that will accomplish this task: I have a basement with a Google mini speaker, and a nest doorbell at the front door. I would like to set a routine where when the doorbell ca...

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