https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Apps-Account/Routine-automation-doesn-t-work-with-phone-speakers/m-p/533269#M25857 <P>So, I never really used the Google Home app much except for linking up a speaker group.</P><P>I recently bought a pixel 7 and came across automations. I like the idea of setting these routines up and trying them out but since I don't have any smart home devices I apparently can't right now?</P><P>I saw another forum discussion from last year with multiple people having the same issue and the generic go to settings options not working for them either. But there was never a fix posted there.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>After setting anything up it will just show me on bottom left that I have no audio devices connected. No amount of setting hopping or reinstalling fixed this, and anything to do with audio will not play. Only when I set that it gives me notifications when it starts do I see that it tells me it can't play the action with the audio.</P><P>Has anyone encountered this and managed to fix it? I'm not buying a seperate speaker just to use this functionality.&nbsp;</P><P>Googling and looking through both home app and phone settings did nothing.</P><P>Thank you in advance!</P> Wed, 25 Oct 2023 21:46:01 GMT YoshidaRuki 2023-10-25T21:46:01Z https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Apps-Account/Routine-automation-doesn-t-work-with-phone-speakers/m-p/533269#M25857 <P>So, I never really used the Google Home app much except for linking up a speaker group.</P><P>I recently bought a pixel 7 and came across automations. I like the idea of setting these routines up and trying them out but since I don't have any smart home devices I apparently can't right now?</P><P>I saw another forum discussion from last year with multiple people having the same issue and the generic go to settings options not working for them either. But there was never a fix posted there.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>After setting anything up it will just show me on bottom left that I have no audio devices connected. No amount of setting hopping or reinstalling fixed this, and anything to do with audio will not play. Only when I set that it gives me notifications when it starts do I see that it tells me it can't play the action with the audio.</P><P>Has anyone encountered this and managed to fix it? I'm not buying a seperate speaker just to use this functionality.&nbsp;</P><P>Googling and looking through both home app and phone settings did nothing.</P><P>Thank you in advance!</P> Wed, 25 Oct 2023 21:46:01 GMT https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Apps-Account/Routine-automation-doesn-t-work-with-phone-speakers/m-p/533269#M25857 YoshidaRuki 2023-10-25T21:46:01Z