Speakers and Displays

Having trouble with Speaker groups? Read this first

Hi everyone, Thank you for continuing to notify us of the reliability issues you’re facing with your Speaker groups. I escalated these issues internally and the team is actively investigating a resolution. If you’re able, all feedback is appreciated!...

Need help with setup? Troubleshoot common Google Nest or Home speaker/display problems

Here are some steps I recommend to resolve issues during the setup of Google Nest or Home speakers or displays.Step 1: Things to check on your phone or tablet Turn on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Turn off cellular/mobile data.This ensures your phone or table...

Choppy music from grouped speakers

Has anyone else had issues with grouped speakers? Mine have been working fine for months being grouped… now all of a sudden my google nest mini is absolutely choppy but my google hub is completely fine. I’ve restarted the device and deleted the group...

Casting and playing YouTube app crashes on 1 gen hub displays

Hey guys over the past month or so when trying to use YouTube on my first generation displays the app begins to launch and then crashes. I've reset the displays multiple times remove them from the home app then reconnect to them with no true fix. At ...

Google nest devices sleep commands do not work

Although logged in I am unable to reply to the sleep timer main thread hence I have to create a new post. sleep timers do not work on all Google nest devices sleep timer does not work

New Google Nest Hub Max is a MESS

I got a Google Nest Hub Max for Christmas and just set it up yesterday. I’ve had nothing but issues with it since. When I first plugged it in, it did an immediate software update. I set it up fully, only to find during the automated tour that the lef...

Recording live stream

Why doesn’t my nest hub max record the live stream

Playback Sounds

Please, please, please allow us to turn off 'playback sounds' on Google Home & Nest Hub devices as you do with Chromecast Audio and Speakers. How hard is it to give us the option to disable even if it's enabled by default? I really don't need the 2 s...

Open YouTube Video instead of YouTube Music

When I ask my Google Nest Hub (2nd Gen) to play a song on YouTube, it always opens YouTube Music. I have to ask for 'play [song] on YouTube video' to watch the video. I can't find the option, if there's any, to select YouTube (not YouTube Music) as d...

Nest mini can not link to Google account

Hi all,A new nest mini speaker is driving me nuts. An initial setup always fails with 'can not link to account' error within the home app.I'm using my Gmail as account and have a bunch of properly working speakers in my home.Somehow this seems to be ...

Something went wrong response when asking for ocean sounds on speaker group

I have no idea what to do at this point to fix this issue:If I issue a verbal command for Google to play ocean sounds on a speaker group, which I've done for many months without issues, I get the something went wrong response and it tells me to try a...

Up until the last couple of days I could instruct my mini nest to “sleep in 20 minutes” not working

Up until the last couple of days I could instruct my mini nest to “sleep in 20 minutes” and 20 minutes later is would stop. But now it although it acknowledges the command, it keeps on playing after the time period. I have tried saying “stop in 20 mi...

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Having trouble with Speaker groups? Read this first

Need help with setup? Troubleshoot common Google Nest or Home speaker/display problems

Choppy music from grouped speakers

Casting and playing YouTube app crashes on 1 gen hub displays

Google nest devices sleep commands do not work

New Google Nest Hub Max is a MESS

Recording live stream

Playback Sounds

Open YouTube Video instead of YouTube Music

Nest mini can not link to Google account

Something went wrong response when asking for ocean sounds on speaker group

Up until the last couple of days I could instruct my mini nest to “sleep in 20 minutes” not working

problème avec une enceinte Nest mini 2eme générati...

Google Home can't give simple google results anymo...

connecting a nest mini gen 1 to a new email accoun...

Broadcasting is not working in Google Speakers and...

Nest has stopped responding to commands, I only ge...

Can't set up wifi

YouTube stopped working

Broadcast requires domain permissions

"No Default" music or video services

Speakers' time zone/location not responding to "ho...

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