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- Smart lights are broken for some Google Home users
- Google says a fix is on the way
- The Gemini for Home rollout has not been going smoothly
It’s fair to say it’s been a bumpy few months for the Google Home platform, what with the Gemini for Home rollout not going quite as smoothly as Google might like, and now users are reporting issues with their smart lights – with an official fix apparently on the way.
Complaints on Reddit (via Android Authority) describe scenarios where smart bulbs and smart light switches are appearing offline. It doesn’t seem to be an isolated incident, based on the Reddit thread, and it appears to affect smart plugs too.
The only good news is that Google has acknowledged the problem and is working on a fix, as per a reply in the Reddit conversation. Apparently, the Google team is looking to get everything up and running again as soon as possible.
If you have suddenly found your smart lights and any other devices have stopped working through the Google Home app, you’ll need to hang tight until a fix rolls out. If your smart lights come with their own mobile app, that should still be functionality.
Months of bugs
All lights and switches showing offline suddenly. from r/googlehome
Based on one of the Reddit posts in the original complaint thread, this is a bug that’s been happening on and off for months now – and given everything else that’s happening with Google’s smart home ecosystem at the moment, it’s not a particularly good look.
Getting millions of users and millions of devices switched over to Gemini from Google Assistant is of course a massive technological undertaking, but the supposedly smarter AI isn’t having the best of starts in the smart home arena.
Some users are reporting that Gemini is getting simple tasks ‘absolutely wrong’ and there are apparently multiple bugs appearing that need squashing. Fresh issues with smart light connectivity aren’t going to help matters.
In fact, disgruntled users have been putting up with sub-standard functionality for quite some time now, even before the Gemini for Home rollout began. Let’s hope this latest problem gets resolved sooner rather than later.
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