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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...

Moving/assigning multiple devices to a room

I recently upgraded all my Lightwave switches from the old LW standard to their new, which has better compatibility with Google Home. However my device list now shows about 30 new devices and there does not seem to be any way of assigning them to the...

device.command.ColorAbsolute stopped turning on matter bulbs

Anyone else having issues with device.command.ColorAbsolute not turning on bulbs recently? I have had automations that have been running as scheduled for many months. Just recently they have stopped performing as expected. After digging into it, I no...

Automation playing wrong radio station

I have had an automation set up for my Google Nest Mini to play BBC Radio Four every morning. However, I've had a recurring issue where the speaker instead plays either BBC Radio 1 or a Spotify song or album with "Radio Four" in the name.I've tried c...

Devices in routines not working

Hi all My routines are working fine. They do what they need to do but aren't switching any of my devices. For instance my morning routine is supposed to give me the weather and then switch on my main bedroom light and switch off my fan and then play ...

Eufy Doorbell Not Automating

Hi there, Before I bought my eufy doorbell I asked Gemini and Google if I would be able to mute the doorbell chimes using google home (voice) on my nest hub. This option doesn't work all the time but works sometimes. I have tried relinking and uninst...

Two thermostat 3rd , one heatlink

Hi,Hi, Is it possible to connect two nest 3rd thermostats to one heatlink module (first by wire, second by "wifi") that is connected to the gas combi boiler ? I would like the stove to respond to two temperature readings place

Resolved! Google Home garage script with sunrise condition

Hi all,I've just recently installed a smart light switch in my garage and now want to add this into an automation which opens my garage door (which is on a smart relay)I have a standard automation set up in the app to open the garage door when I say ...

Resolved! Google home app/rooms

Pretty straightforward question (i think lol)... I have not figured out how to embed a group (room) of lights (which I have named "ceiling fan") into another group, ie "bedroom".I have four individual lights, (named Bed 1,2,3,&4), plus 3 lights attac...

NEST 2nd generation thermostateee

Second generation NEST. Won't let me add to Nest account.I have a new second generation nest thermostat I purchased from Lowe's to replace a 1st gerneration thermostat. It won't let me add it to my nest account as it won't take the setup key which re...

Setting up Google Nest Mini in combination with supervised child account

Hi there community,I have several Google Nest speakers set-up in the home. All these speakers are linked with one account. And while that was perfect for when my children where younger, now they are hitting puberty their requirements and mine have ch...

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Heads up: Changes to Animal Detection Starter for Scripted Automations

Moving/assigning multiple devices to a room

device.command.ColorAbsolute stopped turning on matter bulbs

Automation playing wrong radio station

Devices in routines not working

Eufy Doorbell Not Automating

Two thermostat 3rd , one heatlink

Resolved! Google Home garage script with sunrise condition

Resolved! Google home app/rooms

NEST 2nd generation thermostateee

Setting up Google Nest Mini in combination with supervised child account

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