Google Nest Doorbell Not Alerting Google Hub Or Google Mini

I recently found myself dealing with a rather frustrating situation with my Google Nest doorbell. When someone would ring the doorbell, it would alert my phone but it was no longer making a chime sound on the Google Nest hub or Nest speaker inside my home like it used to, this meant I was often missing people who came to the door.

I spent some time searching around the settings menu for an answer to this. Hoping some settings may just need to be turned off and on again to resolve the issue. Unfortunately, there was nothing I could find that would restore the original functionality I had where a chime would sound but Google Assistant would not announce anything.

Enable Google Assistant Announcements

This was not the road I wanted to take with this. I find it quite annoying when the Google Assistant announces “There is someone at the front garden doorbell”. First, because it doesn’t make sense but also because I have multiple nest hubs and they never chime in sync. Instead, I just have Google Assistant shouting at me from four different rooms in the house to tell me that someone is at the door out of sync.

Turning this on may not be ideal but if you rename the doorbell to something better, it does make the announcement less of an issue. That is of course if you don’t end up having the same issue I did where I was unable to rename the doorbell.

nest doorbell alerts
Turning on the option to create visitor announcements will make your Google Assistant talk a lot more but it will resolve the issue

The Nuclear Option

I always hate options like this but unfortunately, with no other alternatives at this point, a full nuclear option has to be considered. This could be a huge pain in the ass if you have a lot of devices connected to your home. You will need to follow the steps below to ensure this has the best chance of fixing things.

  • Unlink everything from Google Home
  • Uninstall the Google Home app
  • Restart your device
  • Install Google Home
  • Link all of the devices back to Google Home again.

Once you have done all of this, the chime should start working again as expected.

If anyone has a better solution to this issue, please leave a comment below.

Related Articles

Related Questions

Function Keys Reversing Between Fn Actions And Normal

My keyboard has the usual F1 to F12 keys along the top. I use these for shortcuts in various applications. These keys also have...

Whirlpool Oven F6E6: Appliance Manager 1 Board Communication

I have a brand new Whirlpool oven W11I OM1 4MS2 H or (859991549450). I bought it alongside the microwave combi oven. I have had...

Whats the difference between the Tapo P100 and the P105?

There are a few different Tapo smart plugs. The P100 and P110 differ based on the smart power monitoring feature but where does the...

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Latest Tools

Memory Converter

Converting values between various metric measurements is usually quite simple as there will be 1000 of the smaller unit in the next larger unit....

Bitrate Converter

Below you will find a bitrate converter. This tool will allow you to enter a bitrate value, in one of many different formats and...

Aesthetic Text Generator

There are various ways to make your social media profile seem more unique, some of which are not as easy to implement as others....

Aspect Ratio Calculator For Images

Aspect ratio is the ratio between the height and width of an image. If you want to resize an image by 100 pixels, you...

Add Text To Image

Use this free tool to add text to an image. Simply select the image file that you want to overlay text onto and you...

JavaScript Multi-line String Builder

Javascript did not always support multi-line strings. If you attempted to create a string variable using quotes, putting a line break into the source...

Latest Posts

Latest Questions