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Stream your security camera on TV using speaker or display

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Stream your security camera on TV using speaker or display

Keep an eye on what matters by streaming your security camera on your TV using Google Nest or Home speaker or display, and Chromecast or a TV with Chromecast built-in.

What you need

  • Security camera setup with the partner app
  • Google Nest or Home speaker or display

Step 1. Set up your security camera

Set up your security camera by following the steps provided by the device maker. Learn how to set up your camera with the Nest app.

Step 2. Set up your device

If you haven’t set up your Chromecast and speaker or display, follow the steps below. If you’ve already set up these devices, you can skip this step.

Step 3. Connect your security camera to your speaker or display

  1. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
  2. Verify that the Google Account shown is the one linked to your speaker or display. To switch accounts, tap another account or Add another account.
  3. Make sure your security camera is on the same Wi-Fi network as your speaker or display.
  4. Verify that the home listed is the one you want to pair your security camera to. To switch between homes, click the triangle to the right of the home name.
  5. At the top left corner, tap Add  and then Set up device and then Works with Google.
  6. Tap the device to pair.
  7. When the pairing is complete, tap Done.
    Note: If you’ve already set up a Nest Thermostat, you may have to unlink and relink your Nest account to view your Nest cam(s).

Step 4. Link TVs using the Google Home app

Android iPhone & iPad

Note: The following steps are optional if you only want to control your TV with your mobile device or tablet. However, if you want to control your TV using voice commands through your speaker or display, follow the steps below.

  1. Make sure your mobile device or tablet is connected to the same Wi-Fi or linked to the same account as your Chromecast, or speaker or display.
  2. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
  3. At the top right, tap your account.
  4. Verify that the Google Account shown is the one linked to your speaker or display. To switch accounts, tap another account or Add another account.
  5. Go back to the home screen, then tap your Chromecast or TV with Chromecast built-in.
  6. At the top right, tap Settings .
  7. Look for a banner at the top of the page that says “Enable voice control and more.”
    1. If the banner appears, tap it and follow the steps to link your TV.
    2. If the banner doesn’t appear but your email address appears under “Linked account(s),” your TV is already linked.

Note: If you get an 「Error when linking device」 error message, you must factory reset your Chromecast device.

Step 5. Use voice commands to stream your security camera to your TV

To do this:

Say 「Ok Google」 or 「Hey Google,」 then:

Start stream

「Show [camera name]」

「What’s on [camera name]?」

「[Camera name] on [Chromecast device name]」

「Play [camera name] on [Chromecast device name]」

「Show [camera name] on [Chromecast device name]」

Stop stream

「Stop [TV or Chromecast device name]」

Fix a problem

「HA Cast」 error when streaming an Arlo camera to your TV

If an 「HA Cast」 error message appears on your TV when streaming an Arlo camera, try the following workaround:

  1. Turn off the motion-detection recording setting on your camera.
  2. Try to stream again.

Arlo is currently working on a fix for this issue.

Stream your security camera using your Google Nest display

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Stream your security camera using your Google Nest display

Keep in check on what matters by streaming your compatible security camera on your Google Nest display.

What you need

  • A compatible security camera set up with the partner app
  • A Nest display
  • Google Home app

Compatible security cameras

You can stream video from the following security cameras to your Nest display.

  • Arlo
  • Atomi smart
  • Geeni
  • homee Smart Home
  • mydlink Smart
  • ioe smart
  • iView iHome
  • KAFO Smart
  • Logi Circle
  • MCL DOMO
  • Momentum Smart Home
  • Nest
  • Netatmo
  • Panasonic HomeHawk
  • Q-See Plus
  • SimCam Smart Home
  • Smart K
  • SpotCam
  • Swann Smart Security Camera
  • TP-Link Kasa
  • Tuya Smart, Smart Life
  • Wyze Cam
  • Zmodo

Step 1. Set up your security camera

Set up your security camera by following the steps provided by the device maker. If you have a Nest Camera, set up your camera with the Nest app.

Step 2. Set up your Nest display

Learn how to set up your Nest display.

Step 3. Connect your security camera to your Nest display

  1. Make sure your Nest display and security camera are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.
  2. Open the Google Home app .
  3. At the top left, tap Add   Set up device  Works with Google.
  4. Choose your camera manufacturer from the list to finish the setup process.

