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Google Nest Protect: Pulsing blue ring, “Hi” or “Press to test”

Setup, or a test you started: after a press of the centre button, Protect pulses blue while it tests its sensors, batteries, Wi-Fi and link to other Protects, then tells you the result.

What you see
Blue light
What you hear
Says: “Hi. / Press to test.”

If it is sounding a full alarm instead: the maker’s emergency instruction

Smoke alarm

Google (Nest Protect): at an emergency smoke level Protect sounds a continuous alarm and says “Emergency”. Get out of the house immediately: follow your evacuation plan, alert small children and anyone who needs help, feel doors with the back of your hand before opening them, close doors behind you, meet at your meeting place, count heads and call the fire department; do not re-enter unless a fire official says it is safe.

From What to do if Nest Protect detects smoke in your home — Google Nest Help and Nest Protect lights and sounds — Google Nest Help.

Carbon monoxide alarm

Google (Nest Protect): when CO reaches emergency level Protect says “Emergency. There’s carbon monoxide in the (room). Move to fresh air.” Press the centre button to silence or reset Protect, call your fire department or 911, move everyone to fresh air, and do not re-enter until the emergency services tell you to.

From Nest Protect lights and sounds — Google Nest Help.

What Google Nest Protect says to do about this signal

  1. Nothing to do; listen for the result of the test.

From Nest Protect lights and sounds — Google Nest Help. If your alarm’s pattern is not exactly this, check the manual for your model: Google Nest Protect models do not all use the same signals.

Other Google Nest Protect signals

Normal operation on other brands

The same state sounds and looks different on each make — which is why a chirp pattern cannot be read without the brand.

Sources

Every line on this page comes from Google Nest Protect’s own documents, read on the date shown. Nothing is taken from third-party code sites or other makes.