Seems to be consistently worse, even just recognizing device statuses, or recognizing my voice to accept commands. I want to replace the software/hub but Amazon or Apple are obviously going to do the same thing if this is successful for google if they haven’t already. Is there any decent competition if I wanna keep my connecting devices?

I just bought the new speaker with Gemini and was excited to be able to just speak to it to change my Google home thermostat to whatever temperature I wanted. When I ask it to change the AC settings, it tells me that it is unavailable, referring to it as “hallway” since that’s the location of the thermostat. Is there an extra setting I need to turn on to get this feature?

I’m trying to set up a Google Home speaker for a family member who is blind. They want to use their voice to open and play a personal YouTube playlist (specifically regular YouTube, not YouTube Music) just to listen to the audio. Is this possible, and how do I set it up? Both Google Home and YouTube are on the same account. I tried asking, 'Hey Google, play my playlist on YouTube,' but it didn't work

I have a routine set up within the clock app so when I dismiss my alarm in the morning, the bedroom lights turn on.

I already have it set up so step one of the routine is to set media volume to zero, and step two is to turn the lights on. There are no other steps. Ever since the recent Android update, my phone has been saying "good morning, [name]" out loud as part of the routine. Does anyone know how I can make it stop doing this? I have a Pixel 9.

My Google home used to be able to control my Roku flawlessly. Ever since Gemini, it says ridiculous things like it can't perform actions. How do I fix this??

So I am currently getting my home set up with a smart ecosystem. I decided on all the cameras, doorbell, etc and all of that, that work well with Google Home.

My last questions is, for a smart HUB/display to be the “homebase” in my home, what do I do?
Looks like the Google Hub/Nest HUB is discontinued, but is there anything replacing it?
Should I snatch one up if I find it at a good price? Or is there an alternative?

My Google Home speaker worked flawlessly with YouTube Music until about a week ago. Now, whenever I ask it to play music, it responds with "OK, playing..." but eventually says, "Sorry, something went wrong, try again."

Here is what I’ve tested so far:

Casting: Casting from the YouTube Music app on my phone shows it's connected, but no audio plays.

App behavior: When I kept the app open and asked the speaker to play something, I watched the app rapidly cycle through multiple songs on my screen before giving the "something went wrong" error.

Other services: When I linked a free Spotify account, the speaker played music without any issues.

General functions: The speaker handles everything else normally—it answers questions, sets reminders, plays white noise, and executes other voice commands.

Troubleshooting steps already taken:

Performed a factory reset on the speaker.

Unlinked and relinked YouTube Music.

Rebooted the device.

I have an active Premium account, and the correct account is linked to the speaker. Since Spotify works fine, the issue seems to be specifically related to YouTube Music. Any ideas on what might be causing this?

Hello!

I'm having crashes of internet maybe once a day... just losing internet and having to reboot the wifi puck to get it back.

I'm trying to debug if that comes from my ISP or its just that my puck is starting to be old and the crashes come from it (and i need to replace it)

Is there a way to check logs of the Google Wifi puck? see if its it that has an error?