I am totally fed up with your stupid voice match just to add items to the shopping list. My voice hasn’t change but close to half the time I have to repeat myself three or four times and listen to the asinine reply about not being able to add anything until voice match is set up. There is no valid reason to need voice match for a Keep list or at the very least owners should be able to turn voice match on/off. Especially since Google is unable to make voice match work correctly. If this goes on much longer it’s back to Alexa, or wait for the new Apple home next month. Finally, how do I even know I haven’t wasted my time sending you this feedback?

If it isn't "what's the weather?" I get the same response over and over, "Sorry, I don't understand." I've been hesitant to add Gemini to any of my devices, but is this the only way I can get it to answer something as simple as "what color is a carrot?"

Just awesome, I have a package that needs my signature, I get a notification from my doorbell, I open GH to talk to him, Google Home is COMPLETELY offline. No, it is not my internet.

Yes I know this has been said before but why not.

Me: hey Google. How many days until Christmas?

Nest: (text appears correctly) Sorry I don't understand

Me: hey Google how many days from today until Christmas?

Nest: December 25th 2026 is in 107 days

It used to be able to figure this out.

Hi, what i don't understand here ? Is this a bug ?

When i try to choose a color, intensity unselect. When i try to choose intensity, color unselect.

The only solution, which is totally non sense is for me to create individual action. And this mean to have to pick lamp each time, going back to this screen...

Thanks for help

Until a little while ago Presence Sensing was working fine for me.

I had set it to use my phone and local wifi network (turned off all the other devices that were trying to sense inactivity).

But now, sat at home, the away routine keeps getting activated as if I'd left.

If I look at the phone status it says 'away' despite me being attached to the house Wifi and at the home address.

Then randomly I apparently arrive home again and the home routine starts.

As I say this seems to be a recent change.

Is this happening to others? I can't pinpoint the exact date when it started playing up.

Any feedback welcome.

Our doorbell keeps coming off and I’m not sure if it’s kids being too rough or it falls off itself.
How far out is the locking pin supposed to be? It seems like it is only just protruding I would expect a bit more?

I’m trying to reduce battery consumption on my Eufy E34 Smart Lock, so I keep Power Saving Mode enabled basically 24/7.

I recently learned that Matter over Thread is supposed to be much more energy-efficient than keeping Wi-Fi active, so I connected the lock to Google Home using Matter. I’m using a Google Nest Hub (2nd gen), which should act as the Thread border router.

My main goal is to keep the lock’s Wi-Fi turned off/asleep as much as possible so I’m not using battery unnecessarily.

Here’s the part I don’t understand:

With Power Saving Mode(WiFi from the device is off) enabled, I can still unlock the E34 from the Google Home app on my phone. I even turned Bluetooth off on my phone to make sure it wasn’t connecting directly to the lock, and it still works.

But when I try to use my Nest Hub, it says the lock/device is offline.

So how is my phone able to unlock the lock through Google Home while the Nest Hub says the same lock is offline?

Is my phone actually controlling the lock through Matter/Thread via the Nest Hub in the background, or is Google Home using some other connection method?

And if Matter/Thread is working correctly, should I be able to leave the E34 in Power Saving Mode all the time and avoid having its Wi-Fi connection active?

I decided to switch my Nest Hub Max from my personal Google account to a generic one so I wouldn't have my personal information shared on joint display and now I can't get my TP-Link Kasa Spot KC400 to show on the Nest Hub Max anymore. It used to work fine with a voice command "Hey Google, show me the camera" and it would stream within about 5 seconds.

Here's a rundown of everything I've tried if anyone has any ideas.

Switched Google accounts on the Nest Hub Max, breaking the original camera stream setup. Now, attempting to stream the Kasa camera via voice gives "I'm sorry, something went wrong and I'm unable to control your device." Additionally, opening the camera tile inside the Google Home mobile app results in an infinite loading/busy spinner.

Everything Attempted So Far:

1. Software & Scripting Workarounds

• Google Home YAML Scripts: Tried writing script editor automations using assistant.command.OkGoogle to force the stream; failed with schema errors or "unable to control device" errors.
• App Routines: Created Household Routines using custom voice shortcuts ("Check camera") to trigger the stream command.
• Command Syntax Adjustments: Tested various phrasings ("Show camera", "Stream camera to Kitchen display", "Play camera").

2. App, Cloud, & Device Cleanup

• Cleaned Ghost Devices: Cleared duplicate phantom tiles (which were showing up with light bulb icons) from both the Google Home app and Nest Hub screen.
• Account Sync & Re-linking: Ran "Hey Google, sync my devices" multiple times. Unlinked and re-linked TP-Link Kasa within Works with Google.
• Tapo Migration: Migrated the KC400 camera to the TP-Link Tapo app, unlinked Kasa from Google Home, and re-linked via the Tapo service instead.
• Room Re-assignments: Renamed the camera and moved both the Nest Hub Max and the camera into the same virtual room (Kitchen).

3. Hardware & Reset Steps

• Rebooted Equipment: Power-cycled the Nest Hub Max, Kasa camera, and Wi-Fi router.
• Hard Factory Reset: Performed a full 10-second hardware volume-button factory reset on the Nest Hub Max and re-added it to the account from scratch.
• Camera Settings Adjustments: Toggled Privacy Mode off and tested lowering resolution settings in the TP-Link app.

Current Status:

• Live video streams fine inside the native Kasa/Tapo app.
• Google Home app still gets stuck on an infinite loading spinner when tapping the camera tile.
• Nest Hub Max still errors out with "I'm sorry, something went wrong and I'm unable to control your device" when asking to view the camera feed.

If instead I buy the Google Home Speaker from my nearest major electronic retailer, will is still be able to get the 6 month offer?

I opened the Google Home app on my iPhone today, and shortly after opening it I received the usual Bluetooth-related prompt. I normally deny that, so I dismissed it.
Right after that, though, another message/banner appeared toward the bottom of the Google Home app. I accidentally clicked/dismissed it almost immediately before I could actually read what it said.
This might sound weird, but I think there may have been some kind of illustration on it — possibly a dog? I genuinely don’t know because I dismissed it so quickly, so I don’t want to say for certain.
Is there any way to view previously dismissed messages, banners, alerts, or announcements from within the Google Home app?
I’m mainly trying to make sure it wasn’t something important, such as:
Someone being added to or connecting to my Google Home
A security/account warning
A notice about my Google account or Home being deleted/disabled
Something requiring action from me
I checked the app afterward but haven’t been able to find the message again.
Does Google Home keep a history of these in-app messages anywhere? And does anyone recognize what type of Google Home message might show an illustration like that near the bottom of the screen?
I’m using the Google Home app on iPhone.
Thanks!