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pesciboi · 12-27-2025

To the Google Nest Engineering Team,I am writing to challenge the current "hardware incompatibility" stance preventing 1st Gen Nest cameras from streaming to Pixel Watch.The current explanation—that legacy cameras require expensive/heavy transcoding—...

pesciboi · 03-01-2026

To permanently remove an offline camera that keeps reappearing, you typically have to bypass the standard "Remove device" button, which can fail if the device is stuck in the Google Cloud cache.Since you mentioned you cannot move the device to anothe...

pesciboi · 03-01-2026

If a brand-new unit is doing the exact same thing, the issue is almost certainly not the hardware itself, but a software configuration or a network-level communication error.Since you're getting a "Doorbell" notification but no video and no motion "w...

pesciboi · 01-01-2026

Hi,This sounds incredibly frustrating, especially since you kept your own router to avoid exactly this kind of headache.The fact that your newer cameras connected but the older ones (and the doorbell) didn't suggests a compatibility issue introduced ...

pesciboi · 01-01-2026

Third-party replacements are available on Amazon & eBay. Please make sure you select the correct version for your camera (Battery vs. Wired).

pesciboi · 12-29-2025

Hi,This is a very common frustration when Wi-Fi credentials change. The issue is that while your phones know the new password, the camera is stubbornly holding onto the old one and isn't "listening" for a new connection because it thinks it is alread...

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