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Yann78 · 03-10-2026

I have a nest hub second gen in my bedroom And I want to turn the lights on automatically when I enter the room based on the soli radar detection. I haven’t seen that possibility in the Google home automation interface. any idea?

Yann78 · 01-02-2026

HiI am trying to create an automation:when some one is at homeif it is between sunset and 11PMthen turn on the lights.so i used presence sensing as starter (when some one is at home), and set a time span as a condition (between sun set and 11PM).But ...

Yann78 · 12-29-2025

Hi, Some AI (gemini i think), says i can setup the nest hub max to automatically show the nest ourdoor camera live feed when an event is triggered (like a person walking by). However i havent found any literature to do that, so I guess it is not poss...

Yann78 · 05-05-2026

Same here and still not working 1year after. Seems that google broke it and it's not on the top priority list to fix it.

Yann78 · 01-13-2026

I came up with something but i cant find the way to put a screen shot and it's working. But the presence starter is triggered only when there is a shift between no one's home and someone's home or the opposite, so there needs to be a change of state....

Yann78 · 01-02-2026

so i tryed with a hey google command, but I could not get it to work. The nesthub blinks for a split second unpon command reception (so something is actually happening), but the feed never shows, and that's it.If there are other commands than heygool...

Yann78 · 01-02-2026

Thanks for the feedback Kevin. I will try to setup a script once Gemini is available in my country. It would be good if Google looked into this as a native feature with control options since it is also the point of having a camera.

Yann78 · 01-02-2026

What about the condition? in Google home app automation you use the presence as a trigger, but set the time interval (from dusk to dawn for ex), as a condition.

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