I installed my new nest doorbell gen 2 yesterday and it worked fine activating my doorbell chime(not electronic) and now today it is not activating the chime. The chime attempts to activate but only moves the slightest bit. I was not able to locate anything on the chime that indicated what the transformers voltage was, however the indicator light act helpon the actual doorbell indicates it has enough power to send high quality video. Could my chime transformer not have the right voltage, or could my chime adapter puck have failed already? The doorbell is brand new from the Google store.

As title suggests, I bought a google Nestt thermostat and installed it and operate it through the Googe Home app. I set up a schedule for my device, which is controlled through my iPhone, but hoped to have an easy widget on my iPhone that can adjust temperature manually.

Sometimes when I am at work I want to turn my heat off. Is there a way to do this? Should I download the separate Nest app? Or is the Google Home app sufficient?

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I purchased a Nest 4th Gen, but was unable to successfully wire it to my system. I have a heat hump (Trane XL15i).

I understand that OT1/OT2 are outdoor temp sensors and are not needed.

Google support initially told it it was supported (O -> O/B, B -> C), but then later said it was not supported.

Any tips on how I could make this work?

I recently scored the 2nd generation Google Nest Hub for $100 during the Black Friday sales to replace (or complement) my trusty 5-year-old model with a video screen. I'm excited about the upgrade but curious about the real-world benefits I can expect from the latest version.

From what I understand, one cool feature is that I can combine audio output from both devices, which should be great for better hearing when I'm in another part of the house. Are there any other standout improvements in performance, features, or usability compared to the older model?

Would love to hear from anyone who’s made a similar upgrade—what’s noticeably better or worth exploring with the 2nd gen? Thanks in advance!

I retired my OG Nest today. Replaced w a Gen 4 device. Got it at Home Depot with 2 sensors in the box (only $10 more than single sensor version). Did not plan for 2, but will.work great in my single zone, 2 story house

I have a couple questions about the sensors, please:

1. When I use sensor 1 and the thermostat in combination, does Nest compute the average temp across the two?

I have it setup this way, but furnace comes on when the thermostat dips just below the set temp...even though sensor 1 reads 3 degrees cooler? Seems like the furnace should have kicked on sooner if the ave was used. Is the average value visible anywhere in the app?

2. Can I adjust how many degrees below the set point will kick on the furnace. Is it 1, 2, 3 degs by default?

Thx

Looking for opinions on where to go with a similar eco system, being Thermostat, Detectors, and Cameras from those who have left.

After dealing with a year of Nest Renew in-app nagware pop-ups and now the forced switch to Google Home app, Im ready to leave. I endured Fitbit for several years after Google ruined the app, then forced to leave the app for the Google Health app losing my Aria Scale integration. I switched to Garmin tracker and scale and couldnt be happier. I would like to do the same with nest now.

If youve got any advice Id love to hear it. Google destroys everything they touch.

One Nest Protect is marked "power off" in the app, although everything is fine according to the test. I have another Protect which doesn't have any issue. Same batteries, same wifi network. I did factory reset, changed the batteries, but i still get this message, any help? thanks

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My home is all electric. (No oil or gas). What is your setting for Nest for the wintertime? ***Because hot air won’t turn on unless it’s set much, much higher and forced to turn on expensive AUX HEAT (which works and emits hot air). If I try to raise it a few degrees, like 62Fto 65F, it just blows cool fan air for 18 hours nonstop because it never blows hot air to reach the temperature. I have to turn on a space heater near the nest and trick the nest to stop going for 16 or 18 hours every day trying to achieve a temp of even 1 degree higher! What are your *eco and * heat pump settings? Any suggestions? It’s 30F outside. I have no schedule for now. “Time to temp” on, “early on off”. ’ve been switching up my heat pump has been on on “max comfort, off, and max saving,” and resulted in no difference. “Cool to dry” off, sunblock “off” leaf “ready”, “air wave” off. “ Eco temp range “ is set to 62-80F. “Safety” 45-95. It was professionally installed and worked last year. My HVAC guy is stumped also & he thinks it might be an app setting or tech issue. Did I forget how Nest heaters work? Does regular, non-aux heat not produce hot air? I’ve wanted to get rid of Nest for these constant random problems with eco settings, and opt for a simple Honeywell that lets me set 1 temp and that’s it haha

Long story short, I have a pellet stove in one room. I have a forced air system as well.

