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Phew! Widespread Google Nest speaker issues appear to be fixed
Has your Google smart speaker been giving you the silent treatment lately? Join the club. Over the past several days, owners of Google’s Nest and Nest Hub devices have been reporting that Google Assistant has stopped responding to basic commands such as “What’s the weather” and “What time is it?
A Gemini-boosted Google Assistant is now available on some Nest speakers
Google has slowly started rolling out a Gemini-powered Google Assistant to some Google Home users on select Nest smart speakers. The company first teased a smarter Google Assistant for the home in August and is starting with Gemini-powered answers to your general knowledge questions.
Google resolves issue causing Nest speakers, displays to fail answering basic requests
The problem led to Nest products being unable to answer simple commands, like requests for the time or weather.
Google Nest Hub and Audio have gone suddenly dumb for many users (Updated: Fixed)
The Nest Hub and Audio are failing to answer basic questions like "Hey Google, what's the weather?" or "What time is it?" Other commands are hit-and-miss.
Google Nest and Home speakers suddenly stop working with basic commands for many
Many Google Home and Nest users have noticed problems with basic commands over the past few days in an relatively widespread issue.
If your Google Nest smart speaker has been giving you the silent treatment, there's now a fix
Some users found that their devices stopped responding to voice commands between Christmas and New Year's Day.
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Is your Google Nest device glitching? Here's a possible fix
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