Manage homes and products in the Nest app

Important: If you sign in to the Nest app with a Google Account, use the Home app to manage home members who share access to your Nest products. Keep in mind that only home members who also sign in with a Google Account will be able to find your Nest products in the Nest app.

You can use the Nest app to add more Nest products to your home, and create another home and add products to it. You can also move products to a new home, or between rooms in a home.

Home and product basics

You can have multiple homes in the Nest app. For instance, you can add a vacation home as a second home and your business as a third home.
The maximum number of homes you can have in the Nest app depends on what account you use to sign in.
- If you sign in with a Google Account, you can have up to 5 homes in your account.
- If you sign in with a Nest account, you can have up to 3 homes.
You can be the Owner of one or all homes in the app.
You can be invited to access one or all homes in the app. When you accept an invitation from someone to access their Nest home, that home will automatically be added to the app.
Don’t assign Nest products to the same home in the app if they’re physically installed in different homes. This can cause problems when your products are trying to sense whether someone’s home or not.
If you need access to more than the total number of homes allowed in an account, you can create another account. You can create or accept invitations for each of your accounts in the Nest app.
You’ll manage some products in the Nest app, and other products in the Google Home app.
- Use the Home app to manage home members if you use a Google Account to manage your products and homes.

The number of products you can have in the Nest app

There’s a maximum number of Nest products that you can have in each Nest home.

Nest thermostats	Maximum of 20 per home
Nest Temperature Sensors	Maximum of 6 per thermostat Maximum of 18 per home
Nest Protects	Maximum of 18 per home
Nest cameras, video doorbells and Dropcams	Maximum of 10 per home (video quality depends on your internet bandwidth)
Nest Secure	Maximum 1 Guard per home Maximum 30 Detects per home Maximum 10 Tags per person
Nest × Yale Lock	Maximum of 10 per home
Nest Connect	Maximum of 4 per home

Switch between homes in the Nest app

You can only view and control products in one home at a time with the Nest app. If you have another home in the app, you’ll need to switch between them.

At the top left corner of the app home screen, tap Menu .
Tap the home you want to switch to.
You’ll be taken back to the app home screen where you can find the Nest products you have in the home you’ve selected.

Note: If you don’t have another home already in the app, refer to the section below on how to add a home to the app.

Create another home in the Nest app

You can add your business, vacation home or other building to the Nest app so you can install and use Nest products in more than one location.

Note: If you sign in to the Nest app with a Google Account, creating a new home in the Nest app will be reflected in the Home app.

If you are invited to share access to a home with a Family Account, that home also counts toward your home limit.

At the top left corner of the app home screen, tap Menu .
Next, at the top right corner, tap Add .
Tap Continue.
Give your home a name tap Next.
Enter your new home's address tap Next when you're finished.
Choose if you want to use your phone’s location to help with Home/Away Assist for your new home.
If you have a non-migrated account, you’ll be asked if you want to invite other people to share access to your new home. If you don’t, you can always invite them later.

Once you’re done adding your new home to the app, you can add Nest products to it.

Add another Nest product to a home

You can add new Nest products to any home in the app, whether you’re the Owner or you’ve been invited to share access to a home.

At the top left corner of the app home screen, tap Menu .
Select the home you want to add the product to.
At the top right corner, tap Settings .
Select Add product .

For details about each Nest product, refer to the sections below.

Add a Nest thermostat

You’ll need to get an entry key from the thermostat, and enter it into the Nest app.

How to add your Nest thermostat to the app

Note: If you have a Google Nest Thermostat, you must use the Home app for setup.

Add a Nest camera, doorbell, or Dropcam

Scan the QR code on the back of the camera. Then follow the directions in the Nest app.

How to set up a Nest camera

How to set up a Nest Doorbell (wired)

Add Nest Secure products including Nest Guard, Nest Detect, and Nest Tag

Nest Guard

You can only have one Guard per home in the Nest app, but you can install a Nest Secure alarm system, including a Guard, in another home in the app.

How to set up and install Nest Secure

Nest Detect

You can add more Detects whenever and wherever you need them. The app will walk you through a simple setup and installation.

How to set up and install Nest Detect

Nest Tag

If you have Nest Secure and want more people to share access to your home, you can give them Tags for easy entry and exit without sharing your passcode.

How to set up Nest Tag

Add a Nest x Yale Lock

How to install and set up Nest × Yale Lock

Add a Nest Protect smoke and CO alarm

Scan the QR code printed on the back of your Protect. The app will show you how to connect your Protect and install it.

How to set up Nest Protect with the Nest app

Move a Nest product to another home

If you have another home, you can move your Nest products between them. When you physically move them to their new home, you’ll also need to move them in the app.

