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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...

Resolved! Issues with my Google Chrome casth

Hi Guys, I am having trouble getting my other devices to see my chrome cast.The set up went fine as I got to the point where it is connected to my WiFi. However, it appears that when I go to mirror my screen to my TV, it won't do it. I checked that m...

Nest Thermostat

Hi, I have had a nest thermostat for 4 years. I haven't touched it since last year. Now when i access my account through ios or a browser i can't get my schedual or controls up. It just says that it is conected. I can find no button to access it. the...

IT LOOKS LIKE X THINGS AREN'T AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. - How can I find out what those things are?

Tried to be pretty inclusive in the Subject. When I tell Google something like turn off all the lights and it responds with, "Sorry, it looks like 8 things aren't available right now" is there some log I can look into to see what those things are? Th...

Haunting no longer change light colors

When I ask my Google Nest "get spooky" or "make the house haunted", it usually plays a spooky music and flickers the smart lights into different colors. Since last week it stopped doing it. It only plays the music. But no longer change light colors a...

Resolved! Chromecast question

Does Chromecast need to be plugged into a power outlet or will the tv's USB work?

Speaker group weird behaviour

I've multiple two google nest mini at home and one LG XBOOM XK7 and I'm not be able to cast audio to all at same time. Only WK7 with only one more. For example, having a speakers group with nest 1, nest 2 and lg1, I share music to the group but only ...

Google Chromecast is not working

The Chromecast has been working perfectly fine but it stopped allowing me to stream movies and series on both my iPhone and iPad. It works perfectly fine on someone else’s devices but not my own. I’ve done everything I can from resetting the wifi, th...

Resolved! Smart life devices appearing as offline in google home but working fine in smart life app. Help?

I cant connect my smart life lights to google home. They all worked perfectly fine until I created a new "home" in google home and now it won't work anymore. I am able to sync my Smart Life account to google home and the devices all show in the app. ...

Thermostar app

Since you own the world, why are your programs so difficult to figure out? Why did it take 15 minutes to get here?Thermostat app. Icons too tiny for cellphone. Need simpler way to change schedule temps.

Google nest hot water won't turn off

Hi there detail is in the title, iv connected the thermostat and heatlink up, the heating works fine but the hw is on constant.. is there a setting during setup that causes this?Thanks in advance

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Heads up: Changes to Animal Detection Starter for Scripted Automations

Resolved! Issues with my Google Chrome casth

Nest Thermostat

IT LOOKS LIKE X THINGS AREN'T AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. - How can I find out what those things are?

Haunting no longer change light colors

Resolved! Chromecast question

Speaker group weird behaviour

Google Chromecast is not working

Resolved! Smart life devices appearing as offline in google home but working fine in smart life app. Help?

Thermostar app

Google nest hot water won't turn off

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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I change my phone and on the new one I don't see m...