topic Re: Next lights flash after automation in Home Automation

Next lights flash after automation

Emmettx — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 16:45:45 GMT

My living room Google Nest four lights flash after this automation runs, daily. How can it be fixed?

Re: Next lights flash after automation

Emmettx — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 16:46:44 GMT

Nest not next

NEST four lights flash after automation runs

Emmettx — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 16:50:54 GMT

Google home nest's four lights flash after running this automation daily. How can it be fixed?

Re: Next lights flash after automation

sicsacol — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 22:31:30 GMT

Hi @Emmettx,

Thanks for posting in the community. I understand that your Nest Speaker shows four flashing lights daily after an automation runs. I appreciate the information you've shared so far. No worries, let's work together to get this resolved. To help with that, I have a few questions for you:

What type of Nest Speaker do you have? Please use the following article to check the model: Google Nest speakers and displays.
What's the color or pattern of the lights shown? Check out the following article to learn about the LED lights on your speaker.
Could you share what that automation does? For example, does it start music, control smart lights, or announce the weather?

Any additional details you can provide will be helpful.

Regards,
Jonathan

Re: Next lights flash after automation

Emmettx — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 18:04:05 GMT

I'm not sure what type it is. The order states ##############. Nest Audio Chalk. Four little white lights behind the speaker gauze. The automation is to turn on and off all 6 living room lights together, without having to have a separate one for each light. After it runs these four lights behind the gauze flash interminably. Why? What is wrong with it?

Re: Next lights flash after automation

sicsacol — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 22:34:42 GMT

Hi @Emmettx,

Thanks for your update and for the additional information you shared. The flashing lights usually mean your Nest speaker is in the middle of completing a command, like your automation. To help me figure out what's happening, while the four lights are flashing, does your Nest Audio complete the automation (do the living room lights turn on and off)? Also, you may want to check out the following article to learn about the LED lights on your speaker.

Please keep me posted.

Regards,
Jonathan

Re: Next lights flash after automation

Emmettx — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 19:30:57 GMT

Yes the automation works, but after the units four lights remain flashing all evening.

Re: Next lights flash after automation

chaybee — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:06:27 GMT

This just started happening to mine as well

Re: Next lights flash after automation

ryansea — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:33:02 GMT

I've had this same issue for months with a similar automation for turning off all of the lights.

Re: Next lights flash after automation

rene987 — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 16:50:43 GMT

I also have the same issue for weeks now.

Re: Next lights flash after automation

exc53 — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 05:57:16 GMT

I've had this issue ever since the "upgrade" from Google Assistant to Gemini. The automation runs just fine, but the speaker continues to flash the lights as if it's continuing to be doing work. Happens with all my routines, indulging of I delete and remake them. Only way to get it to stop is to say "hey Google... Nevermind" too break it out of whatever loop it was in and get it to complete another task. PLEASE HELP! This is incredibly annoying!

Re: Next lights flash after automation

Thf1 — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 04:19:08 GMT

having the same issue here!

Re: Next lights flash after automation

Adamantly — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 06:34:57 GMT

Experiencing the same issue......no official response/fix from google when the original post is from last Nov?