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...

Nanoleaf and home won't connect

So I've been trying to get my Nanoleaf setup to connect to Google home, yet every time I go to the option for it, sign in, and select allow, I get the error message "Could not reach Nanoleaf smarter series". Nanoleaf is hellbent on believing this iss...

Can’t get open Netflix through my chrome cast via voice command using my google nest

So I recently bought a chrome cast and projector which work great. My problem is my most recent purchase which is a google home nest audio. I have set it up on my google home app and can listen to music via Spotify using voice commands however, if I ...

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...

Feature request: using home mini as alarm to scare off intruders

Feature request: if your nest aware indoor camera detects motion from a person while you’re away from home, your home mini’s can blast an alarm at full volume to hopefully scare off intruders

Slow response when using Google Home to control Philips Hue devices

(I have also reported this from within the Google Home app)Problem: In a Google Nest network, all Phillips Hue devices are responding very slowly (10 seconds or so) through Google Home a day or two after either restarting the network or performing a ...

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...

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...

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?

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 ...

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Heads up: Changes to Animal Detection Starter for Scripted Automations

Nanoleaf and home won't connect

Can’t get open Netflix through my chrome cast via voice command using my google nest

Nest Hub doorbell display

Feature request: using home mini as alarm to scare off intruders

Slow response when using Google Home to control Philips Hue devices

Teenager Acess

Morning routine conflict

Sunrise Alarm feature User Interface

Google Mesh Wifi vs. HUB

Automation and groups

Cámaras , doorbell

Stop Google home verbal confirmation?

Nest Camera Automation

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Deleting old Fitbit account

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Retrieve old camera footage after Grandma passing

Issue with Google home automation

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