Quick fixes: Google Assistant doesnt respond to specific commands
The Google Nest WiFi router needs your home address | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
Issue
Google Assistant didn’t respond to “Hey, Google, set a timer.”
Quick fix
Reset home address in the Home app
The full story
Over the weekend, my partner and I decided it was finally time to upgrade our Wi-Fi router. We had been contently operating on a relatively ancient OnHub router until we got the warning from Google that it was turning off the controls for the OnHub as of this coming December. We bitched a bit and then bit that bullet and used a Google-offered discount to purchase a Nest WiFi router and point.
Having decided on a lazy Memorial Day weekend, we thought that Monday would be the perfect day to finally get around to switching from the old router to the new — and it shouldn’t take more than a few minutes, right?
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