topic Routines/automations only available on device talking to in Home Automation

Routines/automations only available on device talking to

ThijsK — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 15:41:35 GMT

Hi,

I always had a automation wich will play radio on 2 speakers. Since a week or so it doesnt work anymore. After checking the automation settings it shows at the ‘play automatiom on…’ only: device talking to. The option to play on a speaker or speaker group is not there anymore, i can only play on the device talking to.

My devives setup:

Nest hub 2 (only using for the mic. bc my soundbar has none)

Speaker group:

Soundbar Harman Kardon citation 1100 (no mic.)
Speaker Harman Kardon citation 200 (with mic.)

The automation used to be:

starter: if i say: ‘Radio’ or ‘Qmusic’
Action 1: set soundbar volume to 4%
Action 2: set speaker volume to 10%
Action 3: play Qmusic radio
Play media on: speaker group as described above

There are just no options anymore at the ‘Play media on…’ section. I can only choose ‘The device wich you are talking to.

How to get back the option to play on the speaker group?

Re: Routines only available on device talking to

RedWallaby — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 01:22:54 GMT

I have the same problem

Re: Routines only available on device talking to

TT_Vert — Sun, 11 May 2025 17:02:16 GMT

Did this ever get resolved? On the web side, there isn't even an option in YAML to define this at all. It just doesn't respond or acknowledge. So, you just hope it does what it's supposed to and it heard you.

Re: Routines only available on device talking to

ThijsK — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 15:33:20 GMT

You also got the option before but it just disapeard?

Re: Routines only available on device talking to

ThijsK — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 15:35:33 GMT

I dont know what yaml means, but it was working before like i described.

Why would Google put an option in it to choose on wich device you want to play it, but you only have one choice to play on?

It is totally useless this way…

Re: Routines/automations only available on device talking to

ThijsK — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 15:54:15 GMT

Wow, it even got worse.

Since a week it doesnt recognise my group anymore. Everything just functions like the group does not exist.

i have deleted the groups and devices, did a master reset but nothing works! Help!

just a typical google thing. Something just stops working, you dont know why and Google doesnt answers anything… Great way to **bleep** up €2.000 of audio equipment!!