- Smart lights are broken for some Google Home users
- Google says a fix is on the way
- The rollout of Gemini for Home has not gone 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 would have liked, and now users 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. It doesn’t appear to be an isolated incident based on the Reddit thread, 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 to the Reddit conversation. Apparently, the Google team is looking to get everything back up and running as soon as possible.
If you’ve suddenly found your smart lights and other devices have stopped working through the Google Home app, hold on tight until a fix rolls out. If your smart lights come with their own mobile app, it should still be functional.
Months of errors
All lights and switches suddenly appear offline. 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 going on with Google’s smart home ecosystem at the moment, it’s not a very good look.
Getting millions of users and millions of devices to switch to Gemini from Google Assistant is obviously a massive technological feat, but the supposed smarter AI isn’t off to the best start in the smart home arena.
Some users report that Gemini gets simple tasks ‘absolutely wrong’ and that multiple errors seem to pop up that need to be squashed. New issues with smart light connectivity don’t 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 issue is resolved sooner rather than later.
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