Add an additional camera

After you’ve linked a camera manufacturer to your Google Home app, use the following voice commands with your Nest display to add an additional camera:

To do this:Say 「Ok Google」 or 「Hey Google,」 then:

Sync all devices 「Sync my devices」
Sync a device type 「Sync my cameras」

Note: If you’ve already set up a Nest Camera, you may have to unlink and relink your Nest account to find your Nest camera(s).

Step 4. Use voice commands to stream your security camera

To do this:

Say 「Ok Google」 or 「Hey Google,」 then:

Start stream 「Show [camera name]」
「What’s on [camera name]?」
「[Camera name] on [Nest display name]」
「Play [camera name] on [Nest display name]」
「Show [camera name] on [Nest display name]」
Stop stream 「Stop」

Delete and remove access to Google Nest devices

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Delete and remove access to Google Nest devices

There are a few different ways you can remove the connection between your Google Account and your Google Nest and Google Home devices and services:

  • Delete a home: Removes the home itself as well as the devices, services, and data associated with that home.
  • Remove yourself or others from a home: Unlinks the selected account(s) from your home and devices.
  • Remove specific devices from a home: Keeps your home set up with your other devices and services, but removes the device you want to remove.

Delete a home

You can delete a home from the Home app if you’re the only home member.

If you aren’t the only member of a home, you’ll first need to remove all other members from the home by using the Google Home app. Otherwise, you’ll only be able to remove yourself from the home, and the remaining home members will still have access to the home and its devices.

When you delete a home:

  • The home is removed from your Google Account.
  • You won’t be able to use the Home app to control devices you added to this home, including lights, displays, speakers, cameras, thermostats, and locks, unless you set those devices up again in a new home.
  • Data associated with the home, such as video history from Nest cameras you might own or thermostat settings, is deleted. Note: Data associated with your Google Account is not deleted if you delete your home. Learn how to remove data associated with your account.

To delete a home:

  1. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
  2. Switch to the home you want to delete.
  3. Tap Settings   Delete this home  Delete.

Remove yourself from a home

When you remove yourself from a home:

  • You’ll no longer have access to the home and the devices and services associated with that home.
  • Other members will continue to have access to the home.
  • Other members will no longer have access to the devices or services you set up, including Nest thermostats, alarms, locks, or cameras. If you’ve set up a Nest Cam with your Nest Hub Max, the Nest Hub Max will also no longer be available.
    • Exceptions: Google Nest Wifi, Google Wifi, Assistant-enabled speakers and displays, and Chromecast devices will still be available to other home members even if you remove yourself from the home.
  • You’ll no longer have access to Nest Aware features, including video history.
  • Other members will continue to have access to Nest Aware features.
  • Your Google TV account won’t be removed from this home. You will have to sign out of this account on this home’s Google TVs or in account.google.com.
  • If you’re the only member of the home, the home will be deleted. This includes home data such as video history footage and thermostat settings.

To remove yourself:

  1. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
  2. Switch to the home you want to edit.
  3. Tap Settings   Household.
  4. Tap your account.
  5. At the top right, tap  to remove yourself from a home.

Remove other members from a home

When you remove members from a home:

  • They will be notified that they were removed from the home.
  • They will no longer have access to the devices or services in the home and their account will no longer be linked to the devices.
  • Assistant devices such as speakers and displays, including those set up by the removed member, will remain in your home. These devices will no longer be linked to the home member you remove.
    • Exception: Nest Hub Max might get removed and video history footage could be deleted.
  • They will no longer have access to Nest Aware features, including video history.
  • Their Google TV account won’t be removed from this home. They will have to sign out of this account on this home’s Google TVs or in account.google.com.
  • If the member you remove from the home migrated their Nest Account and Nest devices (such as cameras and thermostats) to a Google Account, removing them may remove those devices from the home. Data associated with their Nest devices and the home may be permanently deleted, including video history footage and thermostat settings.
  1. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
  2. Switch to the home you want to edit.
  3. Tap Settings   Household.
  4. Tap the home member you want to remove.
  5. At the top right, tap Remove .

Remove devices from a home

When you remove a device from a home:

  • It will disconnect the device from members in the home.
  • It will be unlinked from your Google Account.
  • Data associated with this device, such as video history, will be deleted. Note: Some basic device data may remain associated with the home.
  1. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
  2. Tap your device  Settings   Remove device  Remove.

Remove Voice Match or Face Match from your devices

Voice Match recognizes your voice to help ensure that only you can access things like your calendar, contacts and reminders, while Face Match allows the Assistant to proactively identify you and show you personal and helpful content without you having to ask first.

