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Gentle wake brightness

Recently it seems gentle awake is only brightening by bedroom lights to 3%. I may be wrong but I'm sure that they were getting brighter before. Anyone have any ideas? Is there a setting I need to change or is the feature broken?

Montbarron by Community Member
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Nest wireless video doorbell - unexpected notifications

Hi all, I installed a Nest doorbell, linked it to a Nest mini.The only function I need (for now) is simply when someone presses the doorbell button, to hear a chime.I disabled all notifications, didn't create zones, etc.But, for some reason, the syst...

Google account manager

Hij have all my google products and works with set up all the way I want it, all was good. Then my son moved back in and sent a request to join the party, but I ignored it. few months on, somehow he has joined and made himself a manager on my google ...

Nest/Yale Door Pad Rental Home

I am landlord and homeowner of property. Tenant installed Nest Yale Key entry. Since has moved. He said I could change passcode easily. But it's not intuitive. How do I have primary connection authority and change and/or remove prior tenants pass cod...

DennaDo by Community Member
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Outdoor floodlight and camera

I have 4 google exterior floodlight/cameras that are already installed. All I want to do is add them to my nest aware account. Please advise how I can do this.

DCharron by Community Member
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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...

Brojam11 by Community Member
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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...

niiku23 by Community Member
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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...

laurent79 by Community Member
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