topic Re: Broadcast is using computer voice not the actual voice in Speakers and Displays

Broadcast is using computer voice not the actual voice

g00glefanboy247 — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 05:24:29 GMT

the broadcast message is back to using computer voice, not the actual human voice. this was fixed last year, now it's back to that lame computer voice that messed up the actual voice message. hope something can be done asap. i am using google home 1st gen and google home mini 1st gen.

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realjax — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:41:35 GMT

Cant believe they ffed this up again!!

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MplsCustomer — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 22:22:59 GMT

Why in the world does Google Nest think this is what customers want?????

This happened last October, until they got so much flack they fixed it a couple of months later:

https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Speakers-and-Displays/Broadcasting-has-changed-not-our-own-voices-anymore/td-p/489448

https://support.google.com/assistant/thread/239279352/why-broadcasts-are-no-longer-using-my-voice-instead-they-re-using-assistants-voice?hl=en

https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Speakers-and-Displays/Spoken-broadcast-message-changed-to-spoken-message/m-p/521744

Re: Broadcast is using computer voice not the actual voice

g00glefanboy247 — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:18:02 GMT

i don't know why they keep messing up a function that is working. Are they really trying to annoy their consumers?

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g00glefanboy247 — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:22:54 GMT

guess their people are just too lazy to test before deploying updates. this shouldn't be happening already. what they should fix is making it more responsive and maybe, if possible, integrate their Gemini just what they did to Android phones.

Broadcast AI voice is back.

Madshifter — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 11:07:26 GMT

So the AI transcribed messages are back when broadcasting. It's no longer broadcasting my messages as is anymore... AGAIN.

Is anyone else experiencing this?

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Agent-616 — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 16:28:47 GMT

Agree with all above. Why the heck are you messing around with this Google? It worked perfectly fine, if a lil slow sometimes. But geez, stop changing it already.

Let's hope the fix doesn't take months again.

Re: Broadcast AI voice is back.

Arioni — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 00:33:17 GMT

Yes, it's broken again, same here, tried the same steps as the last time, issue persists, they deployed something that broke it again... Unfortunately we wont be able to use the feature until they fix it, no workarounds, if it keeps happening, I'm sure a lot of people will migrate to a more reliable option. They killed the option of internal calling the home devices saying that the broadcast would suffice, now they screwed up the only option they left available. Good job.

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dchurch315 — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 00:37:43 GMT

Would anyone from the Nest team like to weigh in? Running every broadcast through speech-to-text has to be eating up a lot of computing power that could be used for some AI training or another product. I know this has happened at last twice before but it would be nice if their was some official statement and/or a timeline to fix.

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BjörnIse — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 08:16:44 GMT

I almost had a heart attack when I heard that AI broadcast voice again this morning. I've about had it with Google. Constantly introducing either bugs or things nobody wants. At least have the decency to notify us of changes and offer the option to opt-out of those changes.

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g00glefanboy247 — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 09:25:36 GMT

They also now have the option to select what devices are allowed to broadcast. They just keep changing the software. It's ok but I do hope they don't mess up working ones already.

Re: Broadcast AI voice is back.

realjax — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 13:29:56 GMT

Its pathetic. I guess google has significantly lowered job requirements when hiring programmers since they seem to have no clue.

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Dallysparkles — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 13:43:15 GMT

i hate it it is Aweful... what are they even thinking? Why are they fixing something that isn't broken?... i'm going to bet there is some plan in the works to start charging us for extra services and one of the extra services is now going to be the option to turn this rubbish off...

Re: Broadcast AI voice is back.

Dallysparkles — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 13:49:33 GMT

So it wasn't broken and now they are trying to fix it.. it's not usable.. the speakers ping... then there is a 10 second delay then finally AI speaks but it's only half a message and we have no idea who it is from. Google just put it back the way it was. please just relay the message as it's recorded and as spoken by the person.. what are you even trying to do?.. if it persists i'm going to have to turn the whole system off. so far all i use google for is to ask it what time it is, what the weather is and mainly for Broadcasting messages over the nest of googles to tell kids to go to bed or come and get their dinner.

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Madshifter — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 13:56:11 GMT

@Muddi kindly advise what is going on and when it will be resolved. I just added new preducts to the lineup of nests and am regretting it already.

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Kaissandei — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 17:27:31 GMT

Came to report the same thing. It was fixed last year but now it's back. The broadcast is broken as far as I'm concerned. It takes forever to come through and missing half the message.

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Chromedome2431 — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 00:10:38 GMT

Glad I'm not the only one experiencing this. The delay is a pain in the a$$. So tired of everything with a Google name on it having constant issues.

Re: Broadcast AI voice is back.

beeagee — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 03:49:30 GMT

This is AWFUL. Does it have to do with the "changes" (aka removed features) on account of the recent layoffs? Or these changes to Google Assistant which involve using your own voice: https://support.google.com/assistant/answer/13971691?hl=en&sjid=8386472822659379084-AP????

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bch — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 20:58:49 GMT

Yep, noticed this yesterday. Again! Man, this is frustrating. It's worse this time. Try to broadcast....you hear a ding....then 5 to 10 seconds later a horrible attempt by the assistant voice to broadcast your message in her voice.

Google: Is this something that you are doing on purpose? Can you be honest? Yes or no?????

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bch — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 21:04:00 GMT

I beginning to think the devs being hired are completely underqualified. Never have I seen so much incompetence than we see with google home products. Started off great, but boy, google sure likes to pick things apart so they are completely unusable....then say "there isn't enough usage so we are canning the whole project". Crazy.