My Google Home-based Lenovo Smart Display has for many years played Sirius XM channels that I asked it to stream, usually without issue.
Google Home has stopped responding to that prompt when I asked it to stream MSNBC. ("Hey, Google, play MSNBC on Sirius XM" is the syntax I used. ) Instead, the Smart Display now tunes to MSNBC YouTube every single time. I know that Google Home understood the command because I saw my words echoed accurately on the screen as I said them. It also plays MSNBc on YouTube even when I ask for MSNBC by Sirius XM channel number rather than name.
The several other Sirius XM channels I have tried to engage with “Hey Google,” including Fox News, play through the display on Sirius XM when I ask for them. Thus far, only MSNBC won’t play on Sirius XM and gets shunted to YouTube.
Several times I have tried each of the following things: logging out and back into my Sirius XM account; linking and unlinking Sirius XM as the Home default radio application; rebooting the Smart Display; and rebooting the router. I don't have other ideas
The last time this happened, I found a workaround: Instead of asking Google to play MSNBC "on" Sirius XM, I asked it to play "via" Sirius XM. That no longer works, as it now just brings up a screen filled with internet search results about MSNBC.
If I have my phone with me, I can cast the Sirius XM app to the Smart Display, but that isn't a great solution because I often listen to Sirius XM while cooking, a time at which my phone often is in the bedroom being charged.
Is there anything in particular that has caused this old problem suddenly to recur? If I remember correctly, the problem was at Google's end the last time this happened and, from my perspective, the problem seemed to resolve after awhile because Google made some changes.
