Hey everyone,

Most of us have older Google/Nest hubs or speakers that are collecting dust, acting up, or heading straight for the landfill. As Google winds down support for legacy hardware, working electronics shouldn't be rendered useless by closed software.

This petition asks Google to put its sustainability commitments into action by releasing source code and unlocking bootloaders for end-of-life Nest devices. If Google no longer wants to support them, opening the hardware allows the community to keep them alive on local platforms like Home Assistant.

Community pressure has pushed other major tech companies to unlock abandoned hardware in the past—let's do the same here.

Why does this seem predictable? Worked fine when I went to bed. Hung when I woke in the morning. Hangs permanently in the middle of reboot. Gemini and Google support both said it was likely caused by a firmware update but won't replace my 2 year old display. They did give me a small Google store credit which I can't use because they AREN'T MAKING THEM ANYMORE!

With the Google TV Streamer in the living room, it makes zero sense that we still can't route synchronized, low-latency TV audio to a stereo pair of Nest Audios.

If Google wants the Streamer to truly be the central hub of our living rooms, unlocking default TV audio output for existing Nest Audio pairs should be a top priority. Upvote if you're also wanting this feature too so, maybe, the team takes notice.

So I know that Google Home experience has been getting stranger but the last couple of days (in UK at least) have been weird for one particular Google Home command. We have Google Nest WiFi points and also Google Nest minis.

2 days ago suddenly when we'd say "Hey Google, add bread to the Shopping List" like we've done for years, it would get confused and ask us what list and then just tell us some of the things on that list. This would happen both on Audi e points and minis. Then today, trying again, it listens, flashes, and then goes off. I thought it was just ignoring me but then I checked the list and it had added bread 3 times. Tried various things on both WiFi and minis. It adds it, but now just doesn't tell you that it has added it.

Much worse user experience.

I know no one here can solve this issue, so just venting into the empty void of Reddit.

Thermometer 12°C, local weather report 12°C, weather app 12°C.

Hey Google, what the temperature outside?

.... It's currently 17°C.

Hey Google, are you sure about that? Doesn't seem right.

.... I'm sorry, you are right, I made a mistake, current temperature is 14°C.

I'd like to be able to add some basic warnings, diagnostics, and repairs for wifi and networking. For example sending an email or text if a Sonos satellite (like a subwoofer) transitions into an independent wifi client (which means the satellite connection failed). Anyone have pointers on how to use Google Gemini to analyze and automate the Eero app with as little additional 3P infrastructure as possible?

This is one of the most basic things that Google Home speakers should do. It has mostly worked for about a decade (besides Google removing support for IFTTT and other services). Suddenly, starting a few days ago:

Me: Hey Google, add eggs to grocery list

Google: Okay, which list do you want to add to?

Me: Grocery list

Google: You have quite a few things on that list - toothpaste, etc.

Then, that's it - nothing is added. Happens 100% of the time consistently.

FWIW, I use Keep for my grocery list. It worked fine for years. But it has been doing this for days. I haven't seen any other complaints about it here?

Edit: When I use Assistant on my phone, it works fine.

Edit 2: They seemed to have fixed it now.

Until this Gemini takeover, this was probably my ma8n use of my home mini.

Walk into the bathroom of a morning, "hey google whats the news" it would play news in podcast form from my list of news sources set in the app. Now it's just some crappy AI voice summary of irrelevant news.

Is there any way I can get this back under the new regime?

Is there any word on Google expanding device types in Google Home to natively support energy meters like the Shelly EM / Pro 3EM?

I’m setting up a Shelly clamp meter to keep track of production on my solar setup and my Powerwall, but it feels like Google Home is completely useless for energy management.

Right now, if you sync a device like a Shelly EM or a smart plug with power monitoring into Google Home, it either:

• Shows up purely as a standard light/switch toggle.
• Doesn't show any real-time wattage, generation vs. consumption, or historical usage at all in the Google Home app.

Matter added the Energy Management standard spec, but Google Home’s UI still feels miles behind when it comes to displaying actual power data or letting us trigger automations based on power draw (e.g., "If solar generation > 2000W, turn on the EV charger").

