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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...

Playing musics from another country

I recently bought a Google Nest Hub 2Gen but I'm having difficulty asking it to play some songs/artists with Brazilian names.Both my smartphone and Nest are in English and on my cell phone I can order normally with Google Assistant, but Nest doesn't ...

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Turn off home and away

Hi, How do I turn off the home and away automation? I only use “I’m leaving” and “I’m back”, but it keeps triggering an annoying question every time (“do you want to set your home to home” and “do you want to set your home to away”). What’s the point...

Gwyt by • Community Member
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Is Thread network working?

I recently setup a Google Nest Hub Max. I'm trying to add a Matter-enabled device. The process does not complete and I get a message "Can't reach the Thread network". I have 2 questions:1. How can I find details on the Thread Network provided by my G...

CplChef by • Community Member
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google Nest Hello Doorbell frequently offline

Hi,I’ve had a nest doorbell for years. Since Friday it has been going offline roughly every hour. I’ve checked the wiring, restarted the wifi router, remade the wifi connection, checked the wifi strength and given the device a static IP address. Is t...

Eerke by • Community Member
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unreliable routines

Hello. Why are routines so inconsistent and unreliable? Some start several minutes after the selected time. Some don't start at all on random days. Sometimes my phone receives the notification that a routine has started but the routine doesn't start!...

dpd by • Community Member
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Third party smart plugs offline

Without anything changing, Google Home app and my displays now shows all of my smart plugs as offline and cannot control them from the app or from any of my hubs. They still work fine within the third party app, my wifi is fine and I can ping all the...

LeeJames by • Community Member
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Govee wifi hygrometer thermometer

I have a Govee home wifi thermometer/hygrometer and it says the device can be linked to Home and is supposed to tell me temperature and humidity. I've synced the device with Home, but all that is displayed is temperature. Not sure if I did something ...

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