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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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Set up schedule for Nest Thermostat

We do not have our thermostat set to turn on and off on a set schedule because there's nearly someone home at all times. That being the case, I've never used that function. My question is can I schedule a one time automatic turn on, such as 8 hours f...

Indyrn44 by Community Member
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Google Assistant asks for a Pin number but never recognises my Pin

Google Voice Assistant will close my garage door just fine so it's not a recognition issue. However, when I ask it to open the door it asks for a Pin number. I say my Google account pin and it recognises that just fine but tells me that it is not cor...

ozwots by Community Member
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Google Home and Eufy SmartBulbs

Hi I have various makes of Smartbulbs in my house but in my bedroom I have two Eufy Smart Bulbs. I have had my smartbulbs for some time but every now and again I get issues. I usually end up deleting everything and starting again and it usually resol...

pacuk01 by Community Member
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Issues with several homes

In Google Home I have registered my house I live in and a summer cottage. I have a Google Hub in both homes and also Philips Hue connected to Google Home. Things work fine, but if I am in the summer cottage, and I say turn on the lights in the living...

Johnsen by Community Member
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Google Home App Light Activation Customisation

Another post regarding lights. On the Google Home app, it would be much easier if lights had there own widget that could go on the home screen or side swipe on a mobile phone. Would be much better as a short cut to turn lights on/ off rather than the...

Roddy by Community Member
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Motion Sensor Light Automation / Smoke Alarms

Hi - looking for a way to either have a motion sensor that activates WIFI lights (GE), or to utilise the sensors in the Nest Smoke Alarms.I note there is an option in the Home/Away routine to utilise the Nest Smoke Alarms to activate / turn off appli...

Roddy by Community Member
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socket for bedroom light

I have one socket in the bedroom to control bedside lamp. It's connected through smartlife. All my other sockets with smartlife are working fine. The bedroom socket is on the google home dashboard, and shows as working. I can turn it off and on but n...

LS by Community Member
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