My nest devices require a daily restart in order for them to function properly, sometimes twice a day.
Around the 10 to 14 hour mark since last restart, I’ll start to notice my WiFi connected devices start to have connectivity issues, including:
- Streaming apps (crunchy roll, Netflix, PlutoTV
- All video games
- Apple Airplay videos to SmartTV
An very interesting observation with iOS Apple AirPlay: When the nest devices are fully bogged down and require a restart, I can tell because if I try to airplay a video to my Samsung or Vizio TVs, the tv will get the airplay request and attempt to load the video, but only the very first frame of the video will play. It attempts to play more of the video but it’s extreme slow, literally playing frame by frame.
Additionally, if I try to airplay a video 4 to 8 hours after the last nest device restart, the videos will play but freeze up every 3 to 5 seconds.
In both of these scenarios, the airplay video will play perfectly right after a nest device restart.
I’ve seen this issue brought up over the past 4+ years with zero explanation or solution provided by Nest support. It would be amazing if support could look into this as I really do not want to buy new devices of a different brand.
It’s clear restarting the devices provides a temporary solution, but what’s causing this?
