Stream your security camera on TV using a speaker or display

Check on what matters by streaming your compatible security or doorbell photographic camera on your Idiot box. Utilize a Google Nest or Dwelling house speaker or brandish, and Chromecast or a TV with Chromecast built-in.

What you need

  • Compatible security camera set upwardly with the manufacturer'due south app
  • Google Nest or Home speaker or brandish

Step 1. Set your security camera

If you have a Nest photographic camera or doorbell, discover the instructions linked in the listing:

  • Nest camera
  • Nest Doorbell wired

If you have another compatible photographic camera, follow the steps provided by the device maker.

Note: Nest Cam (battery) and Nest Doorbell (bombardment) can only stream to a smart display screen. Learn how to stream your security photographic camera using your display.

Footstep 2. Gear up your device

If you haven't set upwards your Chromecast and speaker or brandish, follow the steps beneath. Make sure that you connect these devices to the same Wi-Fi network equally your photographic camera.

  • Chromecast
  • Speaker or display

Footstep iii. Add together your camera or doorbell to the Google Home app

Pace 4. Link TVs using the Google Domicile app

Note: The post-obit steps are optional if you only want to control your Telly with your mobile device or tablet. Notwithstanding, if you want to command your TV using voice commands through your speaker or display, follow the steps below.

  1. Make sure that your mobile device or tablet is connected to the aforementioned Wi-Fi or linked to the same account every bit your Chromecast or speaker or display.
  2. Open the Google Domicile app .
  3. At the meridian correct, tap your account.
  4. Verify that the Google Account shown is the one linked to your speaker or display. To switch accounts, tap another account or add another account.
  5. Get back to the home screen, and then impact and hold your device's tile.
  6. At the top right, tap Settingsand thenRecognition and sharing.
  7. Await for a imprint at the top of the folio entitled 'Enable vocalism control and more'.
    1. If the banner appears, tap information technology and follow the steps to link your TV.
    2. If the banner doesn't announced but your email address appears under 'Linked account(s)', your TV is already linked.

Note: If yous get an 'Error when linking device' fault message, you must factory reset your Chromecast device.

Step five. Use voice commands to stream your security photographic camera to your TV

To exercise this:

Say 'Hey Google', then:

Start stream

'Bear witness [camera name]'

"What'south on [photographic camera name]?"

"[Photographic camera name] on [Chromecast device proper noun]"

"Play [camera name] on [Chromecast device name]"

"Testify [camera name] on [Chromecast device proper noun]"

Stop stream

'Terminate [TV or Chromecast device name]'

Fix a problem

'HA cast' fault when streaming an Arlo camera to your Tv

If an 'HA cast' error message appears on your Tv when streaming an Arlo photographic camera, try the post-obit workaround:

  1. Turn off the motility-detection recording setting on your camera.
  2. Endeavor to stream over again.

Arlo is currently working on a fix for this issue.

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