# \[APP\]\[Pro\]\[Test\] Google Nest Controls: cameras, Wifi and speakers **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Created:** [October 22, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-test-google-nest-controls-cameras-wifi-and-speakers/161182 "2026-10-22T13:04:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kammiz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kammiz/32/16506_2.png) [@kammiz](https://community.homey.app/u/kammiz)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-test-google-nest-controls-cameras-wifi-and-speakers/161182/1 "2026-10-22T13:04:38Z")
![Google Nest Controls](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/3/e/3e2eb87c7f7ebe78072ed0d9cd7e501ae4ad2be9.png) Google Nest Controls brings Nest cameras, Google/Nest Wifi and Google/Nest speakers and displays into Homey. Automate camera on/off, keep track of battery and power, manage Wifi and send spoken messages from Flows. I originally wanted to switch my cameras on and off and restart Wifi from Homey. The app now also handles battery reminders, network information and spoken announcements on Google/Nest speakers. **[Install the test version](https://homey.app/en-us/app/no.tjahnsen.googlenestcontrols/test/)** ## Cameras - Battery percentage for supported battery cameras and doorbells, with Homey’s battery tag and Insights. - Separate states for **charging** and **power connected**. A camera can be connected to power without actively charging. - Camera on/off controls and conditions for Flows. The camera overview uses a **green power button for on** and a **red power button for off**. Press the button to switch the camera. Battery fill and colour follow the percentage. On a battery doorbell, **∞ means the doorbell transformer is connected** , while battery percentage remains visible; its plug indicates USB charging power separately. Cameras without a battery show a green plug when online. Unknown power readings use an orange plug with a question mark. Expand **Network and device information** for full model names and available IP, firmware and network details. Sort the overview by **name, battery percentage, rechargeable type or model**. Press the selected sort again to reverse the order. Battery sorting starts with the lowest known percentage; unknown readings and cameras without batteries stay at the bottom in either direction. Sorting uses the existing readings without making extra Google requests. Battery readings have been verified on Nest Cam battery and Nest Doorbell battery devices. Wired cameras can offer on/off control without battery information. Support depends on what Google exposes for each device; feedback about other models is welcome. ## Flows for battery and charging Triggers are available when the battery drops below a percentage you choose, charging starts or stops, or power connects or disconnects. Conditions let you check battery level, charging and power connection. There is also a camera status refresh action. For example: - **Battery drops below 20% → send a push notification.** - **Charging starts → send a notification.** - **Every evening, if battery is below 30% → send a reminder.** Paired devices are checked every **minute** by default, so these are periodic updates rather than instant cable-change notifications. The refresh action uses the shared cache; repeated requests do not force repeated Google reads. Unknown readings are not treated as zero battery or disconnected power. Transition triggers need a previous known reading and do not fire just because a device is first added. ## Wifi Monitor your network, restart the whole network or a single mesh point, run speed tests, pause/resume internet for a connected device, or prioritize a device. Use Wifi Flow cards for scheduling and conditions. Optional presence detection is off by default. The settings page also provides network and connected-device information. Wifi controls have been tested with Nest Wifi Pro and Google Wifi. Reports for Nest Wifi (2019) are welcome. ## Speakers and displays Send spoken messages from Flows to a speaker, display or Cast speaker group. Choose from **37 language and regional options** , set announcement volume, use slower speech or choose to announce even when media is muted. A broadcast action sends to all individual speakers added to this app; groups are excluded from broadcast to avoid duplicate announcements. The dedicated **Speakers** tab shows discovered devices, volume, media mute, playback status, IP and available firmware/network information. It follows the camera overview’s compact structure, with expandable device details. **Actual Wifi band** (for example 2.4 or 5 GHz) is shown when a speaker can be uniquely