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roperlee · 03-14-2026

Google Home speaker will not announce visitor name despite Nest app recognising the face & the associated name. It can easily pass the information from Nest to Apple iPhone app, Apple watch but cannot pass the name to the Google Home speaker. It just...

roperlee · 03-30-2026

So that it is it? Google have given up trying to resolve this?

roperlee · 03-20-2026

Why have you stopped helping? Are you saying the problem cannot be fixed? So Apple products can receive Nest recognised faces, but Google can't?

roperlee · 03-20-2026

Thank you. It was already turned on, but I hadn't tried turning it off & back on after 5 seconds. Needless to say, it still didn't work.

roperlee · 03-19-2026

I have been adding/removing/changing names on faces for the last few years so I can assure you this will not work. Thankfully the names get passed through the app for Apple to pick up so I'm baffled why Google Nest still insists on saying just "famil...

roperlee · 03-17-2026

Hi. - Google Nest Mini 2nd Gen.Google Nest wired 1st Gen doorbell.It has never worked.I have followed all Google recommended steps repeatedly, to enable visitor announcement. The Nest Doorbell app settings shows "Familiar faces" - On. "Visitor announ...

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