When you remove Voice Match from your Assistant-supported devices, your devices will still work. However, they will no longer recognize your voice, your devices’ voice model will be removed, and you may not receive personalized results.

When you delete Voice Match for your Nest Hub Max, it’ll also permanently delete Face Match for the same device, and your Assistant will no longer be able to recognize your voice or give you personal results on these devices.

To access or delete the audio clips or photos you took during Voice Match and Face Match setup, go to https://myactivity.google.com/ or follow the steps below.

To remove Voice Match from your devices:

Speakers

  1. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
  2. Tap your device  Settings   Remove Voice Match.
  3. Choose a device to unlink.
    • Unlink a specific device: Next to the device you want to unlink, tap Remove Remove  Remove.
    • Unlink all devices: Tap Remove from eligible devices  Remove.

Displays

  1. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
  2. Tap your device  Settings   Recognition & personalization  Remove Voice Match.
  3. Choose a device to unlink.
    • Unlink a specific device: Next to the device you want to unlink, tap Remove Remove  Remove.
    • Unlink all devices: Tap Remove from eligible devices  Remove.

A message will appear that your Google Account and voice are unlinked from the device.

To remove Face Match from your devices:

  1. Make sure your mobile device or tablet is connected to the same Wi-Fi or linked to the same account as your Google Nest display.
  2. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
  3. At the top right, tap your account.
  4. Verify that the Google Account shown is the one linked to your display. To switch accounts, tap the triangle next to the Google Account, then tap another account or Add another account.
  5. Tap Assistant settings  Face Match.
  6. Delete your Nest Hub Max from the list of devices with Face Match enabled.

    Note: When you disable Face Match, your face model will be deleted from your device, but it will not delete the enrollment images used to create your face model. To delete Face Match enrollment images, visit https://myactivity.google.com/.

To delete your Voice Match and Face Match enrollment recordings:

  1. On your mobile device, go to My activity.
  2. Tap Menu Menu  Other Google activity.
  3. Scroll down to “Voice and Face Match enrollment,” and tap View data.
  4. Tap Delete all enrollments  Delete.

Related links

Delete your activity
Delete your voice & audio activity
Factory reset your speakers or displays
FAQs on Privacy – Google Nest
Face Match on Google Nest Hub Max

Share a home and devices in the Google Home app

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Share a home and devices in the Google Home app

Important: If you use the Nest app, and haven’t migrated to a Google Account, you manage homes and people who share access to your home with the Nest app.

To organize and manage your devices in the Google Home app, you can create a home. Then you can invite home members, who will share control of the home and its devices.

For example, you could put your grouped living room speakers, your office lights, and your thermostat into a home, and invite your family to be members of that home.

Create and manage a home

Create a home
  1. Open the Google Home app Google Home.
  2. At the top, tap Add Add.
  3. Tap Create new home.
  4. Follow the steps.

Switch between homes

  1. Open the Google Home app Google Home.
  2. At the top, tap the name of the current home.
  3. Select a new home from the drop down. If the drop down button doesn’t appear, you only have one home in the Home app.
Move a device to a different home

​​​​​​Note: Not all devices can be moved to a different home this way. Speakers and displays, and Chromecast can be moved, excluding Nest Wifi point and Nest Hub Max. Some Nest and Wifi devices can’t be moved to a different home. You’ll need to factory reset your device and set it up again in a new home.

  1. Open the Google Home app Google Home.
  2. Open the home the device is in.
  3. Tap the device and then Settings Settings and then Device information and then Home.
  4. Tap the home you want to move the device to and then Next and then Move device.
  5. If asked, tap the room you want to move the device to and then Next.

Delete a home

You can delete a home from the Home app if you’re the only home member.

If you aren’t the only member of a home, you’ll first need to remove all other members from the home by using the Google Home app. Otherwise, you’ll only be able to remove yourself from the home, and the remaining home members will still have access to the home and its devices.

When you delete a home:

  • The home is removed from your Google Account.
  • You won’t be able to use the Home app to control devices you added to this home, including lights, displays, speakers, cameras, thermostats, and locks, unless you set those devices up again in a new home.
  • Data associated with the home, such as video history from Nest cameras you might own or thermostat settings, is deleted. Note: Data associated with your Google Account is not deleted if you delete your home. Learn how to remove data associated with your account.

To delete a home:

  1. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
  2. Switch to the home you want to delete.
  3. Tap Settings   Delete this home  Delete.

