Set up on voice assistant-enabled devices
Important:
- You’ll only get visitor announcements on your speakers and displays if they're set up in the same home as your doorbell in the Home app.
- You won't get visitor announcements if your Google speaker or display has Do Not Disturb turned on.
Your voice-assistant enabled device, such as Google speakers and displays, can alert you when a visitor rings your Google Nest doorbell. Smart displays can also show live videos from your doorbell. Learn how to set up your Nest doorbell visitor announcements on a speaker or display.
Get app notifications
When your Nest doorbell rings, it can send a visitor notification to all phones with access to it on the Home or Nest app.
To be notified of visitors, your phone needs to have notifications from your doorbell enabled. Your phone and your doorbell also need to be in the same home.
Use familiar face alerts
You can assign names that your doorbell can recognize if you enable familiar face alerts. Your voice assistant can show or announce the name you’ve assigned to the visitor.
If no names are assigned, the voice assistant will only announce that someone is at the door.
If your visitor has an assigned name but is not within the doorbell camera’s view when they ring it, their assigned name won’t be announced.
Tip: It takes about 3 seconds for familiar face detection to work. For example, if your visitor rings the doorbell immediately after they come into view of the doorbell's camera, familiar face detection might not work.
Multiple homes
Visitor announcements only come from speakers or displays in the same home as your doorbell. You’ll still get notifications from your Home app, regardless of which home it comes from.
For example, if someone rings the doorbell in your vacation home, you won’t receive a visitor announcement on the speaker in your primary residence. However, you can still get a notification on your phone when someone rings your doorbell. Learn how to use a doorbell with your speaker or display.