Rita El Khuri / Android Authority
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- A growing number of Google Home users is facing problems with its smart home devices.
- The company has admitted that the home app has a problem with accessing some devices.
Updated: July 23, 2025 (8:13 pm et): Google Home and Nest’s Chief Product Officer, Anish Katukarin, has now admitted that consumers face the deteriorating performance of home devices. In a post related to X (formerly Twitter), the executive apologized for these issues and said the team was working on a long -term solution. “We are working actively on great improvement at some point and it will need to take some more in the fall.
Original article: July 23, 2025 (evening 6:47 pm et): If you are facing problems with Google Home and your smart home devices, you are away from lonely. There have been numerous reports about disconnection, delayed reactions, ignoring orders and much more. However, a solution to this problem can be on the way.
On the Reddate, the Google Home user shared that 90 % of his smart life light bulb has been disconnected. But these were not just their light bulbs that had problems. He also said that his ephedoor bulls and tipo cameras were also closed. The user questions whether the problem is connected to bad refreshments.
Under this post, you will find a number of comments from other Google Home users who are going on in similar cases. “I have been able to connect home only two or three times today,” says a commentator. Another state is that despite all their smart home devices, all their cameras are few.
Thankfully, it seems that Google is aware of this problem. In response to the post, Google announced:
Hey all,
We are aware of the issue of accessing some devices in the Google Home app. Thank you for your patience, we will share a refreshment as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, this whole message really tells us that Google knows that there is a problem and it is probably doing something right. It is unclear when this fix can end. We have contacted Google for more information, and if we hear back, we will update this article.
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