Nest Doorbell doorbell: Status light solid white
On the battery model plugged into its USB charging cable, it is fully charged. On any of them, the light going off and then solid white means the doorbell is restarting after the restart or reset button was pressed.
Applies to: Nest Doorbell (battery) on its USB cable; every Nest Doorbell with a status light after a restart. What you see: white, solid (steady), on the small status light.
What Google says to do
- If you are holding the restart or reset button to factory reset, Google says to keep holding it past the solid white.
Source
Google’s own help page, read on the date shown.
- Google Home and Nest Help: Nest camera and doorbell lights and sounds — Nest Doorbell (battery), Nest Doorbell (wired, 3rd gen), Nest Doorbell (wired, 2nd gen) and Nest Doorbell (wired), a section per model. support.google.com Checked 2026-09-29.
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