Thousands of Google Home and Nest users experienced a widespread outage where their devices became unresponsive and unable to answer basic questions. The issue lasted for several days, causing frustration and anger among users. Google has since resolved the problem.
Popular Google gadgets have been 'rendered useless' for days as furious users yell 'I won't be buying anymore'.The issue is said to have started on December 30, 2024, online forums suggest. ' Google d troubleshooting since it wasn’t responding to a factory reset and ended up on the phone with Support for 20mins just for them to tell me it’s out of warranty and nothing can be done.
They added: 'Needless to say, Google, I wont be buying any more devices for my house since two of my products don’t last longer than 32 days - 3 years. A day later, another Nest owner sought answers from Google Assistant, on January 1, 2025. They wrote: 'All of my Nest speakers stopped being able to answer simple questions like 'What time is it'.' The person claimed their Nest replies to 'Hey Google, are you there?' but proceeds to ignore them after they ask about the In just three days, 24 people have voted for having the same problem. However, Google has since resolved the issue causing some Home and Nest products to mute themselves. The assistant hanging up if asked for the weather or time, as it already displays this information. A spokesperson said: 'The team is still investigating the root cause but have resolved the issue, so all users should be up and running now.
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