03-18-2023 06:13 PM
Help!!
when I try to broadcast from any of my Google home displays or speakers google asks me “what’s the string”.
my command is “hey google broadcast to Kitchen (name of one of my devices)” and it immediately responds with “what’s the string”
I’ve rebooted everything and no change. It started the day after daylight savings if that matters. I don’t know what a string is or why it’s asking for one.
Any help appreciated
03-18-2023 06:36 PM
Is it asking for your message?
This is the format for broadcasts:
03-18-2023 06:53 PM
No. I can say “broadcast” and it will broadcast to all devices but if I say “broadcast to (device name) it asks “what is the string”
previously I would say “broadcast to (device name) and it would say “what is the message”
03-19-2023 06:30 AM
There's a post on Reddit about this same thing. In their case, it went away by itself after a few days:
https://www.reddit.com/r/googlehome/comments/11n1kly/broadcasting/
03-19-2023 08:14 AM
I did see that, thank you!!
Guess I’ll just wait longer.
03-20-2023 07:51 AM
Hi @Gbneal
We can get this escalated to the Community Specialists. They may know more and be able to add to this discussion.
Jill
03-20-2023 08:00 AM
Much appreciated!!
03-20-2023 03:30 PM
Hi folks,
Thanks for reaching out — let’s see what’s going on. What Nest speakers and displays do you own? Could you try broadcasting using your phone’s Google assistant to isolate this?
Appreciate the help here, MplsCustomer and JillG.
Regards,
Juni
03-20-2023 04:05 PM
Thank you!!
I have 2 Google homes model H1A
4 Google speakers
Different IP’s for ea, but the software versions are the same for the 2 homes and the software is the same for the 4 speakers.
below is the results from Google Assistant from my phone
03-20-2023 06:07 PM
We are having the same problem. When we try to broadcast from our display to the rest of the speakers in the house it keeps repeating, "what's the string?". Tried to reboot the display multiple times but nothing has worked yet.
03-21-2023 05:31 AM
We are experiencing the same issue. It started yesterday. It is also happening when I try it on my phone's Google assistant app. We have 10 Google home devices, a variety of models.
03-25-2023 07:27 AM
Well, something changed because it’s now working correctly.
I’ve made no changes on my end 🤷🏻♂️
03-27-2023 06:31 PM
Hi folks,
Gbneal, I'm glad that it’s working now. Thanks for the update.
How about the others? Could you try broadcasting and let us know if it's working by updating this thread?
Thanks,
Juni
04-01-2023 06:49 AM
Hey folks,
We'd like to follow up and check if others are still experiencing the same thing. Let us know by responding to this post, otherwise, we'll lock this thread shortly.
Best,
Princess
03-27-2023 06:38 PM
Hi Juni, our started working again. We didn't do anything to fix it.
Thanks.
03-28-2023 07:34 PM
Hi RJons43,
That’s great to hear! I’ll keep this thread open and wait for the others to respond.
Cheers,
Juni
04-03-2023 08:39 PM
Hi there,
We haven’t heard back from you, so I'll be locking this thread in 24 hours. Feel free to create a new one if you have other concerns in the future.
Thanks,
Juni
04-04-2023 01:25 PM
My Google Home devices are now working correctly. I can broadcast to a specific room without any issues. Thanks for fixing it!
04-04-2023 07:39 PM
Hi Markv303,
I’m glad your issue is resolved now. I’ll keep this thread open for one more day. If you need further help, let me know.
Cheers,
Juni