When someone rings your Google Nest doorbell or another compatible doorbell, your Google smart speaker or display can announce their presence. With a smart display, Google streaming device, or Google or Android TV, you may be able to see who's there.
Before you enable visitor announcements, set up your products and connect them to their respective apps.
Important: Visitor announcements may not be available on all third-party doorbells that work with Google. To find out if they're available on your doorbell, check with your doorbell manufacturer.
- Set up your speaker or display.
- Install your doorbell according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Follow these instructions for Nest doorbells:
- Add your doorbell to the Google Home app.
- To get visitor announcements, make sure your doorbell and your speaker or display are in the same home.
- If you have a Nest doorbell, you may have added it to the Google Home app when you installed it.
Turn on personal results for your speaker or display. If you have a display, select Always show proactively.
Newer Nest doorbell models and other compatible doorbells
- Open the Google Home app
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- Tap Home
Cameras
- Tap More
- Turn Visitor announcements on or off.
Tip: To temporarily turn off visitor announcements for your Google speaker or display, you may also use Do Not Disturb.
Nest doorbell (wired, 1st gen)
To turn visitor announcements on:
- Open the Nest app
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- Touch and hold your device's tile.
- Tap Settings
Visitor announcements to the Google Home app.
- Follow the onscreen prompts in the Google Home app to complete setup.
To turn visitor announcements off, turn off your display notifications. To temporarily turn them off, you can also use Do Not Disturb.
You can watch videos from your doorbell if you set up a smart display in the Google Home app. You can also use a streaming device or Android TV with some doorbells.
Troubleshooting
If visitor announcements don’t work on your Google Nest or Home speakers or displays, turn Do Not Disturb on, then off.
You may also use these voice commands:
| Action |
Voice command (Start with “Ok Google” or “Hey Google”) |
| Enable Do not disturb | “Turn on Do not disturb” |
| Disable Do not disturb | “Turn off Do not disturb” |