Manage home members

To let other people, like family members or roommates, use the devices in your home, add them as home members.

Only invite people you trust to become home members. When someone becomes a member of a home, the following info and settings will be shared with them:

Full access and control of devices and services

  • Add and remove other home members, including you
  • Add new devices, like speakers, displays, or smart light bulbs
  • Use and change the settings of the devices in the home
  • Automatically link their media services, like YouTube, to speakers, smart displays and Chromecast built-in devices in the home

Home activity

  • View activities and events from all devices and services linked to the home

Contact information and home address

  • Change the address of the home
  • View the names and email addresses of everyone in the home

Assistant features

  • Set up Personal Results, Voice Match and Face Match on existing and new Assistant-supported devices

You can’t invite anyone using a:

  • G Suite account
  • Google Account for children under 13 (or the applicable age in your country)

A maximum of 6 people can share a home.

Invite members to a home

  1. Open the Google Home app Google Home.
  2. Switch to the home you want to share.
  3. At the top, tap Add Add and then Invite home member or Add person to home and then Invite person Add.
  4. Enter the name or email address of the person you want to invite to your home and then tap Next.
  5. You’ll find information about what’s shared when you add someone to your home. Tap Next to continue.
  6. Review the person’s access to your home and then tap Send.
  7. If the person you’re inviting is not already in your family group, you’ll be asked if you’d like to add them. Tap Add to Family to invite them to your family group or No Thanks to skip this step. Note: You can have a maximum of 6 members in a family group. If you already have a full family group, this option won’t appear.

The person you invite will receive an email with instructions.

Note: If the person you want to invite already requested to join your home, you’ll need to accept that request instead of sending a new invitation.

Accept someone’s request to join your home

When someone sends a request to join your home, you’ll receive an email with the invite request and a notification on your mobile device.

  1. Follow the link in the email you received or tap the notification on your mobile device.
  2. Tap Continue to invite a person to join your home or Decline to reject their request.
  3. You’ll find information about what’s shared when you add someone to your home. Tap Next to continue.
  4. Review the person’s access to your home and then tap Send.
  5. If the person you’re inviting is not already in your family group, you’ll be asked if you’d like to add them. Tap Add to Family to invite them to your family group or No Thanks to skip this step. Note: You can have a maximum of 6 members in a family group. If you already have a full family group, this option won’t appear.

Accept a home member invitation

  1. Open the Google Home app Google Home.
  2. On the home screen, tap on your pending invitation.
  3. Follow the in-app instructions to join someone’s home. Tap Next to accept, or Decline to reject the invite.
  4. You’ll find information about what’s shared when you join a home. Tap Agree to continue.
  5. Create a nickname for the home. This nickname will only appear to you.
  6. The next time you connect to the home’s Wi-Fi, open the Home app to finish Assistant setup and be added to the devices connected to the same Wi-Fi.

To let the Google Assistant read or show results specific to you, you can choose to set up Voice Match and Face Match, and choose to turn on personal results.

Remove yourself from a home

When you remove yourself from a home:

  • You’ll no longer have access to the home and the devices and services associated with that home.
  • Other members will continue to have access to the home.
  • Other members will no longer have access to the devices or services you set up, including Nest thermostats, alarms, locks, or cameras. If you’ve set up a Nest Cam with your Nest Hub Max, the Nest Hub Max will also no longer be available.
    • Exceptions: Google Nest Wifi, Google Wifi, Assistant-enabled speakers and displays, and Chromecast devices will still be available to other home members even if you remove yourself from the home.
  • You’ll no longer have access to Nest Aware features, including video history.
  • Other members will continue to have access to Nest Aware features.
  • Your Google TV account won’t be removed from this home. You will have to sign out of this account on this home’s Google TVs or in account.google.com.
  • If you’re the only member of the home, the home will be deleted. This includes home data such as video history footage and thermostat settings.

To remove yourself:

  1. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
  2. Switch to the home you want to edit.
  3. Tap Settings   Household.
  4. Tap your account.
  5. At the top right, tap  to remove yourself from a home.

