topic problem with routines / start music in Home Automation

problem with routines / start music

BartekRadom — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 18:52:07 GMT

Hello .

The problem appeared a few days ago. I had this routine that's been working for three years.

When I turn on the light (light on -----> then music would play on the speaker ---->).

A Spotify playlist would play. Now, all I get is a voice saying "something's wrong."

So, I deleted the old routine and created a new one.

If the device changes its status... then... I either set the voice command "OK Google Play Music from Spotify to Speaker"

or I set the broadcast to "Play Hip Hop Radio from Spotify"

and I keep hearing "something's wrong."

Please help.

Re: problem with routines / start music

SmartHomeH-TAGS — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 17:32:31 GMT

Do you have the option to use Custom ("Try add your own") actions in iOS?

"Play Hip Hop music"

Re: problem with routines / start music

BartekRadom — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 18:16:41 GMT

There is no such option in my country :(. There is something strange. It only doesn't work on the Google Mini Speaker. And when I use this routine on a Google Hub with a display, it works. It works on the Google Mini Speaker when I set "OK Google Play Forest Sound", but when I set Spotify to a playlist, it says "something is wrong".

Re: problem with routines / start music

AndersC — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 23:01:17 GMT

Hi @BartekRadom,

Thank you for reaching out to the community. I understand you're having issues with a routine that is no longer working as expected to play music from Spotify on your speaker, and you're getting a voice saying "something's wrong." I appreciate you trying to delete and recreate the routine with different commands and checking the behavior with a broadcast. I'm happy to assist you.

Please confirm if the issue is occurring only with a playlist managed on Spotify or with another music application. Also, please provide the model of your speaker and confirm if it is working properly aside from the issue with the routines.

Since you mentioned the routine used to work before, could you tell me if the routine was managed through the Google Home app or through the script editor, which is part of the Public Preview for Google Home app?

You can learn more about the script editor by visiting the article Create home automation scripts with AI.

@SmartHomeH-TAGS, thank you for your assistance on this thread.

Keep me posted. I'll be waiting for your response.

Regards,

Anders

Re: problem with routines / start music

BartekRadom — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 16:50:40 GMT

I've noticed a change. For several years, I had this routine. When I turn on the light switch in the toilet, my Spotify playlist would play on the speaker. For three weeks, the speaker has been saying "something's wrong," and it's not possible to do that now after your update. There's only this "I'm home" routine. You can turn Spotify on with a command. But I want it to be fully automatic, as it was before. Will this be fixed?