topic Re: Google home widget stopped working on iPhone in Apps / Account

Google home widget stopped working on iPhone

Vkorah — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:19:04 GMT

All of a sudden, my Google home widget stopped working on my iPhone. Already tried removing and adding the widget, the whole Google home app and restarting the phone. Please help!

Re: Google home widget stopped working on iPhone

sicsacol — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 22:24:24 GMT

Hi @Vkorah,

Thanks for reaching out to the community page. I understand that the Google Home app widgets stopped working on your iPhone, and you've already tried some troubleshooting steps with no positive result. No worries, let's work together to get this resolved! To better assist you, I have some questions for you:

Is the Google Home app up to date?
Is your iPhone operating system up to date?
Do you have a home member with an iPhone in your account who experiences the same widget issue?
Have you tried using an Android phone to see if the issue persists there as well?

Any additional details you can provide will be helpful.

Regards,
Jonathan

Re: Google home widget stopped working on iPhone

Vkorah — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 23:38:39 GMT

Hello,

yes the app is up to date

yes the iOS is up to date

i do not have anyone else in the home.

I do not have an android phone to test.

thanks!

Re: Google home widget stopped working on iPhone

sicsacol — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 17:33:31 GMT

Hi @Vkorah,

Thanks for your reply.

Let's try these steps in order:

Remove the Google Home app from your iPhone.
Restart your iPhone.
Install and set up the Google Home app. If previously enrolled in Public Preview, re-enter Public Preview if needed.
Force close and restart the Google Home app (to refresh experiments and runtime flags) and restart your iPhone (to restart the widget extension).
Try to add the Google Home app widget.

Also, please answer the following questions:

Do you have several Google accounts on your device?
Are all of your Google accounts subscribed to Public Preview?
Please share a picture of the widget state and/or error message.

Please keep me updated on how it goes.

Cheers,
Jonathan

Re: Google home widget stopped working on iPhone

Vkorah — Thu, 08 May 2025 20:11:32 GMT

Same issue after doing all of that.

I have 2 Google accounts on my phone but only 1 signed in to Google home.

Neither are subscribed to public preview.

I can see how to attach a photo here.

Re: Google home widget stopped working on iPhone

Vkorah — Thu, 08 May 2025 20:12:37 GMT

Re: Google home widget stopped working on iPhone

sicsacol — Sat, 17 May 2025 18:05:36 GMT

Hi @Vkorah,

Thanks for your update, and sorry for the delay. This widget issue is a part of another issue, and we're aware of this. Our engineering team is working on resolving it as soon as possible. Please stay tuned to this thread, as we'll provide updates as soon as we have a resolution.

If you have any other questions or comments, feel free to leave them in this thread.

Sincerely,
Jonathan

Re: Google home widget stopped working on iPhone

aks333 — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 23:47:31 GMT

Updated the app and having same issue now. Uninstalled and installed again now widget won’t work.

Re: Google home widget stopped working on iPhone

Zaxh — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 05:51:02 GMT

Same issue here on iOS 18.5

Re: Google home widget stopped working on iPhone

Yorgi13 — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 10:14:22 GMT

Having the same issue here. My google home won’t find my Apple Music account as well…

Re: Google home widget stopped working on iPhone

Hermke — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:27:26 GMT

Having the same use as above. My widget is just totally blank

Re: Google home widget stopped working on iPhone

jakegalendezesc — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 08:03:38 GMT

MLBB widget

Re: Google home widget stopped working on iPhone

Gordon88 — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:42:53 GMT

I have issue with Google Home widget on iOS latest build. I’m enrolled on preview by my widgets are showing black.

Re: Google home widget stopped working on iPhone

Welshman — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:19:06 GMT

Is there any update? Having the same issue and have been since May with our iPad.

Re: Google home widget stopped working on iPhone

Vkorah — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 03:57:23 GMT

Nope. Clearly they don't want it to work with Apple products as it hasn’t worked since April.

Re: Google home widget stopped working on iPhone

Welshman — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 07:28:09 GMT

I managed to get the widget working within the home screen. You can long press on the widget to select options such as address, group, favourites etc. I had to select my home address a few times but it worked eventually.

No options for lock screen widgets though as you can't long press to edit. Frustrating that neither side wants their software / hardware to be fully compatible.

Re: Google home widget stopped working on iPhone

renahan — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:39:34 GMT

That worked for me! I had a couple old addresses so I toggled between them and eventually the buttons appeared.