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.
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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.
If your Google Nest smart speaker has been giving you the silent treatment, there's now a fix
Some Google smart speakers recently stopped responding to questions Users reported the problem with a variety of different devices Google investigated, and says the issue should now be fixed for ...
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.
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.
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Reactivating an old Nest speaker is weirdly complicated — here's how I did it
Why did I have to reactivate my old Nest Mini speaker? I mostly use Google Assistant on my Google Pixel Watch to control my smart home devices and basic tasks like timers. I use Google's ...
My favorite speaker is so, so smart, but I wouldn't call it a smart speaker
The Nest Mini is great, but investing in a dedicated speaker without smart features like the Marshall Stanmore III is so much better.
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Google Gemini on your Nest speaker: How to give it a try
Both Amazon and Apple are playing it safe when it comes to allowing generative AI on their respective smart speakers. On the other hand, you can already chat with Google’s Gemini AI on a Nest ...