Nest Doorbell doorbell: Status light blinks yellow 4 times
The countdown to a factory reset, while the restart or reset button is held down. A countdown tone plays at the same time.
Applies to: Nest Doorbell (battery), Nest Doorbell (wired, 2nd gen and 3rd gen). What you see: yellow, flashing or blinking, on the small status light.
What to do
Google Home and Nest Help gives no step for this light on the page cited; the meaning above is all it says.
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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