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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...

No longer turns off music as requested

I always tell my Google to play music for one hour. Now I have found that Google will play the music but never turns it off. I have unplugged my Google in an attempt to reset it but it still is leaving music on. What to do?

My Chromecast is in infinite loop, how to recover?

One day my Chromecast started restarting non-stop. I can't get into configuration mode. I already tried to reset the button and it didn't work. can you help me with this issue?

Feedback and suggestion issues

Not sure if i am missing something, but the #publicpreview of the google home app doesn’t have a very useful feedback function where i can provide write up for the feedback.any advice? Do it on this forum?

Dumb thermostat allows user to waste money!

We went away for a month to visit family in the USA. Before leaving, I turned my thermostat down to 14C to save energy while keeping some house heating. I also realised that the thermostat would sense that nobody was home and switch to "eco" mode. Wh...

App launcher disappeared after a reset?

I had to reset my Nest Hub Max and the app launcher disappeared? Can someone tell me how to fix this? Thank you

Wake up on motion detection

Hi,I have a google nest hub. I think that one major limitation of the device is the absence of waking up functionality of the display on motion detection. Currently it is possible to sleep the device after 5 minutes on inactivity but it cannot wake u...

Help with Google home and Philips, hue

I’ve got a house with Philips, hue and about 20 lightbulbs and mini devices.I’ve got a house with Philips, hue and about 20 lightbulbs and mini devices.I control everything with Google voice and it has been working very well.About two weeks ago, I st...

Joinning a Zoom Meeting

My Google nest Hub Max crashes when I try joinning a Zoom meeting, It will not turn on video. Works ok when starting new meeting. I been in 5 or 6 chat with support and can not get result. Tried to get to higher support, but impossible.

Nest Thermostat wireless interference

Hi my nest thermostat is constantly disconnected and reconnecting to the heatlink, Can you tell me what channel the Thermostat/heatlink defaults to so I can adjust my other equipment to a different channel to try and troubleshoot the issue. Thank you

Sharing Scenes and Household Routines

I have 2 users in the household, and following the introduction of Household Routines, I have deleted all routines for all users, unlinked all works with google accounts and attempted to start from scratch.I have linked my "Home Assistant" login thro...

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Heads up: Changes to Animal Detection Starter for Scripted Automations

No longer turns off music as requested

My Chromecast is in infinite loop, how to recover?

Feedback and suggestion issues

Dumb thermostat allows user to waste money!

App launcher disappeared after a reset?

Wake up on motion detection

Help with Google home and Philips, hue

Joinning a Zoom Meeting

Nest Thermostat wireless interference

Sharing Scenes and Household Routines

Nest web interface fails to login to my Google acc...

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All of my Google home devices suddenly disconnecte...

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