Important: Garage door detection is a feature that's currently supported in the US and Canada only. If you have a Nest Aware (1st gen) subscription, you need to upgrade to a Google Home Premium subscription.
Garage door detection improves your awareness of your home by monitoring the current state of your garage door.
If your Nest camera supports this feature, you can get Google Home app notifications whenever your garage door opens, closes, or is left open. Tap the notification and follow the instructions to get started.
Step 1: Meet all camera and app requirements
To use garage door detection, you need:
- An active Google Home Premium subscription.
- You need to have a Google Home Premium Standard or Advanced plan and be in the US or Canada.
- One of these compatible Nest cameras:
- Nest Cam (indoor, wired)
- Nest Cam Indoor (wired, 3rd gen)
- Nest Cam Outdoor or Indoor (battery)
Important: To use garage door detection on your Nest Cam (battery), you must connect it to another power source.
- The Google Home app
installed on your mobile device.
- You must have a Google Account or a migrated Nest account.
installed on your mobile device.
Step 2: Meet all garage and garage door requirements
- You need one of these garage door types:
- Sectional overhead garage door
- Tilt-up overhead garage door
- Two single doors or one set of double doors
- One set of double doors and one single door (3-car garage)
- Your garage door should be made of any of the following materials:
- Wood
- Fiberglass
- Metal
Tip: Large garage door windows or obstructions in the camera's view, like large automobiles, can reduce the accuracy of detection.
Step 3: Set up your Nest camera to detect your garage door
Your Nest Cam detects when a garage door is closed, opened, or left open. When you mount your camera for garage door detection, ensure it has a clear and uninterrupted line of sight to your garage door(s).
If you add a camera to a room with "Garage" in the name, you get a prompt to set up garage door detection. The same happens if you add a camera in a room with "Garage" set as the location.
| If you set up your camera inside your garage | If you set up your camera outside your garage |
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Support for garage door detection at night reaches up to 24 feet (7.3 meters) away. To achieve the maximum range, you can turn off your garage lights and turn on your Nest Cam's night vision.
Step 4: Turn on garage door notifications
Turn on garage door notifications to receive a Google Home app notification when your camera detects that your garage door opens or closes. You can also go to your notification settings to customize:
- How long it takes to get notifications when a garage door is left open
- The maximum number of notifications you get (one, three, or five notifications)
Turn on garage door notifications
- Open the Google Home app
- Tap Home
Cameras
- Tap on the player to bring up the overlay.
- At the top right, tap More
.
- Under "Seen events," turn on Garage door.
- Under "Placement guide," turn on the notifications you want to receive.
Cameras 
.Understand the types of garage door notifications
| Garage door notifications | Notification(s) |
|---|---|
| Left open reminder |
You can choose how long the garage door can be left open before you get a notification. You can select 5, 15, or 30 minutes. You can also choose to receive a maximum of one, three, or five notifications. A recently captured image of your garage door will appear in your reminder notification. |
| Open notification | You get a notification when the garage door opens from a closed position and your Nest camera records and saves the event. |
| Close notification | You get a notification when the garage door closes from an open or partially open position and your Nest camera records and saves the event. |