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Welcome to the Smart Home Developer Forum!

Hey Nest Community, Welcome to our Smart Home Developer forum! This space is for developers to discuss, collaborate, and ask questions about their Smart Home integrations using Google Home Cloud-to-cloud, Local, or Matter APIs. Once you post, fellow ...

Next button does not work google home

When I want to find the Chromecast in Google home, I can select the home but the ‘next’ button does not work. Someone already experienced this and how can this be fixed?

Resolved! Google Home automations not reliably running

I've been using Google Wifi and Google Home for many years. For the last few years I've had some household time-based automation routines configured to turn power on & off for various appliances. In the last few months, those routines have become unr...

Resolved! Proposal for a New Open Standard for Home Safety: The HELP Protocol

I am writing to introduce a proposal for a new, open-source safety standard designed for the modern smart home.The proposal, titled the Home Emergency Light Protocol (HELP), addresses a critical gap in residential safety: the limitations of audible-o...

Resolved! Google home not playing my custom Spotify playlist

I have more reached the end of my wits with this and am considering switching over to Alexa. It’s been 2 years and Google has not fixed this bug. I have a custom playlist that I like to automatically play in the morning as a routine. And sometimes, w...

Resolved! googlehome IOS APP Live video unavailable. But Google Home Hub is normal

googlehome show error: Live video unavailable. The camera may be unreachable or saving battery, "cameraStreamProtocol":"webrtc". The action.devices.commands.GetCameraStream command of the googlehome app has been received, but there is no request late...

Resolved! Google CRIPPLING its home ecosystem

I am writing to express my profound frustration and anger with the recent changes to the Google Home and Nest ecosystem. As a long-time and dedicated user who has invested significant time and money into your products—from speakers and displays to Ne...

Resolved! Inquiry regarding Google Home APIs Developer Challenge Survey Reward

Dear Google Home Developers Team,My name is Adil Ansari and I'm writing to follow up on the survey I completed for the Google Home APIs Developer Challenge 2025.I participated in the challenge and completed the survey which i think closed on August 1...

Resolved! Strange Behavior: Matter Device Reporting Correct States Locally but Not Updating in Home Graph

Hi everyone,I’ve been experimenting with a custom Matter-based smart plug integration, and I’m seeing something that doesn’t quite add up.Locally, the device responds instantly and state changes are reflected in my app logs without issue.However, whe...

Resolved! Google Nest keeps responding to commands

I have a nest mini and when I would say turn off a light it used to just "ding" afterwards. Now it very loudly says "turning light off". I come home very late and it wakes up the whole house, not to mention the fact that is just obnoxious and annoyin...

Resolved! Notify when thermostat loose power or get disconnected

Hi,I'm trying to create an automation to notify when thermostat loose power or get disconnected or not available:===============metadata: name: Roof Thermostat description: When Thermostat Roof is not available, get a notificationautomations: - start...

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Next button does not work google home

Resolved! Google Home automations not reliably running

Resolved! Proposal for a New Open Standard for Home Safety: The HELP Protocol

Resolved! Google home not playing my custom Spotify playlist

Resolved! googlehome IOS APP Live video unavailable. But Google Home Hub is normal

Resolved! Google CRIPPLING its home ecosystem

Resolved! Inquiry regarding Google Home APIs Developer Challenge Survey Reward

Resolved! Strange Behavior: Matter Device Reporting Correct States Locally but Not Updating in Home Graph

Resolved! Google Nest keeps responding to commands

Resolved! Notify when thermostat loose power or get disconnected

Google Home automations not reliably running

Proposal for a New Open Standard for Home Safety: ...

Google home not playing my custom Spotify playlist

Inquiry regarding Google Home APIs Developer Chall...

googlehome IOS APP Live video unavailable. But Go...

Google CRIPPLING its home ecosystem

Google Nest keeps responding to commands

Strange Behavior: Matter Device Reporting Correct ...

OAuth2 access token for report state session

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