Open Activityin the Google Home app to review important events in your home. You can also add filters to create a customized list of events.
Activity shows you information like:
- Activity detected by your Google Nest products, like Nest camera events
- Network issues detected by Nest Wifi
- Reminders about additional features and services for your Google Home and Nest products
- A summary of what happened at home in your Home Brief if you’ve enabled Gemini for Home camera features
With a Google Home Premium subscription, you can also check activity from compatible third-party devices such as lights, appliances, and media devices.
Tip: To get notified about important home events, even if you forget to check your activity, turn on Google Home app notifications .
Check your home's Activity
Important:To check third-party device activity, you need a Google Home Premium subscription.
- Open the Google Home app
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- Tap Activity
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- Check the list of events and suggestions.
- To get more details, tap an event or suggestion.
- To take action on an event or suggestion, tap it. If multiple actions are available, tap the action you want to take.
- To remove an event or suggestion, tap Open card options
Dismiss.
- Tip: Dismissed events still appear in the Home history.
Filter events
To check for specific types of events, you can filter them by device, event type, or date.
- Open the Google Home app
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- Tap Activity
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- At the top, tap Devices, Events, or Dateto add filters for that category.
- Tap the filters you want. At the bottom, tap Save.
- Tip:Filtered history only includes days with the selected types of events.
- To remove an individual filter, navigate to the filter category and uncheck the box next to the filter and tap Save. For a category, you can also select Clear all to remove all filters.
- To remove all filters and return to your full history, clear filters for each category and tap Save.
Some of the event examples include:
| Event type | |
| Seen events | Unfamiliar face Familiar face Person Package Vehicle Activity or animal Motion |
| Heard events | Smoke alarm Carbon monoxide alarm Glass breaking Person talking Dog barking Other sound |
| Linked services |
Service linking Permission changed Data accessed |
| Other | Presence sensing Doorbell |
| Devices |
Cameras Speakers and displays Wi-Fi Thermostats Date |
Delete history
Camera history
Before you delete your camera’s video history, here are a few things you should know:
- When you delete camera history, it will delete all of its video history in the app. It won’t delete individual clips you saved.
- You can delete all history for specific cameras, but you cannot delete individual or specific types of camera events.
- You can also delete camera history in the Nest app . If your camera is in both apps, erasing camera history from one app will also erase it from the other.
Delete your camera’s video history
Important:Before you erase your camera’s video history, save and download video clips that you want to keep .
- Open the Google Home app
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- Select the camera you want.
- Tap More
Settings
Delete video history.
Other events
You may be able to delete other events depending on the type.
- Open the Google Home app
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- Tap Activity
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- Tap the event
More
Delete
Delete.

