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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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Feature Request: Yolink Home Automation

Feature Request. Hello, Please allow for more integration with Yolink in Google Home. There is some and you can link the app within Google Home but not all of their products are supported. ie. Motion Sensors and Moisture Sensors. I contacted Yolink a...

xXSagaiaXx by Community Member
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Sending Pictures via Google routines

Hello,I am trying to set up a routine where a trigger will send a picture from my phone to a contact via WhatsApp, but cannot find a way to attach a picture.Is there a way to do this?Kind regards

Pichak by Community Member
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Stop google commands from acting on another home

Hi all,I can't find much info on this and I certainly wouldn't think I am the only person to have the issue.I am a household member of my girlfriends house, when I say 'turn on the living room light' google turns hers on also.etc for other lights and...

Mothy by Community Member
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Remove one light from a light group

My daughter has several smart lights in her room. One is a star projector light that I would like to control seperately from the others,When she says OK google, turn off the lights I want all except the star light to go off. How can I enable this as ...

Smart plugs not recognised by Google Home

I have a couple of smart plugs made by Arlec which are supposed to work with Google Home. I have set them up on the Grid Connect app and they work fine and show on my router device list. However, I cannot add them to GH for voice control. The link ro...

MrBoots by Community Member
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Restricting devices based on user profile

Evening I’m using google nest and I’ve my account with multiple speakers and hue lights works great. However I would now like each of my children to have a google nest and have control over only their lights (and anything else I put in their room. I ...

Joncass00 by Community Member
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Google home automation help

Good day! Im not even sure if this is the place to request help, i purchased a bunch of Geeni cameras, and door bell camera. Im trying to integrate the door bell it into my home and all though it works flawlessly through the Geeni app, i cant get it ...

JoehSmash by Community Member
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Two Conditions for Routines

Is there a way to have two conditions for when Home Routines will trigger? For instance, someone comes home AND it is dark, turn on the lights.Its easy to turn on the lights when someone comes home but why would I want to do that when it's noon? The ...

Aragorn450 by Community Member
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The definite Article

Does anyone know how to make my GH say the definite article ("The"). When I say "turn on the fan", or "turn off the kettle," my GH echo's back... "Turning on fan" and "Turning off kettle." It seems like it has a big problem with saying the word "the....

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