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Heads up: Philips Hue Change Impacting Scripted Automations!

Hey everyone,We wanted to keep you in the loop about some recent changes related to Philips Hue sensors that might impact your scripted automations. Philips Hue has updated their sensor device configuration to use the TemperatureSetting trait (previo...

Setting up lights by room when using routines

When setting up an automation I used to be able to to select and control all lights by room. Now I have to select lights individually. Ex. I have 15 recessed lights in my kitchen. Using voice control I can turn on the “Kitchen Lights” as a group howe...

Optical to google home converter

Hi,I want to cast the sound from my stereo to my Google Nest speakers. I want to do multiroom, so broadcast my music via a group of Google Home speakers.Has anyone ever used this solution? With what equipment?Thanks in advance.

jfvole by Community Member
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Automations play latest podcast episode does not work

For quite some time, I've had an automation created as a shortcut to listen to a daily podcast in the morning. The automation includes 1 starter ("daily podcast") and one action ([x] Play the latest episode .. [Podcast name]) and had worked without i...

Camera wake up

My Google nest cam has stopped waking up with motion. I have tried everything. It wakes up when I use the app but will not wake up on its own.

JEvans by Community Member
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Nest features support in Europe: temp sensor, Matter

Hi All,It’s my first time here, just got my Nest 3rd gen and installed it at my house in south of Poland, we have -4C today, pretty chilly Nest is managing my gas boiler Immergas Victrix 24kW, works great! It’ wasn’t easy to install, actually, the wi...

Blazejos by Community Member
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Nest hub YouTube, YouTube music, screencast not working

My nest hub is not working properly, when I ask it to play something on YouTube or YouTube music it plays for 20-30seconds and stops later on. And same goes with screen cast, it automatically stops casting screen of my phone within 3-4 minutes. I reb...

rahulsoma by Community Member
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Resolved! iPhone Google Home app version 3.10.103 missing functionality

Since the update to version 3.10.103 a week ago, the iPhone Google Home app can no longer simultaneously set the color of a room full of smart bulbs. How do I either roll back to the previous version with that capability or where is the function scre...

F-R-E-D by Community Member
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One routine command that with different outcomes

I'm trying to create a routine "Play the radio" that will play my/our favorite station on a certain speaker or set of speakers based on the device that heard the request. Is there a trigger that makes this possible? I fully understand that the easies...

Switch612 by Community Member
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