matched by IP to the signed-in Google/Nest Wifi network. This is a reported connection reading, not a guess based on supported frequencies. Without a match, the band is omitted. This tab is read-only. Add speakers as Homey devices for room controls, volume, media mute, playback and device Flows. Media mute is separate from the physical microphone switch. Speakers use **local Google Cast** on the same network as Homey, without the app’s Google sign-in. Text is sent to Google for speech synthesis. Messages are limited to **200 characters** and interrupt current media; previous media is not automatically resumed. Temporary announcement volume is restored after normal completion. Queued messages expire after two minutes, and uncertain playback is not automatically repeated to avoid duplicate announcements. ## Supported devices - **Cameras and doorbells:** Nest Cam Indoor/Outdoor, Nest Cam IQ Indoor/Outdoor, Nest Hello / Nest Doorbell (wired), Nest Cam (battery, indoor/outdoor), Nest Cam with floodlight, and the wired Nest Cam and Nest Doorbell families. - **Wifi:** Google Wifi, Nest Wifi and Nest Wifi Pro. - **Speakers and displays with built-in speakers:** Google Home, Home Mini, Home Max, Nest Mini, Nest Audio, Nest Hub (both generations), Nest Hub Max, the Nest Wifi point speaker and Google Home Speaker. Cast speaker groups and stereo pairs can also be added. The **Supported devices** link at the bottom of Overview lists individual models by introduction year. Camera functions and available readings depend on the model and what Google exposes. > **Full model list — by introduction year** > > The model catalogue below matches the app’s Supported devices list. Recognition does not mean every reading or command is available for every model; Google API/account compatibility and the device itself determine the available functions. > > - **2015** : Nest Cam Indoor — generation 1 > - **2016** : Google Home > - **2016** : Google Wifi > - **2016** : Nest Cam Outdoor — generation 1 > - **2017** : Google Home Max > - **2017** : Google Home Mini — generation 1 > - **2017** : Nest Cam IQ Indoor > - **2017** : Nest Cam IQ Outdoor > - **2018** : Google Home Hub / Nest Hub — generation 1 > - **2018** : Nest Hello / Nest Doorbell (wired) — generation 1 > - **2019** : Google Nest Hub Max > - **2019** : Google Nest Mini — generation 2 > - **2019** : Google Nest Wifi > - **2019** : Google Nest Wifi point > - **2020** : Google Nest Audio > - **2021** : Google Nest Cam (indoor, wired) — generation 2 > - **2021** : Google Nest Cam (outdoor or indoor, battery) > - **2021** : Google Nest Cam with floodlight > - **2021** : Google Nest Doorbell (battery) — generation 1 > - **2021** : Google Nest Hub — generation 2 > - **2022** : Google Nest Doorbell (wired) — generation 2 > - **2022** : Google Nest Wifi Pro > - **2025** : Google Nest Cam Indoor (wired) — generation 3 > - **2025** : Google Nest Cam Outdoor (wired) — generation 2 > - **2025** : Google Nest Doorbell (wired) — generation 3 > - **2026** : Google Home Speaker > > Chromecast, Chromecast Audio and Google TV/Android TV devices are excluded from direct discovery, pairing and control. Cast groups are logical endpoints: their individual members cannot be inspected or filtered by this app, so choose groups containing the intended Google/Nest speakers. > > Cast speaker groups and stereo pairs can also be added. Camera live video and motion/person/sound/doorbell events are outside this app’s scope. ## Setup 1. Install the app on a compatible local Homey platform running version 12 or newer, and open its settings. This includes compatible Homey/Homey Pro models, Homey Pro mini and Homey Self-Hosted Server; Homey Cloud/Bridge alone is not supported. 2. For cameras and Wifi, follow the guide to use a **separate Google account** , invited as **Admin** to the correct home in Google Home. For speakers only, open Speakers or add a speaker directly; no Google sign-in is needed. 3. Sign in using that account’s email and the one-time Google sign-in token described in the guide. The app does not ask for your Google password. 4. Your devices appear in their settings tabs. Add cameras, Wifi devices or speakers as Homey devices when you want room controls and device Flows. The app runs on Homey. Cameras and Wifi need Google’s cloud services; speakers need local network access and internet for Google’s speech synthesis. No phone needs to stay connected after setup. ## Settings and navigation The settings page keeps cameras, Wifi, speakers, internet status and command history in separate tabs. The compact browser-style tabs wrap onto several rows in narrow windows. Selecting a tab moves its entire row to the front, directly connected to the content in a continuous frame. Expand device information for technical details while keeping the main overview compact. ## Scope and test feedback The purpose is to bring Google/Nest management functions missing from the official Homey integrations into one shared overview and control layer. Cameras and Wifi networks are found through the signed-in Google account; speakers and Cast groups are discovered locally on Homey’s network. It is not a general inventory of every Google device on an account. This is an independent app using unofficial Google services, which Google may change. