I am having a hard time recreating my morning alarm since swapping from Spotify to Youtube Music, before I swap back I want to know if its possible.

The alarm must play a selected playlist from Youtube Music and trigger my smart lights. It must do this at when it rings, not wait till I dismiss it. I dont want to have two separate apps controling the music and lights, its too inconvenient since I frequently change the alarm time.

I've run into two problems,

1. I dont seem to be able to have an alarms start as the trigger for a routine, just its dissmissal. So csnt using the clock app to play music, then trigger a routine.

2. With in Home it tells me to select an audio device to play music from, I cant seem to be able to just have it play from my phone.

Am I miss understanding somthing? Is there another workaround?

Anyone else have this problem? When my Hub receives a broadcast, it plays the message, but then the text just stays on the screen forever, and the microphone no longer responds to the "OK/Hey Google" trigger, until I reboot the Hub via the Home app. The Hub is not frozen, though. I can still touch the screen and swipe around the menus and click on things. But the microphone will not respond until the Hub is rebooted. Then it's fine... until the next broadcast arrives.

It'd be nice if I could just say "Hey Google, turn off bedroom lights" and she just did the thing instead of giving me her life story like "okay turning off four lights. Did you know you can ask me to tell you a bedtime story and kiss you goodnight?". Like chill just turn off the lights damn

Hi all,

I wanted to CROM/Mod/Hack my Google Nest Hub (1th gen). Is this possible by any chance?

Thanks.

I have a room with a wired switch that I want to control all smart lights in the room. I know that if I put a smart lamp in the socket controlled by the switch, I can use an automation to turn on the rest of the lights, but I don't want to plug a lamp in. Can I plug a bare smart plug or something else into the switch-controlled plug to make this work?

I bought some smart light bulbs off Amazon and I can connect them fine but when I switch the lights off from the hardwired Switch from inside the house and then try the lights again the are no longer synced?

Started using Nest Hub / Google Home to control Smart Home lights. I have a ton of sylvania smart+ wifi bulbs which have two modes: "Basic Control" that has an separate array of LED's inside that go from 2700k to 5000k color temperature and 0 to 100% brightness, They have a secondary array of LEDs and mode for "Color Control" which is the full spectrum of RGB + Brightness.

The problem I'm having is Google Home / Hub doesn't seem to have the functionality to trigger the lights back into Basic Control mode, and is always in RGB mode for all color options, which is a mixture of LEDs and puts off somewhat unpleasant color temperature no matter what shade of white I pick from the default options or the "X11 color names".

Is there a workaround to trigger the lights to go back into basic control mode and use the default white LEDs with a scene or automation? Right now If I ever change the color with the Google Home / Hub system and I want it to go back to 2700k Warm White basic mode, I have to use the Sylvania app on a group that contains every bulb in the house.

Thanks in advance!

I want to play certain music from youtube music everymorning .. how can i set my google home to do this ?

Hi! I just lost a screw that holds the power cable in place on a Google Nest Doorbell with battery. Is there anywhere I can get a new one? Preferably also an extension for the power cable, like the one that came with it. 🙂 Thanks in advance! 😊

I have a roommate that I wanted to give access to my front and back yard Nest cameras as well as home speakers, however I do not want them to have access to my bedroom security camera (for obvious reasons). Is there a way to exclude certain cameras? This message on home implies they will have full control. I've tried individually sharing the share link for each camera instead except it tells them the safari browser is not compatible for the video link on their iPhone.

I have a night light device with an occupancy sensor (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGQYQFNV) and I'd love to try to use it more as a motion sensor. That is to say, I want the lights to turn on when I enter the room, but I only want the lights to turn off a few minutes after it last detects I'm in the room. A pure delay will not work ("when room becomes unoccupied, wait 2 minutes and then turn the lights off") because if I stand still when I'm brushing my teeth and thus trigger the "when room becomes unoccupied" then the light will turn off 2 minutes later even if the room later becomes "occupied".

I have figured out a solution using two virtual switches from Google Home Playground, but I'm wondering if there's a more elegant solution out there. Does anyone have any better ideas than this?

