Agreeing with ALL of the comments you have.
Except for the "Hopefully" and "sometime soon" parts.
I have very much tried to 'Manage & therefore Lower my Expectations' here. You may want to as well.
I have been having issues with my Group of FOUR Google Nest speakers: 2x Nest Audio and 2x Nest Mini for ... well, forever.
It has been a constant running joke at my house about how bad the App is and how useless Assistant is regarding the Home/Audio functionality.
Just now, in an effort to actually get Assistant to play sOmEthInG on the group, I deleted the [new yesterday] group and recreated it. It actually renamed one of my Nest Audio speakers as the group. Assistant cheerful says [on the 2nd or 3rd request "OK. I'll play it on Main Group", then ... nothing. The Home App often shows a speaker is playing in Favourites and/or Devices... but when you open the device, surprise!!! "Not Playing"
Stopped being confused, surprised, & annoyed a while ago.
Now I just seethe silently. Or very loudly.
In "Google Speaker Groups not working" [where Replies are disabled for this topic], I originally posted my two word review of Nest speakers:
Buyer's.
Remorse.
This continues to be my thoughts 2 years later..
Google will never be able to figure out groups.
They can't afford it after the Sonos lawsuit, and
They're, just, not, that, smart....
[As Assistant reminds me constantly: "I'm sorry. I don't understand" to which I reply: "Yes. I know. You're stupid. Thanks for the reminder"]
*Mentioning: I purchased the speakers as I was a Nest admirer having a Gen2 Thermostat and 2x Protect Smoke/CO2 hardwired detectors [which btw... Home can't even find/recognize. So don't bother looking to add them]
I therefore continue to use the NEST App [Only, for those. Because it ALWAYS works] for those products which are GREAT!.
