If you have a form of consumer protection agency as part of your
government I would suggest reaching out to them and seeing if they can
do anything to assist. Maybe going through them can apply some pressure
on your behalf to get Google to do the rig...
Surprisingly my Home Mini was replaced with their full sized Nest Audio.
Seems to reason that you might just get a newer Nest Audio speaker as a
replacement.
Mine went to (looks like Google suppresses their support email address
in the forums, let's see if I can try it another way)
googlehome-support[at]google.com but also I had a case number opened
with them so it is entirely possible that if you're send...
My issue was specifically with a Home Mini but I would hope that if the
issue was caused by the same bricking firmware that you would also be
able to take advantage in some form. It doesn't look like the Google
Home Speaker is technically being sold ...
I fully agree that this should be a solution available to everyone that
has been affected. Of course everyone should try and see what they can
do to get it handled even if they're outside the US. Hopefully, if
anything, the approval for replacements ...