Nest Protect now available in the Google Home app

When you enroll in the Google Home app Public Preview with your Nest Protect, you’ll be able to check and control your device along with your other Home app devices. Your settings, device status, and notifications will be available in the Home app.

If you decide you don’t want your Protect in the Home app, you still have access to it in the Nest app.

What you need

A home you manage in the Nest app
Your Google Account or a migrated Nest account
The latest version of the Home app and your device’s OS
A Nest Protect (2nd gen)
You must be in Public Preview in the Google Home app
- Once you've successfully joined Public Preview, the Preview icon will appear on screen in the mobile app and Google Home for web. Learn how to join Public Preview.

Switch to the Home app

Once you join Public Preview, Nest Protect is automatically included in the Home app. When you switch to the Home app, remember that:

Multiple Nest Protects are all accessible in the Home app.
Notifications are sent from both the Nest and Google Home apps.
Your Nest Protect Nightly Promise, Pathlight, Sound Check, and alarms are automatically available in the Home app.
Presence sensing is turned off by default. To turn it back on:
1. Open the Google Home app .
2. Tap Settings .
3. In the "Home features" section, tap Presence sensing.
4. Turn Allow this home to use phone locations on or off.

Nest app-only features

The Home app has most of the same Nest Protect features as the Nest app. However, the following features are only available in the Nest app:

Works with Protect Video Capture
Works with Protect Emergency Shutoff
Emergency contacts
What to do

Important: You need to use the Nest app for the initial setup of your Nest Protect or to perform a factory reset.

Troubleshoot account migration issues

If you’re unable to find your Protect in the Google Home app, this may mean your Nest account migration to a Google account isn’t complete.

Check if you’ve migrated to a Google account

Open the Nest app .
Tap Settings .
- If "Migrate to a Google Account" doesn’t appear on the screen, then your account has been migrated.

Finish account migration

Open the Nest app .
Tap Settings Account Verify you’ve signed in with the account you want to migrate.
Tap Migrate to a Google Account.
The app walks you through account migration.

If you can’t find the Protect after account migration, you’ll have to reset and re-pair your device with the new Google account.

Press and hold your Protect’s button. It will chime and glow blue. Continue to hold the button down.
Release the button when your Protect starts to say its version number.
Your Protect will start a verbal countdown and tell you it’s erasing all your settings.
- To cancel the factory reset, press Protect’s button again during the countdown.
After a few seconds, your Protect will reset to its factory default settings. You can then go through setup with the Nest app and add it to the new Google account.

Learn more about account migration and how to troubleshoot issues.

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