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staggart · 05-17-2023

I have 5 Lenovo smart speakers. They have worked well for a few years now. Yesterday (2023.05.17) all of them started insisting that any request must also now include the device name. For example, "Hey Google, play music" results in something like "I...

staggart · 05-19-2023

I'm giving up on the Lenovos. Assuming google broke things and will not fix them because it's not in their master plan to make another buck. A mistake to rely on a "free" third party for critical software who has zero motivation to keep things going....

staggart · 05-19-2023

Maybe this is the problem? It says they will still work but who knows? https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/10/23676959/google-third-party-assistant-smart-displays-updates-bard I also posted here but have yet to receive a response: https://forums.lenovo.c...

staggart · 05-19-2023

Right - I did the same. I assume it must be the google "home" server software that has changed but I have no idea how to get google's attention.

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