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google. It does not provide live video or motion, person, sound or doorbell events. It can work alongside integrations providing those features. Commands run in background queues, and the interface keeps the latest requested state visible while work completes. Camera and Wifi commands retry recoverable failures; speech has a separate policy to avoid repeating a message after an uncertain result. History records commands from users and Flows. Internet outages are shown under Internet. If something does not work, please include your Homey model, app version, exact camera or Wifi model, what you expected, and what happened. For a battery issue, include the reading shown in Google Home at the same time. **Never post sign-in tokens, cookies, passwords or full diagnostic dumps containing account details.** ## Open-source inspiration and credits Two projects provided the original starting point: - **[nest-rebooter](https://github.com/joep1000/nest-rebooter) by Joep Prijsman**: the Google Home cloud method for restarting a Google/Nest Wifi network and the associated sign-in approach. The project also provides scheduled restarts and a post-restart speed test. This is a network reboot, rather than a Wifi on/off switch. - **[gpsoauth](https://github.com/simon-weber/gpsoauth) by Simon Weber and contributors**: the Google Play Services authentication and OAuth token exchange used as the basis for this app’s Google sign-in implementation. Thank you for sharing that work openly. Both projects use the MIT license. They supplied important foundations; the Homey integration, camera controls, camera battery/charging/power readings, device overview and associated Homey Flows were developed in this app beyond those original projects. Additional thanks to **[google-wifi-api-node](https://github.com/JamesHawkinss/google-wifi-api-node)** and **[googlewifi-api](https://github.com/djtimca/googlewifi-api)** for their Google Wifi API work, used as references for network status, devices and speed tests. Attribution and license notices for the incorporated code are included with the app. The speaker integration uses an original local Cast implementation, with **[Google’s Cast protocol documentation](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/media/messages)** and **[node-castv2-client by Thibaut Séguy](https://github.com/thibauts/node-castv2-client)** as protocol references. ## Copyright Original app-specific code and assets: © 2026 Thomas Jahnsen. Third-party components remain the property of their respective authors and are used under their respective licenses. ---
**Author:** ![kammiz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kammiz/32/16506_2.png) [@kammiz](https://community.homey.app/u/kammiz)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-test-google-nest-controls-cameras-wifi-and-speakers/161182/2 "2026-10-22T13:09:35Z")
## Today’s updates: 22 October 2026 - **v0.3.10** : Camera and Wifi status now update every minute by default, including the open settings page. Camera reads remain shared and cached. Existing custom Wifi intervals are retained. - **v0.3.9** : Fixed Homey settings styles overriding the camera sort pills and coloured power buttons. - **v0.3.8** : Camera sort buttons now match the compact rounded buttons in the Devices overview. - **v0.3.7** : Refined camera sorting with a compact grouped control, rounded options and a clear selected state. - **v0.3.6** : Red/green camera power buttons and sorting by name, battery level, rechargeable type or model. Select the same sort again to reverse its direction. - **v0.3.5** : Camera overview now shows battery percentage inside a battery icon, plus a lightning icon for charging and a crossed-out lightning icon when not charging. - **v0.3.4** : Compact camera rows matching the Wifi node list, with battery percentage, charging and power connection status. - **v0.3.3** : Shortened English and Norwegian App Store descriptions. - **v0.3.2** : Refined device drawings to more closely match the Nest Cam battery housing, magnetic mount and Nest Wifi Pro