What I would like to do is have the fan of the forced air system automatically turn on when the pellet stove is on. This could be by automating 2 nest units, or a relay, or use one thermostat with 2 stages? The pellet stove is a simple 2 wire thermostat. Circuit open, its off. Circuit closed, its on.

Because what happens is, the pellet stove can basically heat our whole house till it gets below 30° outside, but if the forced air system fan is off, it will heat the room its in to 80° and some of the other rooms are still 60°. Turn the fan on, and you have it 70 in the pellet stove room and 65 in the rest of the house.

The current solution is to leave the fan on 24/7, but that is very much not ideal, as when the pstove turns off, we are wasting energy on the fan, and it starts feeling drafty.

Anyone just switch to another smart thermostat instead of adding a c wire or power adapter? I figure this might be easier, unless I end up with the same problem. Thanks!

We recently moved into a house with a nest thermometer - gen 3 that is hooked up to our boiler. We reset the device, cleared the old schedule and did not re-program it. Auto-schedule, Early-on, True Radiant and Eco mode are all off. The safety temp is set to the default of 40º. During the day when the heat is on we keep the thermostat on the 65-68º range and turn it off before bed. But its been kicking on for 30 minutes here and there around 12am, 3am and 6am; at least 2-3 times a night. I just reset the schedule from the device itself again, but I am running out of ideas! If anyone has any tips please share. Thank you!

I have 5 cameras in the nest app. They all show up fine on the main app screen (iPhone).

3 of them are crashing everytime I select them individually. Coincidentally, these 3 cameras were once transferred to the Google home app but I transferred them back to nest after finding shortcomings in Google home.

Am I missing something here? I have a schedule set with these modes, but I see no way to manually select them in the Home app. If I tap on Mode I only see Heat, Cool, Heat/Cool, and off.

I just replaced ecobee with Nest, and AC works fine, but I would like help here to check here if I connect the wire correct? Thanks.

Ecobee connection:

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Nest Connection:

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I have an older house that just had a single-stage furnace fail. I used this furnace with a Nest Learning 3rd Gen Thermostat. It has wires W1, Rh, Rc, G, Y1.

I replaced the furnace with a two-stage variable speed Lennox Merit furnace. The installers did NOT replace the furnace wire, and now it uses automatic staging using only a W1 wire.

My furnace turns on and off rather discreetly - it is about 31F outside in Canada right now. This is not the 2-stage solution that I imagined when I was sold the furnace. I wanted the house to feel moderate constantly with the furnace running a trickle instead of pronounced temperature swings when the furnace turns on/off. I can't control the first stage and let it run longer. Auto mode runs the first stage for 5 minutes before turning on the second stage. Then once the temperature is reached at the 2nd stage, it turns off.

I called my installer and said that this is correct. He says that if I want two stage operation, I NEED a S30 Lennox proprietary thermostat. My understanding is that the Nest 3rd gen Learning is capable of doing this provided it has the right thermostat wire W2. He also said that letting the Nest control the staging can damage the furnace and impact the performance.

So my question is, is my installer lying to me? OR should he install a new furnace wire with a W2 and C and let the Nest control the staging.

We have a Nest thermostat and a secondary thermostat in our bedroom. We like our bedroom much colder than the rest of the house, and so we open the window there to cool things off. We keep changing the setting in the app to adjust temperature based on the hallway main thermostat, but it is constantly changing to the bedroom one and overheating the whole house. We don’t have Away set up, and I can’t find any other things in settings that would cause it to keep switching back.

Please help!!

Recently replaced Google Nest with new learning one. Connected all of the wires exactly the same as older thermostat. When I did the set up on new one, forced me to select “dual fuel” on the set up, could not We do not have a dual fuel heat pump, it’s all electric. I was able to set each alternative “fuel” as electric. What concerns me is that my old nest would display “Aux heat” when the outside temperature got really low, but now shows “Alt Heat” which leads me to believe the alt heat is not running in conjunction with the main heat pump. Did anyone encounter same issue when setting up?

I’ve searched this sub for answers and I’m pessimistic about what you all will say, but I’m a new Nest thermostat owner and I would really prefer the big number on the display to be the actual temperature rather than what the temperature is set to. I don’t have a Learning thermostat, so I don’t see any of the farsight settings Google keeps pointing me to. Is there a way to change which number is featured? Are there any display settings (like brightness) at all?