- Smart lights are broken for some Google Home users
- Google says a fix is on the way
- The Gemini for Home rollout hasn’t gone smoothly
It’s fair to say that it’s been a rough few months for the Google Home platform, with the Gemini for Home rollout not going 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 appear offline. According to the Reddit thread, this does not appear to be an isolated incident and it appears to affect smart plugs as well.
The only good news is that Google has acknowledged the problem and is working on a fix, according to a response in the Reddit conversation. Apparently, the Google team is looking to get everything back up and running as soon as possible.
If you suddenly find that your smart lights and other devices have stopped working through the Google Home app, you’ll have to wait until a fix is rolled out. If your smart lights come with their own mobile app, this should still be a feature.
Months of bugs
All lights and switches suddenly appear offline. from r/googlehome
According to one of the Reddit posts in the original thread, this is a bug that’s been happening on and off for months now – and given everything that’s going on with Google’s smart home ecosystem right now, it’s not particularly pretty.
Switching millions of users and millions of devices to Gemini from Google Assistant is of course a massive technology undertaking, but supposedly smarter AI doesn’t have the best start in the smart home space.
Some users are reporting that Gemini does simple tasks “absolutely wrong” and that there are apparently several bugs that need to be fixed. New issues with smart lighting connectivity aren’t going to help matters.
In fact, disgruntled users have been putting up with subpar features for some time now, even before the Gemini for Home rollout began. Hopefully this last issue will be resolved sooner rather than later.
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