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Resolved! 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...

I can only choose from two voices and I've tried using my phone too.

I can only choose from two voices and I've tried using my phone too. The phone calls them red and orange. One UK woman and one UK man.

Google Home calls me by my account name instead of my real name.

My account name is Sunny Rio. I told it my name is Peter. It said it would call me Peter. If I say "what's my name", it says "Peter". But if I ask it my age, it says "Sunny Rio is 47". Why?This is for a standard Google Home Speaker, and nothing to do...

Google Home won't send links to my phone

Often when asking Google Home a question, it says it's sent a link to my phone, but it never appears. It knows my phone because if I ask it where my phone is, it rings it.

Intune won't play RTE radio 1 nest mini will

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Nest Hub Max screen flickering at Google logo (g)

I bought a Nest Hub max and gifted my parents, working fine until recently.The display is now flickering and stuck on Goggle logo page ("g" showing on screen).I have tried factory reset twice and reinstalled in their Home app, with no success.Other t...

Spotify group speaker - speaker switching

I recently stumbled on a bug that involves speaker groupes. The cause seem pretty straightforward.you play music on spotify, select living room speaker. Music plays, all good.now switch sound to a speaker group CONTAINING livingroom speaker. And now ...

Resolved! russian google assistant

hey! any news regarding russian language? this is the only thing that stops me to switch from apple to google. ability to use google assistant for smart home on speakers. if works good on my phone and i don’t get, why it’s not on speakers. is there a...

Silence when asking for lights off

How is it that you still can’t silence the assistant when asking for lights out? The last thing you want when putting the kids to bed is the ever loud “ok turning off five lights, sorry 15 lights aren’t available right now”.we’re not silly.. if the l...

Nest mini appears as disconnected and can't create a group

Similar to what I've read here, my Nest Mini can't create a speaker group nor join one; the following error appears: "There was a problem communicating with Google. Please wait a few minutes and try again" (or something of the sort, the error appears...

Google best won’t let me play iHeart radio all a sudden

My google won’t let me listen to IHeart radio anymore and it used too work but it has all a sudden changed and I can’t figure out why.

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Resolved! Having trouble with Speaker groups? Read this first

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

I can only choose from two voices and I've tried using my phone too.

Google Home calls me by my account name instead of my real name.

Google Home won't send links to my phone

Intune won't play RTE radio 1 nest mini will

Nest Hub Max screen flickering at Google logo (g)

Spotify group speaker - speaker switching

Resolved! russian google assistant

Silence when asking for lights off

Nest mini appears as disconnected and can't create a group

Google best won’t let me play iHeart radio all a sudden

Indicator lights Do Not Turn On when speaking to G...

Google nest stuck on G screen

Cannot add sixth person to my Google Home

Discontinuing All Nest Devices?

My Mini never recovered from the recent outage on ...

Voice not broadcasting to speakers

Hey Google won't play MSNBC on Sirius X on smart d...

No longer able to stream music directly to Chromec...

Change the volume

Google home not recognising smart switch