Can not control lights by room name

[zunkman]

For the past 3 days, I am unable to control all the lights in a room by speaking the room name.  I used to be able to say "Turn on the Kitchen Lights" or "Turn on the Bedroom Lights."  Now, when I say that command the speaker just keeps and does nothing.  I can still turn on Kitchen 1, Kitchen 2, and Kitchen 3 by voice, but I can not use the room name.

Note to the Google Specialist who replys:  I did not change anything, and this is happening on all of my speakers and my Pixel 7a phone and Pixel Tablet.  Please do not ask me to give you serial numbers and version numbers from each device because I don't have that kind of time.  It's obvious that Google AGAIN pushed out an untested update, and now GOOGLE needs to fix the problem - not me.  Sorry if this sounds mean, but I had to jump through all kinds of hoops on my last post for something that Google eventually fixed without me doing anything.

[MplsCustomer]

@zunkman 

I've seen a couple of recent similar posts, but no response from Google Nest Support:

https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Speakers-and-Displays/Home-nest-lights-control-behaviour-chan...

https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Speakers-and-Displays/Google-Home-Voice-Command-Issue-Room-Sp...

[geeman]

I'm in Oz .. having the exact same issues.  I have multiple rooms/multiple devices and device groups going offline or not responding as expected. .. For about the last 3 days.   I have over 40 lighting devices alone so it's not a small thing when devices don't respond or are offline. 

.. and yes, I've checked and rechecked my internet connection .. no issues there at all.  Relieved that it is not just me .. but still not bloody happy .. not bloody happy at all. 

[Gregoriano]

I had to unlink my lights app and then readd it back in. Doing this left behind all the offline lights but at least added new ones that worked. I've also had to move lights between rooms just to get them working in the group again. 

[SmartHomeH-TAGS]

@Gregoriano Reconnecting the app to Google Home would have been the preferred action to take instead of unlinking.

Unlinking might ruin all the automations.

[zunkman]

Personally, I don't plan on taking any action, since I've noticed that, when Google creates a problem, they eventually fix it.  BUT in the meantime, they make users jump through 50 hoops.  

It's still not working as of today, but with more people now aware of it and more people reporting the same problem, hopefully Google will fix what they broke.

[zunkman · Accepted solution]

I figured I would try one thing, and to my amazement, it worked.

All I did was use the Google Home app to assign a light to a different room and immediately put it back in the room it belongs in.  I switched the K1 (Kitchen) light to Bedroom and right back to Kitchen.  I did the same with K2 and K3.  No reboots, no restarts, no power cycles, no nothing.

Tried controlling them from several different speakers and everything worked perfectly.