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Google Home is at the center of what I would describe as a reputation shitstorm. According to way too many people on Reddit, Google Home is so broken that some people are actually unable to even turn their smart lights on and off properly. And it’s not just lights; if Reddit complaints are anything to go off of, it looks like all kinds of smart devices are affected by problems with Google Home, including other speakers and even (disconcertingly) cameras and smart doorbells.
While Google has apparently promised to fix the issues, it looks like, for lots of people, they’ve persisted. A quick scan of the Google Home subreddit reveals that connectivity issues and general issues are still pouring in, with no official announcement from Google.
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Source: Google Assistant Is Basically on Life Support and Things Just Got Worse
And that is what you get with cloud dependent crap that update themselves without any control by the user.
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