Remove other members from a home

When you remove members from a home:

  • They will be notified that they were removed from the home.
  • They will no longer have access to the devices or services in the home and their account will no longer be linked to the devices.
  • Assistant devices such as speakers and displays, including those set up by the removed member, will remain in your home. These devices will no longer be linked to the home member you remove.
    • Exception: Nest Hub Max might get removed and video history footage could be deleted.
  • They will no longer have access to Nest Aware features, including video history.
  • Their Google TV account won’t be removed from this home. They will have to sign out of this account on this home’s Google TVs or in account.google.com.
  • If the member you remove from the home migrated their Nest Account and Nest devices (such as cameras and thermostats) to a Google Account, removing them may remove those devices from the home. Data associated with their Nest devices and the home may be permanently deleted, including video history footage and thermostat settings.
  1. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
  2. Switch to the home you want to edit.
  3. Tap Settings   Household.
  4. Tap the home member you want to remove.
  5. At the top right, tap Remove .

Create commands to control online services & devices

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Create commands to control online services & devices

You can create your own commands for your Google Assistant using IFTTT. See services and devices you can control.

IFTTT is a separate company from Google. The name stands for 「If this, then that.」

For example, if you say:

  • 「It’s time to wake up,」 then your automated coffee maker turns on
  • 「Tell my friends I’m going sailing,」 then a status update is posted to your social network

Together, your custom phrase and action is called an Applet. To create an IFTTT Applet or use ones that other people have created, follow the steps below.

Computer AndroidiPhone & iPad

Get started

  1. Go to IFTTT.com.
  2. If you haven’t already, sign in or sign up.
  3. At the top right, click Search. Search for 「Google Assistant.」
  4. Click Google Assistant Assistant and then Connect.
  5. Choose a Google Account to give IFTTT access to. Make sure to choose the account you used to set up Google Home or the Google Assistant on your phone.

Browse, create, or edit Applets

Browse other people’s Applets

To use an Applet that someone else created:

  1. Go to IFTTT.com.
  2. At the top, click Search. Search for 「Google Assistant.」
  3. Click Google Assistant Assistant.
  4. You’ll find Applets created by others. To add an Applet to your list, click it and then Turn on.
  5. IFTTT may ask you to give permissions to another service before using the Applet. Review the request before giving permission.
  6. Optional: Edit the Applet.
  7. Click Save. The Applet will be added to My Applets.
Create an Applet

Step 1: Create a phrase

Create one or more phrases you want to use to trigger an action from your Google Assistant.

  1. Go to IFTTT.com.
  2. At the top right, click your username and then New Applet.
  3. Click this.
  4. Search for 「Google Assistant.」
  5. Click Google Assistant Assistant.
  6. Choose a trigger.
  7. Complete the trigger fields:
    • Enter up to 3 ways to say your phrase.
    • In the last field, enter what you want your Assistant to say in response to your phrase.
  8. Click Create trigger.

Step 2: Create an action

Create the action you want your Google Assistant to complete when you say your phrase.

  1. Click that.
  2. Search for an action service.
  3. If the service asks you to connect your account, follow the steps.
  4. Choose an action, then fill in the required fields.
  5. Click Create action.
  6. Review your Applet. To make changes, go to the top left, then click Back. If you’re finished, click Finish.
Find or edit your Applets
  1. Go to IFTTT.com.
  2. At the top, click My Applets.
  3. Click Google Assistant Assistant.
  4. Under 「My Applets,」 click an Applet. From here, you can:
    • Turn the Applet on or off.
    • Check the Applet: To see if the Applet is working, click Check now. If it’s working, you’ll see 「Applet checked.」
    • Edit the Applet: Click Configure Settings. Make your changes, then click Save.
    • Find your activity log: Click Configure Settings and then View activity log.
    • Delete the Applet: Click Configure Settings. Scroll down, then click Delete.

Fix an Applet that isn’t working

If an Applet isn’t working, you likely have an issue with your device settings.

To fix the issue:

  • Repeat your phrase. Speak clearly and naturally.
  • See if you’re using one of the phrases you’ve added to your Applet. If there’s only one phrase in your Applet, try adding other ways of saying the same phrase. Follow these steps to find or edit an Applet.
  • If you’re using the Google Assistant on a phone, make sure you’re signed in with the Google Account you used to create the Applet.
    • To see which account you’re signed in to on your phone:
      1. On your Android phone or tablet, say 「Hey Google, open Assistant settings」.
      2. At the top, you’ll find the email address of the account you’re signed in to.

Remove IFTTT from your Google Account

  1. Go to your list of apps connected to your Google Account.
  2. If you haven’t already, sign in to your account.
  3. Select IFTTT and then Remove.
  4. Repeat for every IFTTT service connected to your account.