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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...

Boiler not firing up after for upstairs Nest Thermostat

Hello allHopefully I can get some help here - as this situation now is driving me a bit nuts. My setup is as follows:Two installed Nest Learning Thermostat (upstairs and downstairs). Combi boiler downstairs.Hot water tank/cylinder upstars (300L).Two ...

Email received saying free replace Thermostat

I received this email Pointing to help. But there is no help路‍We've identified an issue with your new Nest Thermostat and its ability to draw power from your heating or cooling system. Unfortunately, the issue cannot be fixed on your device, but we’...

Support for the Kasa energy monitoring outlet

My TPLink Kasa energy monitoring outlets have never displayed the energy usage in Google Home, which was OK until now. With the power of the new script editor I would absolutely love to replace Home Assistant with my favorite automation, which is to ...

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Routine no selection in which speakers

When I come home I have a "I'm home" routine set to turn on lights and music. I would like it to play on a certain set of speakers (pair of google hub speakers) not the device that I speak to near the front door... Is this possible or not? Thank you ...

cheffy by • Community Member
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Remove "Reply" from a broadcast message

I have a 24/7 monitoring setup for the front gate using Google Nest camera and it is sending a live video to my Google Nest Hub Max. I've added an automation script which broadcasts if a motion has been detected in the front gate. However, when the b...

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Creating shortcuts for scripted automations

I've created several scripted automation routines, but I can't create shortcuts for them on my Pixel 7 home screen. I can only create shortcuts for routines that are created the old way in the Google Home app. Any workarounds, or are shortcuts just n...

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I have a problem with my google nest mini

So I have smart lights connected to my google nest and I have a command to turn the lights down low and it does the command when told but I always get feedback saying it can't connect to the lights even though they just got changed.

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Contributions will be welcome ;)

Normally, we get up at 6:45 when the alarm goes off. If we are at home and it's still not dawn, we turn on some lights metadata: name: Encender luces tras alarma description: A las 6:45, si se detecta presencia, enciende las luces automations: - star...

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