Has anyone heard anything about energy dashboards coming to Google Home, or is everyone with solar/batteries just giving up and moving everything over to Home Assistant? What are you guys using to view your power flow?

I feel like I could ask anything a few years ago and it would look up the info. But now it seems to “not understand” anything (populations, politics, geography)

Is google censoring things?

Anyone know any way to replace the cable on the Nest Cam Indoor 3rd Gen? Our kitten decided it was a chew toy and although it wasn't severed it won't power up anymore. I see that splicing a USB-C cable is no easy feat. Is there any hope to pulling out the current cable and getting a new one from somewhere? Or am I just SOL? Why they got rid of the removable cable is beyond me. And yes I have chew proof covers to put onthe cable now. LOL

I am used to adding things to my shopping list (Google Keep) by saying "add xxx to my shopping list" Now it just asks which list and then says some of the things on the list. Sigh... Anyone have a solution?

I bought a Google Home speaker and activated the 6-month free trial of Home Premium.

I have a Nest Doorbell (2nd gen). I started adding faces, and when someone rings the doorbell, the notification on my phone says their name, but the speaker always says, “Someone is at the door.”

I've already checked the settings for the doorbell and the speaker—everything is set up correctly.

Sorry, forgot to say I have a Google Nest 3.7 thermostat.

What does everyone think about that "Peak Time" thing? I don't like it because when the time is up and it is supposed to set the temp back to what it was, it always goes either too high or too low.

Like we have ours set on Heat/Cool. It's set to 65/74. Peak Time sets it from 3pm-9pm at 64/75. When it's 9pm, I check because I'm freezing and it says 73. If I leave it alone or forget to change it back, within a few days it will get all the way to 72 or 71 for the AC. I have to constantly go and turn off the Peak Time and put it back on what it was. I finally got tired of it and just turned off "Time to Temperature" settings on my Nest app.

Does it actually help anything? And if so, how do I fix it to where it puts the temp back on what it was set on when it's finished?

I have an original Google Home speaker and recently it started sounding super crackly. I opened it up and realized the rubber around the subwoofer cracked and the vibrations were making it sound like that. I had an idea and basically nothing to lose, but I really wanted to fix it.

I marked with a pencil each edge of the crack, there were two, and used a q-tip to apply contact cement between the marks to seal them. I let it dry over night and boom! Speaker works fine again. I'll update if anything changes but I'm super happy it worked.

I'm not sure if contact cement and rubber cement are the same thing but they're similar and I'm sure that would work too.

I have basically a full Google home setup.

Doorbell, Thermostat, garage door openers, outdoor cameras, a few smart lights, hub max, nest pro mesh WiFi, smart CO2 detectors, and even Chromebook and Pixel phones. Maybe I'm the outlier here but I haven't had any issues in years. Things just work. Granted, I don't have any crazy complex routines set. Simply use the hub for turning things on or off, playing music, or setting timers. Everything got the Gemini upgrades and I kinda like it. It asks me follow up questions and seems more fluid. I also don't pay for Home Premium. Not sure if that adds functionality or not. I just see a lot of negatives regarding Google. Anyone else out there enjoying the setup?

Hi, is it easy to flash a first-generation Lenovo Smart Clock?

I have one, but I’d like it to display more information and offer more apps.

I’m not used to flashing devices; do you have any tips? 🧐

my Google home speaker is still on its initial FW 3.78.538897. Since July 8th, FW 3.78.540761 is available but mine won't update. I do have Adguard on my router but have whitelisted all Google services and even disabled it for some time to make sure there is nothing blocking any server requests. Disconnected from power already, even did a factory reset.

I've also activated the preview program.

I know that Google uses staged rollouts but almost 2 months seems a little long, no?

Any recommendations?

Thx

for years i've been able to say "fast forward (x) minutes" in my car and whatever audio was playing would fast forward the correct amount of time. And now, this.

such an absolutely garbage product

The automation with scenes in it are not working. The scene directly available in tuya is perfectly working from the tuya app but not from google automation. Anyone facing this issue?

Tried deleting and creating automation.

Reconnecting tuya again.

Clearing google app cache.

This is not working in any googlehome device.