topic Re: Google Assistant repeats commands in endless loop in Speakers and Displays

Google Assistant repeats commands in endless loop

whipt — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 05:44:35 GMT

This occasionally happens with other commands, but most commonly happens when I use the "Goodnight" routine. I say, "hey Google, goodnight." And it executes the command (turns off lights, turns off TV), then says "Goodnight" back to me. Then it executes the routine again, I assume because the mic was open and it heard itself say "goodnight." It will do this several times before I reach over and unplug it.

This also occasionally happens when I ask my Nest Hub (different device) to play the news. It responds "Playing the news from NPR." But the mic is still open and it takes that as a new command, and pulls up NPR videos on YouTube.

I do have "continued conversation" enabled for my devices, and I assume turning this off could solve the problem, but I shouldn't have to!

Re: Google Assistant repeats commands in endless loop

Jebdra — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 19:40:25 GMT

With continued conversation turned on, I never use a trigger phrase (like goodnight) and then have the same word in the last announcement as it seems to hear it's own speech and take it as a trigger.

I have an automation that triggers with "chamomile tea" to set a reminder. I ended it with the announcement "enjoy your chamomile tea" and it did exactly what you described, just kept repeating. I changed the last announcement to "enjoy the cuppa" and it stopped the problem.

You could also change the trigger phrase.

Re: Google Assistant repeats commands in endless loop

whipt — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 04:23:15 GMT

Good idea for the "goodnight" routine!

Re: Google Assistant repeats commands in endless loop

Juni — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 18:25:23 GMT

Hi folks,

Thanks for the suggestion, Jebdra.

whipt, thanks for reaching out and letting us know about your routine concern. A few questions: when did it begin? Were there any recent changes made? Also, what troubleshooting steps have you taken so far? You can try the factory reset; this erases all your personalized settings and restores the factory default settings. It won’t automatically reconnect to WI-Fi, and you’ll need to set it up again. Check out the article below to know more about it.

Factory reset Google Nest or Home speakers or displays

Best,

Juni

Re: Google Assistant repeats commands in endless loop

JoeySawyers — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 08:26:25 GMT

Same thing happens to me, but not even with a routine... I'll say "turn off the bedroom light" and it will hear bedroom light and randomly decide to turn it off or on again after it completes the command lol 😐

Re: Google Assistant repeats commands in endless loop

Juni — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:35:54 GMT

Hi JoeySawyers,

Thanks for posting. Have you tried the steps provided in this thread? Give it a try and let us know the result.

I look forward to your response.

Thanks,

Juni