Connect Google Nest thermostats, cameras and doorbells through Google's Device Access.
Before you start
- You need the Manage IoT Connections right and a Google account with the Nest homes.
- Google Nest is set up by the platform first. Your organization sees it in the list only once the platform offers it. If it is not there, ask your platform administrator.
Connect it
- Go to Settings › Smart Devices › Connections › Device Services and choose Add connection.
- In Add a connection, choose Google Nest (under Smart home).
- In Name this connection, enter the name people will see.
- Choose Continue to Google Nest. Google opens in the same tab.
- Sign in to Google and choose which Nest homes and devices to share.
- You come back to the Connections tab. It says Connected. Looking for devices…, then how many devices it found.
Result
Your thermostats, cameras and doorbells appear after the first sync. Thermostat changes, camera motion and person events and doorbell presses arrive live as Google reports them.
Limits to know about
- Google's terms allow Nest data to be kept for 10 days at most, and there is no Nest history. When you remove the connection, its Nest data is deleted.
- Nest devices are not offered to SI members or to Alexa.
- Live camera view works only on cameras that stream in a format a browser can play. Cameras that only offer RTSP have no live view here, and there are no on-demand camera images.
- Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide alarms and Nest x Yale locks are not offered by Google's Device Access.
- Heating set points can be 9 to 32 °C and cooling set points 10 to 32 °C, in steps of 0.5.
If it doesn't work
- The connection test failed, so nothing was saved. One of the homes you chose may already be linked in your organization. A home can be linked only once.
- Access was not granted, so nothing was linked. You declined at Google. The form opens again with your name filled in; choose Continue to Google Nest again.
- Eco mode is on; change the mode first. The thermostat is in Eco mode, so it ignores set points.
- The connection later says Needs a new sign-in: choose Sign in again, then Continue to Google Nest. See How to Relink a Connection.
- See Fixing a Connection Problem.
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