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jones wrote: »

Re call santa

Very strange but since this evening I'm getting a message saying it "isn't it's supported in this region". Been working perfectly up to this point and yes have all Google homes and phones set to US English.

Getting the same but it worked the other day. So annoying

slayerking wrote:

Getting the same but it worked the other day. So annoying

Yeah mine was working the other day too very annoying.

slayerking wrote: »

Figured out how to get the call santa to work again. Go to home app, select a speaker - > Settings. Change device location to a random USA one (just type USA and select a random one).
You might need to reboot but it worked again for me after this.

I'll try this later thanks. WHat do you mean by a random USA one though? Isnt there only US English?

Bought a Max to replace the worn out radio in the kitchen. With the bigger speakers in it you really notice a difference in input volume level between applications - TuneIn is significantly louder than Play Music which would be the two we'd use the most often

Can't find anything on whether there's a workaround for that though - anyone seen anything?

Home is a bit all over the place, isn't it? I know the synch my devices command, but it doesn't really work. After a power outage I now have 23 devices in the In Your Home section on Home, i.e. not in rooms. But they are in rooms. Mixture of Hue bulbs, nest thermostat, and Kasa TP link plugs. Also says I have 109 devices not in rooms in Settings -> Assistant tab -> Home Control, seems to include all the scenes assigned to Switches.

Was experimenting with using the kasa plugs to turn lots of things off at night. The modem, the ubituiti wireless router, the hue bridge, tv, amp etc. Then realised the lights won't work at all with the hue bridge powered down.

I think I'm right in saying the home and home mini won't work with the wireless router not having internet access. But will the hue bridge/lights and the kasa plugs work locally with no internet access, as long as the wireless router is available? At least then I can power down the mode at night and we still have working lights.

BoardsMember wrote: »

Home is a bit all over the place, isn't it? I know the synch my devices command, but it doesn't really work. After a power outage I now have 23 devices in the In Your Home section on Home, i.e. not in rooms. But they are in rooms. Mixture of Hue bulbs, nest thermostat, and Kasa TP link plugs. Also says I have 109 devices not in rooms in Settings -> Assistant tab -> Home Control, seems to include all the scenes assigned to Switches.

Was experimenting with using the kasa plugs to turn lots of things off at night. The modem, the ubituiti wireless router, the hue bridge, tv, amp etc. Then realised the lights won't work at all with the hue bridge powered down.

I think I'm right in saying the home and home mini won't work with the wireless router not having internet access. But will the hue bridge/lights and the kasa plugs work locally with no internet access, as long as the wireless router is available? At least then I can power down the mode at night and we still have working lights.

To be honest,.turning off your router seems a bit of an odd.approach for a smart home.

Turning it back on again would be a pain for a start, and the benefit if turning it off is what ?

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Can confirm that devices that require internet access to function won't function without internet access.

Not only that, the Google home devices start broadcasting WiFi when they lose connection

Anyone got a google home hub for sale?
Just to save me driving to the North.

b.gud wrote: »

Just figured this out. My phone system language was set to English (Ireland) and once I changed it to English (United Kingdom), the same as my home mini, cleared the cache and wiped the data of the home app* I had routines and broadcast functionality in the app.

*I'm not sure if clearing the cache and wiping the data is necessary but it only took a minute so I did it just in case

Fair play, mine working now too

Steve F wrote: »

We are loving it too
However,mine aren't as innocent as yours
The last request was "Hey Google make a fart noise"
😂😂

My home was being used to repeat what my little one was saying.....hey google say my daddy smells of farts **

I love how i can now know the time of night without reaching for my watch or phone (usually turned off) when im in bed, i just ask google home for the time.

** I swear i dont smell of farts.

I've one mini upstairs and one downstairs. Any idea if I can use as intercom or communicate through them?

Steve F wrote: »

Kinda disgraceful that they are selling the product in ROI with so many less features.We are paying roughly the same price as the Countries that do have Access to all the features I'm sure?
Shafted again?

What features are we missing?

Steve F wrote: »

Kinda disgraceful that they are selling the product in ROI with so many less features.We are paying roughly the same price as the Countries that do have Access to all the features I'm sure?
Shafted again?

It's not advertised as having the option to make phone calls here.

Who needs it to make phone calls anyway? Anyone with a brain has unlimited calls.

You can enable Continued Conversation in the settings and the microphone will stay active for a few seconds after each command (so you don't have to say OK Google after the first command when giving consecutive commands).