The steps are different for each product. Select the one you want to move below.

Nest thermostat

In Europe:

Make sure that the system in your new home is compatible.
Reset your thermostat to defaults.
Remove your thermostat from the Nest app.
Because Heat Link is connected to high voltage wires, you should contact a local pro to uninstall your thermostat and re-install it in the other home.
Add your Nest thermostat back to the Nest app in the other home. Make sure you select the new home in the app before you re-add your thermostat.

Everywhere else:

Make sure that the system in your new home is compatible.
Reset your thermostat to defaults. It's necessary to reset your thermostat because your thermostat will need to learn about your new home’s system and how quickly the home heats or cools.
Remove your thermostat from the Nest app.
Uninstall your thermostat.
Re-install and set it up in the new home. Make sure you select the new home in the app before you re-add your thermostat.

If you prefer, you can contact a local pro to re-install your thermostat for you.

Nest cameras, video doorbells, and Dropcams

If your camera doesn’t have a Nest Aware subscription:

Remove your camera from the Nest app.
Uninstall it.
Install it in its new home.
Select the new home in the Nest app.
Set it up in the Nest app.

If your camera has a Nest Aware subscription:

There are a few extra steps you’ll need to take because subscriptions are attached to both your camera and the home you’re in.

Create clips or timelapses of any footage you want to save from your camera.
Important: The next step will delete your camera’s video history and settings, so you must do this beforehand to preserve any memories you want to keep.
If your camera has a 1st gen Nest Aware subscription, cancel the subscription. This step will delete your camera’s video history and settings.
Remove the camera from the Nest app and uninstall it.
Install your camera in its new home.
Set up your camera again with the Nest app. Make sure you select the camera’s new home in the app before you begin setup.
If needed, purchase a Nest Aware subscription.
- To purchase a 1st gen Nest Aware subscription for a camera on a non-migrated Nest account, go to the Nest Store. Otherwise, purchase a Nest Aware subscription in the GStore.

Important: If you purchased a pre-owned Nest camera and receive a message that says it's already in use by another account, contact the previous owner and ask them to remove the camera from their account.

Nest Secure including Nest Guard, Nest Detect, and Nest Tag

Follow these steps to move Nest Secure products to another home:

Disarm Nest Secure.
Remove Detects from the Nest app:
1. On the app home screen, select the product you want to move.
2. Tap Settings .
3. Scroll down to the bottom and select Remove [product name].
Remove Nest Guard from the app the same way.
Reset Guard and all Detects to factory defaults.
Unplug and uninstall Guard and any Detects.
Now you’re ready to move everything to your other home. Start by adding your Guard to the Nest app. Make sure you select the new home in the app before you re-add it to the Nest app.
Add Nest Detects to the Nest app again.
Install your Detects where you want them.

Nest Protect

Make sure you comply with all local regulations when you install Protect in its new home.

Remove Nest Protect from the Nest app.
Reset your Protect and uninstall it.
Install your Nest Protect in its new home.
Add your Protect back to the Nest app. Make sure you select the new home in the app before re-adding it.

Nest x Yale Lock

Remove the Nest × Yale Lock from the Nest app.
Reset your lock to factory defaults.
Uninstall your lock from the door.

Tip: You can follow the steps to physically install your lock in reverse.
Install your lock in its new home, and then add it back to the Nest app.

Remove a home from the Nest app

Note: If you sign in to the Nest app with a Google Account, remove your home in the Home app. This will remove the same home from the Nest app as well.

FAQs about accounts for the Nest app

If you’re the Owner, removing a home from the app will also remove:

Any Nest products that have been added to the home from the app
Anyone you’ve invited to share access from the home

At the top left corner of the app home screen, tap Menu .
Select the home that you want to remove.
At the top right corner, tap Settings .
Select Home info.
Tap Leave home.
Tap Leave to confirm.

Important: You’ll need to cancel any active subscriptions separately when you remove a home in the Nest app.

Cancel Nest Aware

If you're moving and leave a Nest product behind

If you’re moving to a new home and plan to leave a Nest product behind for the new homeowners, remove the product from the Nest app and reset it to factory defaults.

When you perform a factory reset, this will delete all of your personal information from the product and let the new homeowners add the product to the Nest app on their own phones.

First, remove the product from the Nest app.
Then, reset the product to factory defaults. Select the product below for more details.
- Nest thermostat
- Nest cameras and doorbells
  Note: Nest Cam and Dropcam don’t need to be factory reset after you remove them from the Nest app.
- Nest Guard
- Nest Detect
- Nest Tag
- Nest Protect
- Nest × Yale Lock

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