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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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Switch lamps on/ off in a random fashion

Is it possible to set up the lights / speaker to come on a go off in a random way. When the home is unoccupied this method would make the home appear occupied. I know that various multiple timers can be set but this creates an obvious regular sequenc...

Google assistant lights alarms

I have told okay Google to turn on the light at 6am how do I find that alarm and cancel it? It's not on the alarm or home or the app from the light itself

Jnimmos19 by Community Member
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Google home randomly sets to away, for not reason

Hello community,For a reason I can't explain, Google Home sets my home as away. It happened twice yesterday and three times already today.Is there any way to access greater detailed logs than the "my activity"? Else, is there anything I can try to so...

DonRL by Community Member
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Limited number of starters

I would like to start a routine of dimming lights when Google TV is turned on or start playing a movie or a show. There is no way to configure it in the Google ecosystem even though I am using Google Home and Google TV.

GH controlling ceiling light but not fan

I’ve bought a grid connect (Arlec) ceiling fan and light combination. Grid connect paired it ok, it on GH it’s come up as two separate devices and only the light part is controllable, the fan part says offline, yet it’s online through Grid Connect

MummaG by Community Member
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Motion sensor to trigger lights

looking for a motion sensor that will trigger lights for when my dog does his business in the backyard at night. Is there any options available ??I've looked - with no success Thank you in advance Joey

Music Commands using Spotify

How can I start a previously playing song after entering my auto and having BT connect with Spotify (Song initially paused? I have tried "Resume", "Continue Playing" . Is there a command to start a song that was not paused using Google automation. Ag...

JJConnon by Community Member
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Google Home? Wyze?

I was seeing if anyone else smart lights are coming on by itself. So, the past 6 months at exactly 2:08 p.m. all the lights in my house come on, even when someone in the house is napping. I don't know what's going on, I have deleted all routines for ...

jlock by Community Member
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button as a starter

It would be so good to have a button as a starter in a procedure. e.g. I could press a light button trice. Then it makes light, starts the coffee-machine and plays the news - just as an example...

Carsten by Community Member
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procedure

I could use seconds in a procedure. e.G. at the evening I star a procedure: Go To Bed. It starts a light where I walk for 10 secs, then the next and the next and so on. Only needed a short period.

Carsten by Community Member
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