Garage door detection is a feature that's currently supported in the US and Canada only. If you have a 1st gen Nest Aware 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 
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
- You must have a Google Account or a migrated Nest account.
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: Change or turn off garage door notifications
Open and change garage door notification settings
Turn on Garage door notifications to get 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:
notification when your camera detects that your garage door opens or closes. You can also go to your notification settings to:- 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)
To change your settings:
- Open the Google Home app
- Tap Home
Cameras
- Tap Settings
Events
- Turn on Garage Door.
- Tap Left open reminder.
- Tap a notification settings to change it.
- Under "Garage door," turn on notifications you want to receive:
- Garage door left open: Here you can turn this reminder on or off, and change how often you get reminders.
- Send first reminder
- 5 minutes
- 15 minutes
- 30 minutes
- Number of reminders
- 1 time
- 3 times
- 5 times
- Send first reminder
- Garage door opened or Garage door closed.
Types of garage door notifications
| Garage door notifications | Notification(s) |
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| Your garage door is left open |
Choose how long the garage door can be left open before you get a notification. You can select 5, 15, or 30 minutes. 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. |
| Your garage door opens from a closed position. | You get a notification and your Nest camera records and saves the event. |
| Your garage door closes from an open or partially open position. | You get a notification and your Nest camera records and saves the event. |