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Google assistant saying too much and can’t set speaker in routines

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‎09-28-2024 07:55 PM

Why is there no way to turn off Assistant confirmations?? I want to set up routines to play music with out assistant saying “OK, playing xxxxx”. It’s very annoying.

Also why can’t I set the speaker that the routine should play music on?? I initiate a routine from the button on my Google Home app on my iPhone. It starts my Roomba which is in my dining room. I am trying to get the routine to also play The Best by Tina Turner on my dining room nest mini speaker. But it plays on my bedroom speaker. If I initiate the routing verbally on the dining room speaker it says “Ok, playing The Best by Tina Turner on Spotify” which is very annoying. Considering getting rid of my nest speakers and getting Apple speakers…

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lusvin
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Community Specialist

‎10-02-2024 01:01 PM

Hi @-_-,

Thank you for reaching out to the community. I'm truly sorry to hear that you're having a hard time with the Google Assistant and the speakers' routines. Don't worry; let's work together to solve this concern.

While the option to turn off assistant confirmations is not available, let's focus on the routine's situation. To gather more information and find the best solution, please answer the following questions:

  • When did you notice the routine running or the unexpected device behavior?
  • Does the History view in the Home app show that a routine ran?
  • Is this a personal or household routine?
  • What starters do you have configured for the routine?
  • Is the device part of multiple routines?

Please let me know how it goes.

Best regards,

Lusvin.


 

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‎10-06-2024 03:49 AM

In routines you can mute the Assistant for say 10 seconds as the introduction is being played and then you increase the volume for the music. 

Only certain triggers require a speaker to be specified in the Automation. Or you could add the name of the speaker into the custom command. 

I made a YouTube video to create Spotify playlists to be played on a specific speaker...

https://youtube.com/shorts/7ri3z0lnIGc?si=Z06YW-Kl9ZEjXztq

Usually people voice their commands to the speaker they want to hear the music from.

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