How to Install a Google Nest Hullo Doorbell

See who's knocking on your door — the smart manner.

Time

An hr or less

Complexity

Intermediate

Cost

$101–250

Introduction

Nosotros'll accept you footstep-by-step through replacing your button doorbell with Google Nest Hello camera doorbell and setting up the Nest Home app.

Tools Required

Materials Required

  • Google Nest Hello

Project step-by-step (fourteen)

Step 1

Compatibility Check

  • Virtually wired doorbells can exist replaced by the Google Nest Howdy Video Doorbell. Merely first, it's essential to bank check if your current doorbell is compatible with Google Nest Hello.
  • Ring your doorbell to locate your chime box.
  • Remove the cover and look inside. What kind of doorbell chinkle exercise you have?
    • An electronic chinkle has batteries and wires, which are compatible with Google Nest Hello.
    • A mechanical chinkle has merely wires, likewise uniform with Google Nest Hello.
    • A wireless chinkle with batteries and NO wires is NOT Uniform with Google Nest Hello unless you purchase a ability adapter.

  • Locate the transformer
    • The wires leading out of your chime box connect to the transformer.
    • Look for the transformer in the basement, the attic, or around the circuit billow box.
  • Check the transformer voltage
    • The voltage rating is printed on the transformer.
    • Google Nest Hi doorbell requires transformer voltage betwixt 16 and 24 volts AC.
      • Pro tip: Do the compatibility check earlier purchasing the Google Nest Hello.

Please be careful in this step. Electrical currents are present. Practice NOT touch any wires!

Pace 2

Sign In to Nest

  • Sign in to your Nest app or create a new account by going to Apple tree App Store or Google Play to download the Nest app.

Pace 3

Add Production & Scan the QR Lawmaking

  • In the Nest app touch on the + sign to add together the production to your app.
  • Scan the QR code located on the dorsum of the Google Nest How-do-you-do with your phone or tablet's camera.
    • Note: There is a QR code on the envelope in the box as well.

Step 4

Cut the Power

  • Turn off the ability to your doorbell and chime at your domicile'southward billow box.

Stride 5

Chime Terminals & Labels

  • Your doorbell chinkle may have terminals that are labeled Forepart, REAR, and TRANS.
    • Front end is for your forepart doorbell.
    • REAR is for the back doorbell.
    • TRANS is for the transformer.
  • Alter out the terminal for the doorbell you are replacing.

Step half dozen

Disconnect Front end Wire

  • Disconnect the Front wire from the terminal on the chinkle.
  • Straighten the wire and trim it so you run into ane/four-in of bare wire.

Step 7

Attach Front Wire

  • Compression the plastic clip and insert the Front wire into the clip on the chinkle connector's WHITE wire.
  • Connect the chime connector's WHITE wire to the terminal on your doorbell chime labeled FRONT.

Step 8

Disconnect Trans Wire

  • Disconnect the TRANS wire from the final on the chinkle.
  • Straighten the wire and trim information technology then you see ane/4-in of blank wire.
  • Pinch the plastic clip and insert the TRANS wire into the prune on the chinkle connector'due south GRAY wire.
  • Connect the chinkle connector's GRAY wire to the last on your doorbell chinkle labeled TRANS.

Step nine

Adhere the Chinkle Connector

  • Find a adept place to stick the chime connector, making sure the wires don't interfere with the chimes.
    • Notation: You may have to put the chime connector exterior the chime box.

Pace x

Remove the Old Doorbell

  • Unscrew the two screws and remove the old doorbell.
  • Disconnect the wires from the back of the doorbell.
  • Bend or tape the wires and then they don't fall dorsum into the hole.

Step xi

Install the Wall Plate

  • Pull your wires through the center pigsty of the wall plate.
  • Position the wall plate so the wires come through the bottom one-half of the wall plate hole.
    • Annotation: If the wires don't come through, they can forestall Google Nest Hello from locking onto the wall plate.
  • Mark the screw holes through the wall plate, making sure the Nest logo is at the bottom.
  • Drill ii 3/32-in pilot holes at your marks.
    • Pro tip: If drilling into brick or stucco, use the included masonry bit.
  • Attach the wall plate using the two screws provided. The lesser horizontal screw hole enables you to straighten the wall plate.

Step 12

Install Google Nest Hello

  • Connect the 2 wires to the screw terminals on the back of the Google Nest Hi, pointing the wires down and pushing any excess wire back into the hole.
  • Attach the doorbell to the wall plate by sliding the peak of the doorbell into the plate, then click it into the bottom of the plate.
    • Y'all can remove the Google Nest How-do-you-do doorbell by using the tool included.
    • You can change the angle of the Google Nest Hello camera past using the included wedge.

Stride 13

Power Up

  • Switch the power back on at the breaker box.
  • The Google Nest Hello should have a bluish ring effectually the doorbell push button.

Footstep fourteen

Connection to WiFi

  • Tell the Nest app where you installed the Google Nest Howdy doorbell (i.e., front door, back door, etc.).
  • Select your WiFi network and enter your password.
    • Note: If you already have a Nest production installed in your home, Google Nest Hello will attempt to connect to your WiFi from information technology.
  • Google Nest Hello should connect to your WiFi.

Exam the App

  • Test the app by ringing the doorbell to check that your doorbell chinkle is working.
    • Note: You lot should also get a notification from the app that someone's at your door.

Originally Published: September 18, 2020