topic Re: Beyond frustrated in Home Automation

Beyond frustrated

stevland — Wed, 03 May 2023 18:17:03 GMT

I need to vent.

I used to think Google Home was a stagnant piece of s***. But I'm increasingly convinced that it's capabilities are actually sliding backwards.

I have 36 wifi lights in my home that I control through the buggy app on my Android device.

While tweaking my routines the app gets so laggy that it eventually locks up and I have to reboot my phone to continue using it.

Google Home frequently says, "Sorry, I don't understand" to commands that it had no problem executing 2 years ago.

I just discovered that if I invite someone else to my household they can't see any of my routines as they are all set to 'Personal' with no way to switch them to 'Household' without recreating them from scratch.

If a device is offline it keeps telling me "____ isn't available right now. You might want to try setting it up again" ad nauseam. It should only convey this one or twice a day at most. I don't need to hear it every time a routine runs.

I feel like I'm sitting in a lukewarm bathtub trying to figure out whether or not to get out or hope for more hot water.

It's the sunken cost fallacy: I put so much time, energy and money into developing my routines, that I'm letting it drive me absolutely f****** insane when really I should just give up and go back to using light switches.

Thanks for a steaming pile of crap migraine-inducing experience, Google.

To think I used to be a fanboy who told people, "Everything Google touches turns the gold". Seems like a different lifetime now. Even your search engine is starting to really suck.

Re: Beyond frustrated

Juni — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 17:14:30 GMT

Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out. We hear you — we can understand why you feel that way. For your routine concern are you still able to control your lights using their native app? Try to relink the light then create the routine once more. Observe if it will make a difference.

Keep me posted.

Regards,

Juni

Re: Beyond frustrated

Juni — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 13:44:04 GMT

Hi there,

I just wanted to follow up to see if you still need our help. Please let us know, as we would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Thanks,

Juni

Re: Beyond frustrated

Juni — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:56:31 GMT

Hello there,

We haven’t heard back from you, so I'll be locking this thread in 24 hours. Feel free to create a new one if you have other concerns in the future.

Best,

Juni