topic Re: Ask for an alarm? in Speakers and Displays

Ask for an alarm?

Gasman — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 13:50:54 GMT

Just how is one meant to ask for an alarm?

I can ask one of my minis

Set and alarm

OK, what time

8AM

and alarm is set for 8AM.

If I ask for 2:10PM, I get an alarm for 10PM. If I ask for 1:15PM, I get an alarm for 3PM.
Not always, but enough to ask this question.

Now going to try 24hr syntax.
Hmm, seems to understand that, at least on the two attempts I have tried, 18:30 and 14:10

Re: Ask for an alarm?

Gasman — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 18:01:49 GMT

Nope, 24Hr syntax does not work all the time. 😞

Now 18:00 here, so asked for a time of 1030. It decided that was 10:30PM today, not 10:30 AM tomorrow, which is when I wanted it.

Re: Ask for an alarm?

Dan_A — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 21:39:23 GMT

Hi Gasman,

That certainly hasn't been easy for you ― let's check it out. A few questions: what are the Nest speakers you are using in setting up an alarm? Was it working fine before? If so, when did this concern start? It would help a lot if you could do a sequential reboot first. Unplug the power cord of your router followed by your Nest speakers. Plug them back in after 3 minutes tops. Restarting your phone might also help.

For more detailed information about setting up an alarm, click here.

Tell us how it goes.

Best,

Dan

Re: Ask for an alarm?

Gasman — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:17:39 GMT

No, it is not, there are selective on what they want to hear. 😞
Last night I was in the kitchen and asked the kitchen mini to set an alarm. The one in the living room, behind closed doors answered? 😞 Normally it is the other way around, I will ask the LR mini, which is just over my shoulder and the kitchen one, again behind closed door will answer. I had to unplug the kitchen mini to get any response from it. TBH I am sick and tired of rebooting the bloody things all the time. I have even rebooted my router in desperation, yet every other device (non google) works fine on my network, phone, tv, tablet, smart switches, you name it they work, just not the minis to any reliable constant conversation.
Today I asked my living room mini to cancel an alarm I had set. Just the one had been set at 1pm.

Me: OK Google Cancel alarm
Mini: Ok at what time?

Me: No! I said Cancel

Mini: Ok, what day and time.

I eventually got it done after about the 5th attempt. I also sent feedback that when I ask to Cancel an alarm, to not offer to set one.
This could be a comedy program on TV. 😞
I keep thinking of Friends and the epsiode with phoebe and the smoke detector. 🙂
She destroyed the detector, yet it still went off. 🙂

Re: Ask for an alarm?

Gasman — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 17:09:51 GMT

More feedback

Just asked the kitchen mini to 'Play some REM' , which I do regularly.
Mini: OK, here is some music by Ollie Muirs ???

Second time of asking, it actually played the correct Spotify station featuring REM, that it always plays?

Re: Ask for an alarm?

Dan_A — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 22:20:40 GMT

Hey there,

Thank you so much for the update. We now need to revert your Nest speakers to its default and original settings bye doing the factory reset. Setting it back up is needed. Depending if you have a Nest Mini or Google Home Mini, open this link for the correct steps to take in doing the factory reset.

Tell us how it goes.

Cheers,

Dan

Re: Ask for an alarm?

Gasman — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:30:08 GMT

Dan,
I am off on holiday soon. Will do it all when I get back.

Re: Ask for an alarm?

Princesss — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 02:45:26 GMT

Hi Gasman,

Thanks! Sure, we'll keep this thread open for few more days and we'll wait for your update.

Best,

Princess

Re: Ask for an alarm?

Gasman — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:50:54 GMT

May as well close it now, as I will not have time to reset everything. Will have to come back to it after my holday.
Just asked the living room mini to switch the printer on and it responded with 'turning the printer off' 😞

Re: Ask for an alarm?

Princesss — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:55:30 GMT

Hi Gasman,

It's okay. Do you know how long would it take until you try the steps?

Best,

Princess

Re: Ask for an alarm?

Gasman — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 02:55:09 GMT

About 7 weeks

Re: Ask for an alarm?

Princesss — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 03:12:55 GMT

Hi Gasman,

Thanks for the heads up. I'll keep this thread open for 7 weeks and will wait for your update.

