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Observations in setting up Max for a senior citizen

I have been setting up the Nest Hub Max for my elderly mother and am finding some things that Google might need to take into account.1) "Hey Google" and "Ok Google" seem impolite and counter-intuitive for some older people. This is not how they would...

VMH by Community Member
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My light isn't working

Does anyone have a solution for my light? I connected an rgb light bulb in my closet to my Google nest mini, and a lot of times it tells me that it isn't available right now. I tried turning it off and back on, but it tells me the same thing. Anyone ...

MvpB by Community Member
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Nest protect reset

Hi, just moved into a house with a nest protect in hallway. No instructions left by previous owner and never had one before. I’ve tried connecting it to my network but says needs factory reset. It won’t seem to do that though I press & hold central b...

BeeRGee by Community Member
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Resolved! Presence sensing for different individuals

Hi, been search all over the place but could not find any specific answer am looking for. I’ve enabled presence sensing in my Google home and for a few different phones(all iOS) but don’t seem to be able to configure specific automation for different...

Google Home Mini not connecting.

Hello All, my home mini speaker is not connecting or can not be found by the home app. Usually the app shows any new product that needs to be connected or setup and it refuses to do it with this mini. I currently have 3 in my apt. This is the only on...

Sf158 by Community Member
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Specific timing

Does anyone know if there’s a way to check a specific time in the nest if it hasn’t recorded an event? We have two cameras and at midnight (4 hours ago) one (the yard camera) recorded car lights turning toward our second camara but there’s no event f...

Vix by Community Member
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Back yard camera

 do anyone know why and what ithis is happening to the camera???

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loumira by Community Member
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Doesn't act on command

While already playing a station on pandora I ask google to change the music to a particular different station on pandora and it responds in the affirmative, however it doesn't act and nothing changes. It does this often for other commands as well.

Cast android audio to speaker group

Is it no longer possible to cast all audio from my phone to a speaker group? I can do it if I select an individual speaker, but the option is not there when selecting a speaker group.

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