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Heads up: Changes to Animal Detection Starter for Scripted Automations

Hey Nest Community, We wanted to provide an update on the animal detection starters for scripted automations. When we first launched support for camera events in the script editor, there were separate animal detection starter types for dog and cat de...

Lights turning on randomly every morning

Hi there. Would anyone have any idea why every morning I wake up to all the lights in my room being turned on by the nest hub?? It is really annoying. I have checked in all the routines and there is no routine saying about the lights turning on at a ...

Resolved! Philips hue light bulbs not working with google home

When i try to turn my lights on/off from the google home app nothing happens. I dont get an error message. I can control everything else fine in the google home app. And i can control the lights in the philips hue app.

Wi-Fi help

Nest thermostat won’t connect to my Wi-FiNest thermostat and Astound/Wave wifibeen Days since power outage. wifi working on everything els

Have an option to activate devices more safely.

I have a sonoff switch which I use to open my garage door. It's not recognized as a garage door because there is no such option for the switch, only fan, heater, light, etc. I think there should be more options there.What I think could be nice to hav...

Why can't I set SiriusXM as my default music provider on Google Home?

It seems incredible to me that I cannot set SiriusXM as my default music provider on Google Home. As I was going through the setup, it invited me to connect my SiriusXM account, but afterwards Sirius doesn't appear in the available list of default mu...

Ok googles answers are troubling

It feels like the answers to my ok google questions are becoming more and more convoluted. I tried to ask google what city was bigger, Columbus Ohio or Atlanta Georgia. Sorry I don't have any information about that. What city has a bigger population,...

Can't receive calendar information on Google Hub Max

I have just purchased a Google Hub Max. I have all iPhone/Apple products. I integrated/synced my iCal to Google Calendar but the Hub won't give me any information. Says my calendar doesn't have any information. How to fix?

Original nest thermostat received a year and a half ago

I have to be honest- your product is terrible! It hasn't worked from day one. I got the special connector and had it installed. It worked for about two weeks and then I started getting these messages again!Incredibly frustrating! I won't be buying a ...

Wake Words

Don't you think it's probably time to give control to the user? What we refer to our assistant as (or what we WANT TO...) should be up to the person who is using the device/app. I'm seriously getting tired of the same three phrases over and over agai...

Internet Activity

Hi ,Where can i see all the browsing activity and how do i control what website is allowed and what is not allowed.Thanks

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Heads up: Changes to Animal Detection Starter for Scripted Automations

Lights turning on randomly every morning

Resolved! Philips hue light bulbs not working with google home

Wi-Fi help

Have an option to activate devices more safely.

Why can't I set SiriusXM as my default music provider on Google Home?

Ok googles answers are troubling

Can't receive calendar information on Google Hub Max

Original nest thermostat received a year and a half ago

Wake Words

Internet Activity

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Nest Doorbell Camera

All of my Google home devices suddenly disconnecte...

gmail access

Google Home lost ability to connect to Philips Hue

Wifi kettle

The S word: Smartthings

How do I build a routine that both turns a device ...

Home away automations disabled if someone is 'look...