Best,

Princess

Latest deaf response from two google minis

Gasman — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 22:21:57 GMT

OK, just got back from my extended holiday.

At first all my minis seemed to hear what I was asking. I assumed you had fixed things at your end.

That lasted all of two days.

Tonight I asked two minis

Hey Google, what is 500 millilitres in fluid ounces

Answer: 500 miles is some stupid number in fluid ounces. ???

Re: Latest deaf response from two google minis

Gasman — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 22:56:49 GMT

OK, gave up on the minis and asked my phone, but the minis still pick up the question plus the phone gives the same stupid answer. 😞

However the phone also gives some default questions, one of which is 'How many ounces in 500ml', so I select that and the answer is 500L is 16907.011 us fluid ounces??????
Now I can do the simple math, why can't Google?? perhaps should be called Goof fle? 😞

Ooh, just asked Alexa on the phone and that could give me the correct answer? 🙂

Re: Ask for an alarm?

Dan_A — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 21:16:20 GMT

Hey there,

I wanted to follow up and see if you still need help. Please let me know if you are still having any concerns or questions from here, as I would be happy to take a closer look and assist you further.

Cheers,

Dan

Re: Ask for an alarm?

Gasman — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 22:04:38 GMT

Hi Dan,

Thank you. Now back from my holiday. The first two days back, I thought the minis were behaving, but that was a false hope. Last night I was asking what 500ml was in fluid ounces, and was giving some stupid number for 500 miles?
I thought all my threads had been locked, so I started another last night.
https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Speakers-and-Displays/Latest-deaf-response-from-two-google-minis/td-p/381292
So I am ready to try any debugging steps you might have.

Re: Ask for an alarm?

Dan_A — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 01:10:57 GMT

Hi Gasman,

Welcome back. And to confirm, you have a different issue where it gives an incorrect answer, right? How about the media routines? Are they now working as they should? What Nest speakers are we working with? Are they in a speaker group?

Let’s attempt to set an alarm:

“Hey Google, set an alarm for XX.” (Example: "Hey Google, set an alarm for 3 P.M.").

Let’s confirm if the Google devices recognized the question or command correctly:

Ask the Google Home to “Repeat the question.” Note: This will repeat last question.
Confirm if the question repeated back the same as to how have asked it.

If yes, continue with troubleshooting.
If not, you need to ask the question again.
- If it still does not recognize the question, speak slower or try another question and have the Google Home repeat the question to verify it was understood correctly.

Check the status of the alarm:

To check the status of an alarm or timer:
- Alarm: "When is my alarm set for?”
- Timer: "How much time is left?"
To cancel an alarm or timer:
- Alarm: "Cancel my alarm."
- Timer: “Cancel timer.”

If the issue persists, let’s factory reset one of your Nest devices. Here’s how. Once done, set it backup and replicate the issue.

Let me know how it goes.

Thanks,

Dan

Re: Ask for an alarm?

Gasman — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 08:37:18 GMT

Hi Dan,

I monitored my routines whilst away on holiday. Only once did the routine not switch off a light.

I have been asking them to set alarms, and so far they have been doing so, but easy times 07:00, 08:30 etc.
They have also been able to cancel the alarms without any issue, well so far.

I just asked the living room mini what time it was, and after it gave the time I said 'OK Google, repeat the question' to which it responded 'Sorry I do not unerstand' ?
What I have noticed since coming home, is that I do not always get a response when I ask them to switch on/off a device. They switch it to the state (normally off) but do not say anything?

Obviously with a light, that can be seen whether it has happened or not, but for other devices, say phone charger that is undetemined as to whether it did it or not.

All of these 4 minis have been rebooted and factory reset several times over the months, and that never seems to make a difference.

Re: Ask for an alarm?

Gasman — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:26:42 GMT

OK, found that I cannot address the mini again with that 'last question' prompt.
So far it has heard what I have said. When it does not, I will post back what it thought it heard.

Re: Ask for an alarm?

Gasman — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 16:47:25 GMT

Now getting 'Sorry, I do not understand ' when I ask it to repeat the question after a question. This is without using the Google word.