shape. - **v0.3.1** : New black-on-white device drawings based on Nest Cam and Nest Wifi Pro. The round colour app logo is retained. > **Earlier updates — complete history (4)** > > - **v0.3.0** (22 October 2026): Battery and charging Flow cards, power connection status, shared status refresh, battery energy metadata, and revised English and Norwegian store descriptions. > - **v0.2.1** (22 October 2026): Read real battery percentage and charging state from Google Home for Nest battery cameras and doorbells. Shared cached reads preserve existing camera and Wifi controls. > - **v0.2.0** (21 October 2026): Wifi appears directly after sign-in without adding a network device. Cameras and Wifi nodes can optionally be added as individual Homey devices for rooms and Flows. Optional nodes include connectivity Flow cards based on Google cloud status, checked every ten minutes. > - **v0.1.0** (21 October 2026): First test release of Google Nest Controls under its new app ID. Includes Wifi management, automatic camera status and verified camera on/off controls, with a new control-inspired visual identity. Battery and charging readings are not yet available. _All updates from this date are collected in this post. Further releases on the same day update this post. Each new date with releases gets one new post._ ---
**Author:** ![kammiz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kammiz/32/16506_2.png) [@kammiz](https://community.homey.app/u/kammiz)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 6:58am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-test-google-nest-controls-cameras-wifi-and-speakers/161182/3 "2026-10-23T06:58:02Z")
## Today’s updates: 23 October 2026 - **v0.3.22** : Normal camera battery and status reads continue while an unavailable camera waits for its next background retry. Desired on/off state remains visible, and pending requests still survive restarts. - **v0.3.21** : Unconfirmed camera commands retry in the background with increasing delays. Pending targets survive app/Homey restarts. The latest request always wins, including Flow commands, and controls keep showing the requested state. Retries read current state first to avoid duplicate writes after a lost response. Rejected sign-in pauses work until the same account signs in again; explicit logout cancels pending requests. Open settings receive Flow requests and queue results immediately via realtime events. - **v0.3.19** : Camera commands are accepted immediately and processed in a shared background queue, so Flows can control several cameras without busy errors. Only the latest pending target per camera is kept. Controls respond immediately while queued/running status remains visible until Google confirms the result. Battery and power readings remain visible while commands run. - **v0.3.17** : Consistent green power status while online for known mains-powered Nest Cam Indoor/Outdoor, IQ, wired Doorbell/Hello and Hub Max camera models. Battery and floodlight cameras retain reported power state. Smaller transformer infinity icon, matching the plug icon. - **v0.3.16** : A large green infinity symbol to the left of the doorbell battery indicates connected transformer power. Battery percentage, coloured fill and independent USB charger icon remain visible. - **v0.3.15** : Doorbell plug icons now show USB charger status independently of transformer power. Battery percentage and coloured fill remain visible with trickle power. Nest Cam IQ Outdoor/Indoor now report power connected while online. - **v0.3.14** : Battery icons fill to the actual percentage and gradually change from red through yellow to green. Doorbells show their actual battery percentage even while transformer trickle power is connected; the green plug and transformer label show the power connection separately. _All updates from this date are collected in this post. Further releases on the same day update this post. Each new date with releases gets one new post._ ---
**Author:** ![kammiz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kammiz/32/16506_2.png) [@kammiz](https://community.homey.app/u/kammiz)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 6:46am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-test-google-nest-controls-cameras-wifi-and-speakers/161182/4 "2026-10-24T06:46:41Z")
## Today’s updates: 24 October 2026 - **v0.3.35** : Camera model information is moved into expandable Network and device information. Known models show their full product name, generation and introduction year, including the outdoor-or-indoor battery camera and the 2021 battery doorbell. Camera titles show only the device name across the available width. - **v0.3.33** : Camera names and models use the