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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...

Music Commands using Spotify

How can I start a previously playing song after entering my auto and having BT connect with Spotify (Song initially paused? I have tried "Resume", "Continue Playing" . Is there a command to start a song that was not paused using Google automation. Ag...

Google Home? Wyze?

I was seeing if anyone else smart lights are coming on by itself. So, the past 6 months at exactly 2:08 p.m. all the lights in my house come on, even when someone in the house is napping. I don't know what's going on, I have deleted all routines for ...

button as a starter

It would be so good to have a button as a starter in a procedure. e.g. I could press a light button trice. Then it makes light, starts the coffee-machine and plays the news - just as an example...

procedure

I could use seconds in a procedure. e.G. at the evening I star a procedure: Go To Bed. It starts a light where I walk for 10 secs, then the next and the next and so on. Only needed a short period.

Away on vacation light timer

Trying to set up a routine that is day/time sensitive. Not having luck with the instructions on Google Home

Resolved! Better Smartthings Integration

When is google going to have better integration with smartthings. With the migration from the nest app to the home app everything has lost its functionality.I think it would be a good move for google to allow smartthings to work with all the home dev...

control whole roomful of devices with voice command, Like "Google, turn on living room lights".

I have it connected for single commands, like, "Google, turn on living room 1". I have 4 devices in the living room, it is a pain to ask 4 times for lights on or off. I created the rooms, moved the devices into the room, but it isn't changing a thing...

Google home cannot reach phillips hue.

Google home cannot reach phillips hue.This started today, 2021.12.15 afernoon. Before noon it was woring fine.Exactly same as sammywise wrote in here: https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Home-Automation-CHIP/Google-home-can-t-pair-the-Philips-Hue-...

How to cancel the next occurrence alarm

since a holiday is coming up, I want to know how would I cancel the next occurrence of an alarm without canceling the whole alarm. I have a google home mini (non touch screen)

Resolved! Help - which timed routines are actually running ?

Hi, i need some helpI have a few routines set to turn lights on (or off) at specific times daily. But which ones are actually running and which need to be re started ? I dont see any indications in google home which are active, and i cant wait around...

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Heads up: Changes to Animal Detection Starter for Scripted Automations

Music Commands using Spotify

Google Home? Wyze?

button as a starter

procedure

Away on vacation light timer

Resolved! Better Smartthings Integration

control whole roomful of devices with voice command, Like "Google, turn on living room lights".

Google home cannot reach phillips hue.

How to cancel the next occurrence alarm

Resolved! Help - which timed routines are actually running ?

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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...