How to Fix Google Nest Hub Routines Not Working

Google Nest Routines not working on Nest Hub is one of the common issues for first-time users. The presence of Routines in the Google Home allows automations for your Nest Hub to help you do automatic tasks throughout the day.

There are two benefits of this feature. First, you can customize Personal Routines. For example, simply by saying “Hello Google, Good Morning” and your Google Assistant can help you turn on the smart lights, provides weather information, and tells you your calendar events for that day.

Second, this feature supports Household Routines. Google Home will turn on the connected porch light, turn on the living room, and many other. Those things can happen only if you customize the routines.

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How to Create Routine on Nest Hub on Nest Hub

If the Google Nest Routines not working on Nest Hub, make sure that you customize this feature correctly. Here are the steps on how to create a Routine for your need or for everyone at home:

  • Go to Google Home app
  • Choose Automation then tap on Add and then choose Personal
  • To name the Routine, then tap on Untitled. If you add a voice starter before naming your Routine, then the voice starter becomes the name.
  • Add the starter and also the actions you like. If you set the Routine to start automatically and then you include the actions with audio, then you have to specify the device that you want the audio to play. Check the bottom of the display, and you can find Device for Audio and choose a device and then hit Save.
  • If you cannot create Routines, it is possible if you need to change the language of your smartphone to one that is available for your region.

Here are more things you can read about Nest Routines.

How to Fix Google Nest Routines Not Working on Nest Hub

If you are trying to set up a routine when you go to bed, by saying “Hello Google, Good Night”, and you want it turns off after 30 minutes and starts Media playing (XYZ Radio station), but Google Nest Routines not working on Nest Hub, then the problem is on how you customize it.

You are not alone because other users even experience this issue. The Routine stipulates that start Media playing is the last action. However, you cannot set the sleep timer as there is no Media playing.

To solve this issue, here are the steps to do:

  • Create Personal Routine (It is different from Household Routines)
  • Give it an action keyword, by saying “Good Night, Google)
  • Click on the “Add Action”, and then choose “Try adding your own type and give it the command”
  • Then, you can give the command “Play Radio XYZ”.
  • Then, Tap on Add action and choose the ‘Delay start’. Here, you can enter the time to delay (for example: 30 minutes).
  • You will see an entry for “after 30 minutes”
  • Then, you can add another action which is “Try adding your own type”
  • Give it the command, “Stop playing”.

Well, that is all. We hope that this post can help you use Nest Routines seamlessly.

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