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White Noise ambient sound has changed, is there a way to change it back?

BG2989 — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 04:08:37 GMT

Been using the white noise ambient sound to help sleep and noticed last night the sound had been changed. Sounds like a new file and it's not only quieter the audio loop is a lot shorter, with a sudden drop off after about 30 minutes before it loops again (the previous one was about an hour long and started again much faster). Is there a way to restore to the older sound file?

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Rskottie — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 05:03:32 GMT

Whew - I thought I was losing my mind!

We noticed the same thing, which resulted in my kid asking to use the old white noise generator we had prior to switching over to the Nest Hub a couple years ago.

The new "white noise" does have a better looping transition than the original one, but.....

#firstworldproblems

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S2v — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 08:26:58 GMT

No idea how to use the old sound (tried a lot last night) but the white noise last night was terrible. it only went for 10 min loop and so heard it dropping in and out constantly. Notice today it's better, still 10 but have looped it properly so you don't have the silencein transition. Its very quite compared still.

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Bethyruthrz — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:59:55 GMT

We're experiencing the same thing! Had to turn our Google home up a lot for our daughter. Thought our speaker was on its way out!

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WagnerKoop — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 05:19:37 GMT

I literally gave them a call about it and explained the problem, like how it’s clearly pulling a different file now. I think if we can at least get a dozen people to let them know this is an issue they might change it back.

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Artartart — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 05:28:30 GMT

We have the same issue. It’s a different pitch. Almost muffled

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Mirandab — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:24:16 GMT

Same here, very annoying you have to set the volume to 70%, but you can't change the volume of the confirmation you want to dim the lights...

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neo1981seattle — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 20:40:16 GMT

I really hope Google fixes this issue or provides a workaround. The new "sound" doesn't do what it's supposed to. We use this feature over 10 hrs/ day in a couple rooms.

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SHINKSO — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 22:17:39 GMT

It's only just changed for me this evening (UK), it's very muffled like airplane engine noise. I hope they revert or at least offer a choice.

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veganica — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 22:50:05 GMT

It's changed here in Canada too. I play it every night for my toddler and she's really upset about this change and obviously doesn't understand it. Please, let there be a way to get the older version back so we can maintain our sleep schedule and sanity!

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NotAlexa — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 23:36:25 GMT

That k God I googled about this! How irritating is that!? I've literally used white noise to sleep for about 10 or more years and for the past few years been quite content with home mini then upgrade to nest and here I am suddenly quite unhappy about that weird change!

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Bon22 — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:06:33 GMT

Glad it’s not just me going crazy! It’s so much quieter and like others have said, muffled. The constant looping is distracting too.

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north-brissy — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:08:54 GMT

So its not just me.... Caught off guard with putting down toddler for his nap... Hopefully they can bring back the previous white noise.

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Juanoban — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:32:15 GMT

Both my v1 Google home mini and nest mini seem to be playing a significantly lower quality white noise tonight. When Assistant plays it on my phone, it's the old high quality one.

Not sure what's going on, but would like a way to fix it

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Dpop — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:40:13 GMT

Please have this changed back to the original, my kids have noticed and they won't go to sleep. They are saying I dont like this google, I want the other google.

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Jerzyiroc — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:43:55 GMT

Just noticed this tonight. I'm really annoyed. I've been using the white noise for almost 2 years now. Sounds terrible. I also would play one of it's lullaby songs on my phone and that's changed too. My daughter and I would sing the song together and now it just goes right to the sound and no more vocals. She was really upset and tbh so am I. Is it not 1hr long and 12hrs anymore?

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Michellebarbour — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:52:17 GMT

This us literally ruining my baby's naps and night sleep! Please change this back!!!! 🙏🏻

My baby is waking every 30 minutes with this new noise. Compared to sleeping 12 hrs at night. I'm exhausted.

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Ack443 — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 01:23:24 GMT

How do we complain to someone directly? I have used this white noise sound since my son was born two years ago. You can imagine the mess it's creating tonight at bedtime. Never mind the awful sound, it also doesn't block out any of the other noises in the house, which is a nightmare with a newborn. Please please put this back to how it was.

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SophieIs7 — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 01:30:34 GMT

My daughter sleeps with white noise every night. She loves the old one. Not sure why Google would change this. Please change it back!

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Rskottie — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 01:32:49 GMT

I believe that there are moderators that monitor the community posts. My assumption is that nothing will happen unless they see a message thread like this getting A TON of complaints!