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Let’s Discuss! Smart Home Automations for Pets

Hey Nest Community,May is National Pet Month in the United States! And as all pet parents know - scaley, feathery, and furry friends are very important inhabitants of your household and can absolutely benefit from the connectedness of a smart home. W...

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Unable to add devices to a routine in Google Home on iOS

I don't see a label for 'home automation' so I picked 'Cameras and Doorbells'. Hopefully the right person will see this.I have several home automation devices added to Google Home (smart plugs, light bulbs, thermostats). As of yesterday I am unable t...

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Garage Door Opener

Purchased a Kogan Garage door opener and could use with Google assistance voice command. Suddenly this as stopped working. Smarter home works but no voice command. Anyone else have same issue of it stop working.

Gorilla75 by Community Member
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How big is my home?

I am confused to say the least. I have pointed out where my home is to google. I only have one phone that I use for presence sensing. I have given googles apps permission to use my location for presence sensing. Everything and all have I done that I ...

jmalmsten by Community Member
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Smarthings Integration with Nest Protect

Hi,Apologies if this has been discussed and answered previously...Has anyone managed to get Samsung Smartthings integrated with the Google Nest Protect device with a Google account? All I can find is that if the account has been migrated from a Nest ...

Sandbadger by Community Member
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Can't connect 3rd party apps to Google Home

I have a few "works with Google" devices, but I can't seem to connect the apps anymore. It started when I added a couple more outlets that use Cloud Intelligence and went to add them to my profile. When I tap on the app in the list I get a prompt to ...

JesusFreak by Community Member
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IR blaster

@Eddywin already mentioned, but you closed the thread. Y'ALL NEED TO INCLUDE IR BLASTERS IN ALL YOUR HUBS AND SPEAKERS. You would make all integrated life more seamless, I use the Tuya app with a cheap as chips dongle to control tv and aircon in the ...

DrJimbo by Community Member
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Hub and Speakers

I actually have 2 queries. We have just purchased the Google doorbell and have it installed and up and running. However, the first problem I have is that I can't get it to link properly to my Google hub. The hub does announce when someone rings the b...

Aleigh26 by Community Member
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Chromecast and PC

in the cast options there is no "cast desktop". What can i do to fix this issue? thanks

Johini by Community Member
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