full card width above the icons and wrap when needed, retaining existing font sizes. Missing/incomplete dashboard replies are validated before use instead of causing a commands JavaScript error. Concurrent reads retain the same pending promise. Temporary background refresh failures keep the last view and show a retry notice. - **v0.3.32** : The Supported devices list is now sorted by introduction year, oldest first, with alphabetical ordering within each year. - **v0.3.31** : The Supported devices list now distinguishes original Google Wifi, legacy Nest products and newer Google Nest models, and shows the introduction year for each model. - **v0.3.30** : A small blue Supported devices link at the bottom of Overview expands a simple list of current Google/Nest camera, doorbell, Hub Max and Wifi models. The list stays open during background updates. - **v0.3.29** : Follow-up from visual testing: offline clients without a real last-seen timestamp no longer show an age of tens of thousands of days. If a background refresh fails, settings clearly state that the saved overview is retained instead of continuing to say that fresh data is being fetched. - **v0.3.28** : Settings show the saved overview immediately while refreshing in the background. Camera sort/direction, device sort and the disconnected filter are remembered. Saved views are isolated by sign-in and pending commands retain priority. Reliability review strengthens queue recovery/history, transient authentication handling, cancellation, response limits and shared caches. Google failures no longer imply internet outages or reboot confirmation. Expired Wifi policies are not sent; uncertain unobserved restarts retain a long retry buffer. - **v0.3.27** : History now collects user and Flow commands across all cameras, Wifi networks, nodes and clients. Requests show time, device, source and execution status; automatic retries update the same row. The latest 500 requests persist across restarts and are isolated by Google account. Existing restart records remain available. Automatic polling is excluded, and internet outage/recovery events are moved to the Internet tab. - **v0.3.26** : Camera model now appears beside the camera name, keeping the existing name/model font sizes. Reduced camera-row padding and removed the separate model line for a more compact camera list. - **v0.3.25** : Legacy Nest cameras can now obtain IP addresses through the original Nest diagnostics, matched to the exact native camera identity supplied by Google. Confirmed IP, 2.4 GHz and Wifi node for Nest Cam IQ Outdoor on Mattisbakke. Where the actual band is missing, known Europe/Canada-only 2.4 GHz Outdoor models may show a clearly labelled model/region estimate. Camera details focus on IP, Wifi and firmware; traffic figures are removed. Temporary refresh errors retain the last known camera data and requested state. > **Earlier updates from today (2)** > > - **v0.3.24** : Camera settings show IP addresses and current Wifi band where available, with expandable network/device information: firmware, Wifi node, SSID, Wifi capability and measured traffic in Mbit/s. Traffic is labelled separately from connection speed. Camera/client matching uses exact IP addresses and rejects ambiguous matches or incomplete network reads. Older cameras may provide firmware without network diagnostics. > - **v0.3.23** : All Wifi control commands now use a persistent background queue: network/node restart, speed test, client pause/resume and priority. Desired policy state appears immediately, including Flow requests, while Google state is checked in the background. Failed commands retry automatically. Manual restart buttons keep their cooldown; automatic retries do not wait for it. Uncertain restarts are observed before repeating, and observation resumes after an app/Homey restart. Wifi nodes gain a command-status indicator. _All updates from this date are collected in this post. Further releases on the same day update this post. Each new date with releases gets one new post._ ---
**Author:** ![kammiz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kammiz/32/16506_2.png) [@kammiz](https://community.homey.app/u/kammiz)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 10:09am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-test-google-nest-controls-cameras-wifi-and-speakers/161182/5 "2026-10-25T10:09:19Z")
## Today’s updates: 25 October 2026 - **v0.3.38** : New app artwork shows Google Nest cameras, doorbell and Wifi devices connected to Homey with luminous connection trails. Support and community links now point to the current Google Nest Controls forum topic. - **v0.3.36** : Camera and Wifi device icons retain their line drawings