If Google can't make gemeni how old Google was with the commands im moving well i might see adds but atleast will give information/tracking when ordering somthing and we'll it will understand what im saying with out adding extras I miss the old Google and gemeni voices are terrible
All our Google Home devices are completely unresponsive right now. Downdetector and other services say they are getting reports of it being down. Seems like we have a global (?) outage on our hands?
Hello! Just joined - what's going on with Google home? I've got loads of lights that I turn on with commands and automations.
A few different makes of sockets etc.
It's been getting unreliable over the last few months - dropping sockets etc - but today they are now ALL offline.
Any ideas on how to fix? Do I need to delete and reinstall?
Thanks 👍
UPDATE - So all the nest smoke detectors offline also ( internet fine btw )
So I had a Google home mini for longer that I can remember like at least 5 years and I went on vacation and now If I ask questions or ask it to play music it will rather say I did not understand or not respond at all or say playing the music on Spotify and then it does nothing has this ever happened to anyone else? It is really strange
Also I found it saying I don't understand more and more commonly
Hey! It's the first time I'm using any smart devices like speakers to control my house. I've been using Google devices for a long time and currently got myself Google Home Mini for 12 euro. I know that it can switch to Gemini voice assistant, not the dumb one google assistant, as it was on my Pixel Watch 1 and then 2, but I can't see any changes after I already did:
And still no result, maybe someone have a guide or the same experience of using it so you can share with me? Thank you!
We've got an old Google home puck speaker that unfortunately updated itself and got rid of Google Assistant and I hate Gemini. I ask for a simple thing and it goes on a whole lecture. Google assistant gave me simple answers and would ask me if I wanted to know more, and was great to ask random questions to.
I could ask assistant what they thought of other digital assistants and it had a couple canned but funny responses, Gemini isn't witty or even enjoyable to mess around with.
I didn't need a whole dissertation about when Puerto Rico was annexed, I just asked for the date. Is there any way to make Gemini give shorter answers by default?
I am about fed up with Google home and the whole Gemini thing. I am thinking about switching to another system. What are the options out there and does anyone have a recommendation. I can go apple but prefer something that isnt proprietary. want to switch. Is it worth it or just keep hoping Gemini gets better
Thanks in advance
Hey guys, maybe someone here has experienced this before. Something's not quite right with my Nest Hub Gen. 1. 😕
A few hours ago, it started to barely respond to my questions and then just remained silent the whole time. After about half an hour of checking again, there was only a black screen, so I unplugged and plugged the cable back in.
Since then, it's just been stuck on the boot screen animation with the four Google colors (see video), without showing the time or anything else that would normally be there. I've tried unplugging and replugging it several times and restarting it, but nothing works.
The strange thing is: I can still control it in the app. Adjusting the volume up and down works, and I can hear the confirmation tone. I can also cast my phone to the screen, but the image doesn't appear; it just stays on the boot screen. It's been like this for about half an hour now.
Is there anything I can do besides resetting it? I'm not really keen on setting everything up again, but if there's no other way, I'd give it a try. Is there anything else I could try first? 🤔
EDIT: It's working again for me now, thankfully. It has been for about half an hour to three-quarters of an hour now.
People on this subreddit aren't angry enough about things like basic alarms not going off or not seeing your photos on the screen when the internet connection goes down or when Google has an outage.
All I see is, "Well, I missed my alarm, but... it happens; just wait it out till they fix it."
Do you really need an internet connection for remembering photos, calendar events, reminders, alarms, and basic preset voice commands on the device locally?
That's why I left the google ecosystem I had enough of massive data collection and solutions that require someone else's computer and an internet connection.
Hi everyone 👋🏽,
I have a Google home screen and i can't see anything on my screen.
it finishes loading goes to a white screen or after resetting it.
It stays on the loading screen and to add I have the best wifi on 5G and checked it to see if it dropped and thankfully hasn't dropped to 2.4G's.
So has this happed since the new AI roll out. I don't know what google home I have but most likely is the newest model as I got it 2/3 years ago
Help would be greatly appreciated.
OP
Just came back up, presumably everyone else's will, if not then take the power out, wait 10 seconds and plug it back in (Turn it off and on again)
google nest hub 2nd gen has been working good until it suddenly stopped working. tried plugging and unplugging it 2x, didnt work. tried factory reset 2x, did the entire process on the app, and still back to white after the reset. what the hell is wrong with this piece of trash
This happened this morning, is anyone else having this problem? EU location
p.s.
Something is happening.
Title. Is anyone else having this issue? I’m trying to go to sleep and I can’t get any of my bedtime automations to work with my Google home minis or my automations tab in the app. Additionally, my mini wont respond to any prompt or query.
I'm getting frustrated that Google is letting this system go bust. Is there another home manager system out there that will be compatible with Google's products that I can run from a phone app?
Last night lost the entire network, both Ethernet and WiFi. Is this related to the global outage?
I’m unable to connect via the app, have power cycled all points including the cable modem.
Any ideas or time to go Ubiquiti? Has been down 12 hours now.
My mom accidentally turned off the power switch where my Google nest hub max is plugged. When I turned it back on, it is stuck in this screen.
Before I did a factory reset, i tried the following:
cast a youtube video - video not displaying, but can hear audio
turned on nest cam - working
played a song from spotify - audio working
removed cable from power source
reboot from home app
Still stuck on the loading page so I did a factory reset.
I removed the device from Google Home first.
At the end of the setup, google is saying there was a problem setting up the device. Now, the hub is just displaying a white screen.
This sucks.
I replugged my hub today but now it keeps loading. Anybody has the same issue?
I’m noticing a massive degradation in my Google Nest Audio lately. It barely listens to commands and constantly throws up random results. For example, if I explicitly ask it to play "Led Zeppelin," it starts playing completely unrelated music.
Even worse, basic assistant functions are broken. If I ask a simple trivia question, like the age of a specific actor, it just responds with "I don't understand."
With all the recent advancements in AI, I expected these devices to feel magical by now. Instead, it feels like the product is being abandoned or ruined. Is anyone else experiencing this sudden drop in quality, or did a recent firmware update break something?