Talk and listen with Nest camera or doorbell

Talk and Listen lets you talk to people through your photographic camera fifty-fifty when y'all're away from home.

For example, if the Nest camera on your front end porch sends y'all a motion alert, yous tin can open the app to see who's there. If it'south a delivery person with a package, you tin can tap the Talk button to tell them to leave the package on the porch.

  • On newer cameras, Talk and Mind works like a video phone call. Y'all can converse without needing to pause for the audio to switch over.
  • On some older cameras that utilise the Nest app, Talk and Listen works i mode at a time. So you'll demand to accept turns talking and listening.

Home app

  1. Open the Home app.
  2. Tap the camera or doorbell you want to speak through.
  3. Tap the microphone Talk icon. If the camera is off, tap Turn on.
  4. The photographic camera volition chinkle on the other finish. This lets the person in front of the camera know yous're virtually to say something. Now you tin start conversing.
  5. To hang upward, tap [mic icon]. The camera will chinkle a second fourth dimension on the other cease, letting the other person know the conversation has concluded.

Nest app

  1. Open the Nest app.
  2. Choose the camera yous want to speak through.
  3. Tap Talk Talk icon.
  4. The photographic camera volition chime on the other cease if you lot have the Talk and Listen tone enabled letting the person in front end of the camera know you're most to say something. At present y'all tin can beginning conversing.
  5. When yous're washed with your chat tap Talk Talk icon to hang upwardly. The camera will chime a second time on the other cease if yous have the Talk and Listen tone enabled, letting the other person know the conversation has concluded.

Note: On some older cameras (Nest Cam Indoor, Nest Cam Outdoor) that use the Nest app, Talk and Listen works one manner at a fourth dimension. And so you'll need to take turns talking and listening. Here'southward how:

  1. Open up the Nest app.
  2. Tap the camera or doorbell y'all want to speak through
  3. Tap Talk Talk icon.
  4. The camera will chime on the other end. This lets the person in forepart of the camera know you're near to say something. At present you can outset conversing.
  5. Tap Washed when you lot're finished talking. The camera will chime to let the other person yous're washed and they can begin speaking.
  6. To hang up, tap Talk Talk icon. again. The photographic camera volition chime a 2d time on the other end, letting the other person know the conversation has concluded.

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