but now use standalone SVG shapes, fixing missing outlines and invisible network icons in mobile dark mode. Product images use the same artwork. _All updates from this date are collected in this post. Further releases on the same day update this post. Each new date with releases gets one new post._ ---
**Author:** ![kammiz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kammiz/32/16506_2.png) [@kammiz](https://community.homey.app/u/kammiz)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-test-google-nest-controls-cameras-wifi-and-speakers/161182/6 "2026-10-26T16:20:38Z")
## Today’s updates: 26 October 2026 Google Nest Controls now brings cameras, Wifi, speakers and displays together. The Speakers tab shows volume, media mute, playback and available IP/firmware information, plus actual Wifi band when matched to Google/Nest Wifi. Speech Flows include 37 language/region choices, volume, slower speech, groups and broadcast. Settings now use compact browser-style tabs: labels stay readable, the selected row moves to the front, and the tabs connect directly to their content. The app artwork and English/Norwegian App Store descriptions have also been updated. - **v0.3.52** : Updated the English and Norwegian App Store descriptions to explain speaker/display support, actual Wifi band information and the compact browser-style settings navigation. - **v0.3.51** : Reduced vertical padding in the settings tabs for a more compact tab bar. - **v0.3.50** : Removed the rear tab row baseline so no horizontal line continues beside or between the rounded tops of the front tabs. - **v0.3.49** : Removed the grey strip above the tabs. Rear tabs now continue down behind the front row with continuous outer edges, removing the side notches above the front corner tabs. - **v0.3.48** : The selected tab row now moves to the front next to its content. Tabs and content share a continuous frame with no gap, and row grouping adapts to window width while retaining the tab order within each row. - **v0.3.47** : Settings navigation now uses overlapping browser-style tabs with rounded tops and a shared baseline. Selecting a tab brings it to the foreground and joins it visually to the page. Tabs still wrap in narrow windows. - **v0.3.46** : Unselected settings tabs now have subtle outlines in light and dark mode, making each tab easier to distinguish. - **v0.3.45** : Speaker device information now shows the actual Wifi band when a unique IP match is available from your signed-in Google/Nest Wifi network. Local speaker use still works without Google sign-in; unavailable or ambiguous bands are not guessed. - **v0.3.44** : Settings tabs wrap onto multiple rows to keep every label readable in narrow windows. Updated app artwork includes Nest Mini, Nest Audio and Nest Hub alongside cameras, Wifi and Homey. - **v0.3.43** : A dedicated read-only Speakers tab shows discovered Google/Nest speakers, actual volume/mute/playback, IP, model and available firmware/network details. Expand device information as with cameras. Optional paired Homey devices retain controls and Flows. Includes 37 speech languages/regions, per-Flow volume, slow speech, mute handling, groups and broadcast; no controls on the settings overview. _All updates from this date are collected in this post. Further releases on the same day update this post. Each new date with releases gets one new post._ ---
**Author:** ![kammiz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kammiz/32/16506_2.png) [@kammiz](https://community.homey.app/u/kammiz)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-test-google-nest-controls-cameras-wifi-and-speakers/161182/7 "2026-10-28T18:49:59Z")
## Today’s updates: 28 October 2026 The app remains focused on Google/Nest management and control that complements the official Nest video/event integration. The App Store text is now a short introduction; this topic contains the full model catalogue and setup/technical details. New artwork uses actual Google product photos, and Chromecast devices are explicitly excluded from direct speaker pairing and control. - **v0.3.54** : Short App Store summaries now point to the Community topic for the full model list and technical details. App artwork uses real Google product photos with small control symbols, without Homey or connection effects. All four driver images are distinct product photos on white. Direct Chromecast/Chromecast Audio/Google TV targets are excluded from discovery, pairing and control, including previously paired devices; Google/Nest speakers and displays remain supported. _All updates from this date are collected in this post. Further releases on the same day update this post. Each new date with releases gets one new post._