topic Re: Animal of the Day is ending!!! in Speakers and Displays

Animal of the Day is ending!!!

SRS — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 21:12:20 GMT

Hi @All

Is the Animal of the Day ending at the end of Nov 23??

It's a fun function we access as a family and don't know why these prerecorded are ending.

Anyone know how we can log we want to keep this feature??

Thanks

Re: Animal of the Day is ending!!!

Muddi — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 23:19:07 GMT

Hello SRS,

Thanks for reaching out. As we continue to make Google Assistant even more helpful, we're prioritizing the most popular features people love. As a result, Animal of the Day will no longer be supported starting November 27. You can still ask Google Assistant questions about their favorite animals like "Hey Google, where does a fox live?"

Cheers,

Muddi

Re: Animal of the Day is ending!!!

Simonsenb — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 23:11:42 GMT

We love it too! So sad it’s going away

Re: Animal of the Day is ending!!!

Brandt — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 15:06:22 GMT

We are so sad, too!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Animal of the Day is ending!!!

Hfamily7 — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 20:05:29 GMT

We feel like Google keeps getting rid of all the fun things we enjoyed doing and not replacing them with anything. This isn’t a post to be negative about it, simply voicing our hope that Google sees these and pays attention to its customers. We’ve started looking into Alexa products as Google does not seem to be keeping up in value in our opinion.

Re: Animal of the Day is ending!!!

Juni — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 18:50:20 GMT

Hi folks,

We appreciate people who are keen on sharing their thoughts with us. We're always looking for ways to improve. I'd suggest you submit feedback about it. See the article below on how to do it.

Share feedback about Google Nest

Regards,

Juni

Re: Animal of the Day is ending!!!

Dane1627 — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 06:47:07 GMT

I had both of my children in tears last night when they found out animal of the day was ending. They said. "It was my favorite thing about her".

Re: Animal of the Day is ending!!!

Brandt — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 12:23:41 GMT

We just don’t know why we can’t just pick 365 of them & yearly repeat them… or, every two years…. There is something so great about ‘okay google, what’s the animal of the day?’ & then doing our own research or trying to make a drawing or craft related…. It’s such a great prompt (or, mood switch! lol) for our family

Re: Animal of the Day is ending!!!

deejayculprit — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 19:22:44 GMT

Sundar Pichai, where are you and why are these decisions being made, makes no sense.

Re: Animal of the Day is ending!!!

Juni — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 19:42:20 GMT

Hi folks,

We appreciate that everyone loves this feature that much! We don't have anything else to share right now, but stay tuned for more news and updates. Right now, the best thing to do is to submit feedback using the link provided in this thread.

Best,

Juni

Re: Animal of the Day is ending!!!

MrVacca — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 00:57:29 GMT

My 4 year old girl is very sad and said “it’s making me cry” when I told her this feature was leaving. I’ll def leave feedback in the settings of the app.

Re: Animal of the Day is ending!!!

LaBinz — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 02:32:26 GMT

My 6 year old literally cried so hard when we found out that it was going away. I don’t know how these programs/systems work—but it seems like a small program that brings immense joy. Please keep it! We check every morning at breakfast.

Re: Animal of the Day is ending!!!

tripletested — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 22:59:11 GMT

Same here. I have three- 4 year olds that are devastated that this feature is going away! As others said, it was a great tool to help switch everyones moods and redirect. I hope to see a replacement.

Re: Animal of the Day is ending!!!

KyleCheney — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:56:06 GMT

Just adding my voice to the disappointment. I understand if it's not a popular feature, but could we maybe get linked a bunch of other features that would also be enjoyable that have no plans of being discontinued?

Re: Animal of the Day is ending!!!

RabbitPNW — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:16:44 GMT

My toddler will be very bummed. It added a fun thing to do to our morning routine. C'mon Google, it can't take up that much time or memory to keep it!

Re: Animal of the Day is ending!!!

iaderae — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 14:49:30 GMT

I am very dissapointed that Google Nest is getting rid of Animal of the Day. My daughter and I love asking Google about the animal of the day, we always learn something new and it is a great opportunity to connect as a family.

Re: Animal of the Day is ending!!!

Morpho — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 16:03:56 GMT

Both my kids were extremely upset, come on Google don't be mean!

Re: Animal of the Day is ending!!!

cb12 — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 01:33:34 GMT

Devastated by the news that this feature is going away, and we’re two adults in our thirties. Animal of the day is one of our favorite ways to engage with our google home and can’t understand what google has to gain by discontinuing it. Please reconsider.

Re: Animal of the Day is ending!!!

Veronculous — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 02:22:16 GMT

Two adults, 29 and 45, we were so sad when Google said animal of the day was going away... We will be so sad to see it leave.

Re: Animal of the Day is ending!!!

wheelerc — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 21:04:37 GMT

We will be very sad to see this feature go. Kids love it and it inspires further learning. As other have said, repeating a fixed set of animals over a year would be fine.