The general idea is that you have a "time delay" switch which will flip itself off automatically after 2 minutes, and a "trigger switch" which will actually flip the lights off but only if the "time delay" has just flipped off and the "trigger switch" is still in the on position.

metadata:
  name: Bathroom Night Light
  description: Turns off bathroom lights 2 minutes after it detects bathroom is unoccupied

automations:
  - name: occupied turn lights on after dark
    starters:
      - device: Smart Color Occupancy - Bathroom
        type: device.state.OccupancySensing
        state: occupancy
        is: OCCUPIED
    condition:
      type: time.between
      before: sunrise
      after: sunset+30min
    actions:
      - type: device.command.OnOff
        on: true
        devices:
          - Bathroom Light - Bathroom
          - Smart Color Night Light - Bathroom

  - name: occupied stop delay timer
    starters:
      - device: Smart Color Occupancy - Bathroom
        type: device.state.OccupancySensing
        state: occupancy
        is: OCCUPIED
    condition:
      type: device.state.OnOff
      state: on
      is: true
      device: Bathroom Time Delay - Bathroom
    actions:
      - type: device.command.OnOff
        on: false
        devices:
          - Bathroom Time Delay - Bathroom
          - Bathroom Time Trigger Switch - Bathroom

  - name: unoccupied start delay timer
    starters:
      - device: Smart Color Occupancy - Bathroom
        type: device.state.OccupancySensing
        state: occupancy
        is: UNOCCUPIED
    actions:
      - type: device.command.OnOff
        on: true
        devices:
          - Bathroom Time Delay - Bathroom
          - Bathroom Time Trigger Switch - Bathroom
      - type: time.delay
        for: 2 min
      - type: device.command.OnOff
        on: false
        devices: Bathroom Time Delay - Bathroom

  - name: switch off after the time delay
    starters:
      - type: device.state.OnOff
        device: Bathroom Time Delay - Bathroom
        state: on
        is: false
    condition:
      type: and
      conditions:
        - type: device.state.OnOff
          device: Bathroom Time Trigger Switch - Bathroom
          state: on
          is: true
    actions:
      - type: device.command.OnOff
        on: false
        devices:
          - Bathroom Light - Bathroom
          - Smart Color Night Light - Bathroom
          - Bathroom Time Trigger Switch - Bathroom

So the master bedroom and kids room both have a WiFi switch and smart bulbs! My problem is google Assistant constantly mixes up the switch and the bulbs when turning on and off! I did want the switch to power the lights but I still want to dim on change color on the bulbs! I thought about making automations but then I’ll have to say what room I’m in every time! And that will also just confuse the kids. My other issue was having to buy expensive switches to solve the no neutral at switch issue in my house! Most of my switches have the neutral at the light instead.

Now my first question is what if I wired the switch wire to power instead and used a normal WiFi switch and that would give me the neutral wire to power the switch and just not wire anything to its load! Then make an automation to turn on and off the bulbs instead when it’s triggered Wi-Fi??

And my second question is do they make switches that’s designed to do this without physically triggering/powering the light yet tapping power from the switch box?

All the music services (currently subscribed to Apple Music) have disappeared from from Google home app under music services I tried reinstalling the app/ checking issues - this just started two days ago!

Can't seem to find a clear answer online or here, sorry if I'm just not seeing it.

I've got the world's most annoying WFH set up which requires both WiFi AND a Hardwire ethernet cable (and six separate powered devices, 3 of which have the voltage adapter integrated to the plug rather than in line, not really relevant just ranting). The utility comes into my basement where I've set up my Nest router and then I have 2 points throughout the house. Could I add an additional router to the existing mesh network and use the Ethernet out for my WFH station? Would it function if there's no Ethernet IN to the second router? Running cable to the WFH location is not an option.

Hi everyone. Right now I have an Echo Show 5, thats unfortunately not working well so in looking to upgrade to a new smart system. One feature i love about my show 5, is that the alarm has a feature that will gradually increase sound to peacefully wake you up. Does the nesthub have something similiar? Thanks in advance!

