Nest doorbell Quick Responses

Quick responses are pre-recorded messages that Google Nest doorbells can speak to a visitor if you’re not able to come to the door. A quick response is useful when you would like to respond to a visitor, but you can’t talk to them in person, like when you’re on a phone call.

How to use quick responses when someone's at the door

When someone rings the doorbell, you’ll get a notification that someone is at the door.

Home app

Tap the notification you receive and select a quick response.
If a quick response notification option isn’t available, tapping the notification will automatically open the Home app. There you can see the live video and tap quick responses to select one.

Nest app

In the notification, tap Responses to show your doorbell's available quick responses.
Tap the response that you want to use, and it will play for the person at the door.
- If none of the options works for you, tap Cancel and then tap Talk to use Talk & Listen to have a live conversation instead.
- If you don’t want to respond at all, you can tap Ignore . Currently, you're unable to customise or record your own quick responses.

Note: quick responses will only show up in your notifications as an option when someone rings the doorbell. You cannot customise these settings.

Change quick response language

You can set the spoken language of your quick responses to be different from the language that you use for the app. For instance, the app will display the quick responses in English, but when you select a response, it'll be spoken in the language that you’ve selected.