Stream your security camera on TV using a speaker or brandish

Check on what matters past streaming your compatible security or doorbell camera on your TV. Utilize a Google Nest or Home speaker or display, and Chromecast or a TV with Chromecast built-in.

What you demand

  • Compatible security camera setup with the manufacturer's app
  • Google Nest or Habitation speaker or display

Footstep 1. Ready your security camera

If you take a Nest photographic camera or doorbell, find the instructions linked in the listing:

  • Nest camera
  • Nest Doorbell wired

If y'all have another uniform camera, follow the steps provided by the device maker.

Annotation: Nest Cam (battery) and Nest Doorbell (battery) can merely stream to a smart display screen. Learn how to Stream your security camera using your display.

Footstep 2. Set up your device

If yous oasis't set up your Chromecast and speaker or display, follow the steps below. Make sure you connect these devices to the same Wi-Fi network as your photographic camera.

  • Chromecast
  • Speaker or brandish

Step 3. Add your photographic camera or doorbell to the Google Home app

Footstep 4. Link TVs using the Google Home app

Note: The following steps are optional if you only desire to command your TV with your mobile device or tablet. However, if yous want to control your TV using voice commands through your speaker or brandish, follow the steps below.

  1. Make sure your mobile device or tablet is continued to the same Wi-Fi or linked to the aforementioned account as your Chromecast, or speaker or display.
  2. Open up the Google Dwelling house app .
  3. At the top correct, tap your business relationship.
  4. Verify that the Google Account shown is the one linked to your speaker or brandish. To switch accounts, tap some other account or Add another business relationship.
  5. Become dorsum to the habitation screen, and then bear on and hold your device'south tile.
  6. At the top correct, tap Settingsand thenRecognition & sharing.
  7. Look for a imprint at the superlative of the page that says "Enable voice control and more than."
    1. If the banner appears, tap information technology and follow the steps to link your TV.
    2. If the imprint doesn't appear but your email accost appears nether "Linked account(s)," your TV is already linked.

Annotation: If you become an "Fault when linking device" error message, you must factory reset your Chromecast device.

Step 5. Apply voice commands to stream your security photographic camera to your TV

To practise this:

Say "Ok Google" or "Hey Google," then:

Beginning stream

"Show [camera name]"

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

"[Camera name] on [Chromecast device name]"

"Play [photographic camera name] on [Chromecast device proper noun]"

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

Cease stream

"Terminate [TV or Chromecast device proper name]"

Fix a problem

"HA Cast" error when streaming an Arlo photographic camera to your Tv set

If an "HA Bandage" fault message appears on your Telly when streaming an Arlo camera, try the following workaround:

  1. Turn off the motion-detection recording setting on your camera.
  2. Try to stream again.

Arlo is currently working on a gear up for this issue.

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