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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...

Our Nest Hub Max has no power. How can we fix it?

We got home last night to discover our Nest Hub Max was off. Black screen, no lights, wouldn’t respond to touch - like it had no power. We unplugged the power adaptor (the original), waited, then plugged back in. Still nothing. We’ve tried some troub...

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Resolved! Can I control temperature oh Phone after removing hub?

Hi, I have a Google Nest Learning Thermostat and did have a Nest Hub Gen 2. My question is, if I remove the Hub, will the thermostat still be able to be controlled using a phone? Or do I need the Hub to be with the thermostat for features like that? ...

Nest thermostat changing to comfort mode by itself

I have had a Nest thermostat for about a week now, last night it switched to comfort mode on its own at 3 am while everyone was asleep. I have all the presence sensing settings turned off and have it set to a schedule to be in sleep mode from 10 pm t...

Ethan503 by Community Member
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observation about smart components

I have a bunch of Sonoff smart plugs, and I use them with eWeLink, which can mate to Google Home. Pretty nice. I saw what appeared to be Sonoff smart plug knockoffs, for a bit cheaper, so I figured I'd try one. Nope, eWeLink and Google Home won't tal...

danll by Community Member
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Google Home stopped working with Aqara fp2

Google Home Automations were working just fine with the Aqara fp2 until a few days ago. Google Home shows the sensor states of presence or absence. I haven't changed any settings or automations. It was working fine in the morning but not in the after...

DougArgyll by Community Member
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Starter with a time period as parameter

Hi everyone, I need an automation that starts after certain hour and before certain hour.In the starters options I have time schedule, but in this option you can only choose one option of time.I can use conditions to limit the activation of the autom...

Presence sensing for nest thermostat overriden by routines

I have a Nest thermostat and use both the Nest app and Home. I've deleted all automations and schedules in the Nest app so I can use just the Home app and presence sensing in an bid to simplify the process and also my partner can control devices with...

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Resolved! Remove 3rd party device from google home app

I'm trying to remove a smart things switch from my google home app.I'm using an android phone. I'm signed into my google account from that phone.I had to replace the switch because it failed so I removed it from smart-things, replaced the switch and ...

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