Nest camera or doorbell
Turned on
Google Nest Controls
Keep your cameras ready and your Wifi running smoothly
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Check battery levels, charging and power connection on supported Nest cameras. Switch cameras on or off and use Flows for charging reminders. Monitor your Nest Wifi or Google Wifi network and schedule restarts.
Requires internet and a separate Google account invited as Admin in Google Home. The app guides you through sign-in. Paired devices update every ten minutes. Live video and motion, person and doorbell events are not included. This independent app uses unofficial Google services that may change. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.
Supported devices
Flow cards
Click on a device above to show related Flow cards only.
When...
Nest camera or doorbell
Turned off
Nest camera or doorbell
Battery drops below Battery level%
Uses Google cloud status, refreshed every ten minutes. Unknown values do not trigger this card.
Nest camera or doorbell
Charging started
Uses Google cloud status, refreshed every ten minutes. Unknown values do not trigger this card.
Nest camera or doorbell
Charging stopped
Uses Google cloud status, refreshed every ten minutes. Unknown values do not trigger this card.
Nest camera or doorbell
Power connected
Uses Google cloud status, refreshed every ten minutes. Unknown values do not trigger this card.
Nest camera or doorbell
Power disconnected
Uses Google cloud status, refreshed every ten minutes. Unknown values do not trigger this card.
Wifi network
A restart was started
Google has accepted the restart command. The network goes down shortly after.
Wifi network
The restart is confirmed
The network went down and all mesh points are back.
Wifi network
A restart failed
Wifi network
The internet went down
Reported by Google. Not triggered during a restart started from this app.
Wifi network
The internet is back
Wifi network
A mesh point was restarted
The mesh point went offline and is back in the mesh.
Wifi network
A speed test finished
Wifi network
Device connected
Useful for presence, for example when a phone comes home. Requires Presence in the device settings.
Wifi network
Device disconnected
Triggers when the device has been gone for about 3 minutes, so short dropouts are ignored. Requires Presence in the device settings.
Wifi network
A new device joined the network
A device the app has never seen before. Requires Presence in the device settings.
Wifi node
The node connected
Based on Google cloud status, checked every ten minutes.
Wifi node
The node disconnected
Based on Google cloud status, checked every ten minutes.
And...
Nest camera or doorbell
Is turned on
Nest camera or doorbell
Battery is below Battery level%
Checks the latest reading. Unknown battery levels stop the Flow.
Nest camera or doorbell
The battery is charging
Checks the latest reading. Unknown status stops the Flow.
Nest camera or doorbell
The camera is on
Nest camera or doorbell
Power is connected
Checks the latest reading. Unknown status stops the Flow.
Wifi network
The internet is online
Wifi network
A restart is in progress
Wifi network
Total traffic is below Mbit/s Mbit/s
Download plus upload right now. Useful to avoid restarting while someone is streaming.
Wifi network
A restart is allowed now
False while a restart is running or within the minimum time between restarts.
Wifi network
Device is connected
Wifi network
Device is paused
Wifi network
A speed test is running
Wifi node
The node is connected
Then...
Nest camera or doorbell
Turn on
Nest camera or doorbell
Turn off
Nest camera or doorbell
Toggle on or off
Nest camera or doorbell
Turn camera off
Nest camera or doorbell
Turn camera on
Nest camera or doorbell
Refresh camera status
Reads camera and battery status. Reuses the shared five-minute cache; it does not force an extra Google request.
Wifi network
Restart the whole network
Restarts the router and all mesh points, like Restart network in the Google Home app. Internet is gone for about 2 minutes.
Wifi network
Restart Mesh point
Only that point restarts; the rest of the network stays online. The main router cannot be restarted alone, so use Restart the whole network for it.
Wifi network
Run a speed test
Measures the internet speed from the router. Takes about 30 seconds.
Wifi network
Pause Device for Minutes minutes
The device stays on the Wifi but gets no internet, like Pause in the Google Home app.
Wifi network
Resume internet for Device
Wifi network
Prioritize Device for Minutes minutes
Gives the device priority on the network. Only one device can be prioritized at a time.
Wifi network
Stop prioritizing
Wifi node
Restart this Wifi node
Support
Having an issue with this app? Contact the developer via the developer website.
What’s new
Version 0.3.9 — Fixed Homey settings styles overriding the camera sort pills and coloured power buttons.
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Changelog
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