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...

Nest Cam motion cannot used as trigger in Google Home automations

Dear community,I've just stumbled upon this post by @Clockwork81 quoting that a motion detection of a Nest cam can trigger a Google home automation/routine (while a people detection cannot).I was trying for quite a while to use motion (not people) de...

Google Assistant voice commands not working

I have had a number of smart devices added to Home app via linking my Home Assistant account. I primarily use voice commands in Mandarin to control those smart devices, e.g. turning lights on and off, playing music, etc. It used to work perfectly but...

Cast sounds to a speaker

Why Google? I used to be able to cast sounds like forest or ocean to a specific speaker, but now that's not allowed?Example: After my Nest Hub Max decided to go on a rant about something on TV, I told it to stop. The Nest Speaker in my sons room upst...

Could not reach Smart Life. Please try again

Hi, For a couple of months, I have been trying to reconnect Google Home to Smart Life with no success. It was connected and I noticed some new devices didn't show, so I disconnected and now can't link them back up again. I have tried several Android ...

[Matter] All TP-Link P125M smart plugs are offline and cannot be controlled or monitored

Without any change or action on my part, Google Home now shows all of my smart plugs as offline and cannot control them from the app or from any of my hubs.All smart plugs are TP-LINK P125M connected by Matter, so there is no third-party cloud servic...

Need some help on an automation script

I am trying to create an automation script which handles all the lights in my dining room and kitchen working from a Hue sensor. Essentially, what I want to create is from sunrise to 5pm, the lights in my kitchen turn on at 100% and after 5 mins turn...

Google Nest Hub Max Changing status to Home

My Google Nest Hub Max keeps changing status from away to home even though I'm away (by touch control) and has to be changed manually back to away. Please advise.

Home App For My Doorbell keeps crashing. NEST

Please help.My Nest doorbell camera app keeps crashing while i view on my phone and on my laptop.Can you help please? Also, the tabs and options that are available on my phone are not available when I log in on my computer. Can you help with this als...

Spotify stops during night

I use a payed account on Spotify playing a 7h long white noise for my baby.During the night the playlist stops multiple times and I have to restart it from my phone so I don't disrupt the baby. Even so when nest restart playing, the light and the noi...

Nest sensors not connecting

Just purchased a box of Nest sensors for my home. We did so because we have 3 stories and each floor has dramatic differences in temp. Basement like a meat locker, main floor comfortable, upper floor always hot. I cannot get the sensors to connect wi...

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Heads up: Changes to Animal Detection Starter for Scripted Automations

Nest Cam motion cannot used as trigger in Google Home automations

Google Assistant voice commands not working

Cast sounds to a speaker

Could not reach Smart Life. Please try again

[Matter] All TP-Link P125M smart plugs are offline and cannot be controlled or monitored

Need some help on an automation script

Google Nest Hub Max Changing status to Home

Home App For My Doorbell keeps crashing. NEST

Spotify stops during night

Nest sensors not connecting

Wake up sunrise lamp

How do I turn off light updates on the activity ta...

Using external setup guides for advanced Nest auto...

Updated assistant

Anyone have any luck switching a Nest Display from...

Alert Delay on doorbell

Cannot setup home/away

Cannot setup home/away switch in Google Home on an...

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