I get this notice everyday in my Google Home app. How do I find out what devices are not connecting? All my main devices seem to be working okay.

I've been playing with Google script editor since yesterday, essentially trying to recreate the "workday" routine as a script. For the start I want my Google home mini to play a bell sound at specific times throughout the day and tell me the time - essentially doing several actions for one starter. First of all I couldn't find the prompt for the bell sound that is standard in the Google home app. Does anyone know? Is there a library for the standard actions from the app to translate into script?

Secondly Google seems to overlook the second action. If I delete the first action, it'll execute the second action. Does anyone have some pointers?

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In this example, Google is supposed to tell me the time, then say "Time for a break" in German.
If I set up a routine in the app, it'll just say the prompt. In script however, it'll say "Incoming broadcast. The message is: time for a break". Is there a way to get it to JUST say the message?

I've been using Google Home routines as my morning alarm for years, but then suddenly an issue arised. In the routine settings, it doesn't let me choose the playlist I want to play (my own playlist I created on Spotify), but I have to type its name and hope it works.

Sometimes, it plays the right playlist, ometimes it plays something random, and sometimes it says "sorry there was a glitch" (which isn't the nicest thing to wake up to). I've tried creating a very unique name of my playlist so it doesn't confuse it with anything else, but that didn't help either.

The funny thing is that it reacts differently every time the same command. Any suggestions?

I have 2 smart bulbs in the master room. I was using assistant to turn off the bulbs but I noticed that it labeled each bulb. One "Bathroom Side" the other "Door Side". I do not ever remember naming the bulbs in this way.

Honestly at this point, If the only solution is to disable google assistant then please tell me how to. Everytime I tell my nest to turn off my lights, my phone goes off. And my phone will say "you need to unlock the device". Which is really, really annoying. I wish they would know when they are within distance of eachother. But I'm willing to just disable it on my phone all together if that's the only option.

Thank you!

Hey guys, I have a google home mini. To say the least, the audio quality sucks. Does not have any bass to it. Any ideas on how I can improve the sound quality? :(

I have some Nest speakers that are organized into groups. If I’m using an app that has native chromecasting ability, then I can easily send the audio to any group of speakers.

If I’m using an app that doesn’t have native chromecasting ability (e.g. Libby, or Freegal Music) then I can mirror my audio with one speaker. Is there any way to play Libby audio over a speaker group?

Anyone else having this problem? My doorbell randomly goes back to the default chime instead of the Halloween one. No other issues at all. I have to select None for seasonal chimes then select it again.

I have a Nest doorbell but I don’t have nest aware anymore for some time. Google is offering with 1 year payment $80, a free wired nest cam.

If I did this, would nest aware cover both the doorbell AND the nest cam? Is it Ethernet or WiFi?

Anyone have any ideas?

Hi everyone, I recently changed home internet provider and got a new router. Since then, I'm not able to connect my Google Home Mini 1st Gen to the wifi. I have factory resetted it. Everytime it tries to connect to the wifi, I'm getting this message "Could not connect to your Google Home Mini. Make sure it is nearby and that you connect to it when prompted" on the Google Home app. What am I doing wrong?

A little disappointed that it doesn't have a dedicated YouTube music app like chromebook does.

Pleasantly surprised to see GeForce now available. Wondering how easy it will be to connect Bluetooth controller or keyboard and mouse.

Now having issues with two devices. I use an album from my Google Photos of my families favorite vacation location. Recently both my Pixel Tablet and Nest Hub Max will not show the pictures. I've even tried deleting the album and making a new one with the same photos in there and it still will not work anymore. Any help?

How do I get alexa to stop telling me the price of gold.. it happens like clockwork every day at 6:05pm and I've never set anything for her to tell me the price of gold seeing as I could really care less. Is there a way to make her stop?

Does anyone know if Eufy cameras have shown up on the iOS Google Home app yet? I tried them a while ago and they would show up on my Android phones but not on my iOS devices. I have existing cameras already that I would like to be able to see all in one place.