Google’s Assistant device is a handy little gadget that lets you check the latest news, set reminders and alarms, play music, and control your smart home accessories.
Recently, however, a bug has affected Google’s smart displays like the Nest Hub, causing them to fail to honor a sleep timer to stop music after a certain amount of time. 9to5Google.
Usually when you’re playing music on your Google Assistant device, such as Nest Hub, Nest Mini, or Google Home speaker, you might want to ‘Stop playing music after 1 hour’ or ‘Set sleep timer at 12:00 AM’. If instructed, this feature reliably stopped music or stopped playing sleep sounds after a set amount of time.
Recently, this feature was unable to stop playing sounds when the sleep timer was set. Community His member John McGeough shared his experience on Google’s community blog.
“Until the last few days, I could tell the little nest to ‘sleep in 20 minutes’, but after 20 minutes it would stop. But now it recognizes the command but keeps playing after a certain amount of time. I’ve tried specifying the actual time by saying “stop in 20 minutes”, all to no avail. He has two speakers and they both do the same thing. ”
Google has responded that it is aware of the issue and is currently investigating. It’s been over a month since he reported this issue and it still hasn’t been fixed.
Google also acknowledged the issue in a Twitter reply, saying it intentionally removed the sleep time feature because “one hour is not enough” and the feature did not work with timers longer than one hour. “We are currently investigating how to build a comparable solution and appreciate your understanding and cooperation,” he wrote.
so another reply, the search giant wrote: In the meantime, we recommend keeping Google connected to a stable network for updates. ”
Paul, we heard feedback that turning off the sleep sound after 1 hour was not enough for some users, so we decided to remove the end time. Please be patient as we are currently investigating how to build an equivalent solution.
— Made by Google (@madebygoogle) December 19, 2022
Source: 9to5Google
