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I was going to ask google to do something so I started by saying "Hey google" but I stubbed my toe and ended up saying "ahh bollix", all of a sudden RTE started playing
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Mantis Toboggan wrote: »Play Newstalk fm still working for me.
Cheers, that's indeed the fix. My old request was play "Newstalk Radio" which stopped working sometime in the last two weeks. Wonder what changed & where
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I renewed a Nest Aware annual cloud hosting subscription for my Nest Video Doorbell Camera (super device) last week. It cost €50 for the year and out of the blue a couple of days ago Google sent me a voucher for a free Google Mini with an RRP of €59 I already have a Google Home + 2 x Google Mini's so was thinking of using this one in a room where there's an old Hi Fi which has great speakers I repurposed to stream Spotify to via a Chromecast Audio device on the input source.
My question therefore is can I somehow pair this new Mini to the Chromecast Audio so that when I say "OK Google, play my Saturday morning playlist on Spotify" it automatically plays it on both the mini and on the Chromecast Audio Hi Fi (assuming the Hi Fi is powered on) without having to tell it to play it on the Hi Fi?0 -
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I renewed a Nest Aware annual cloud hosting subscription for my Nest Video Doorbell Camera (super device) last week. It cost €50 for the year and out of the blue a couple of days ago Google sent me a voucher for a free Google Mini with an RRP of €59 I already have a Google Home + 2 x Google Mini's so was thinking of using this one in a room where there's an old Hi Fi which has great speakers I repurposed to stream Spotify to via a Chromecast Audio device on the input source.
My question therefore is can I somehow pair this new Mini to the Chromecast Audio so that when I say "OK Google, play my Saturday morning playlist on Spotify" it automatically plays it on both the mini and on the Chromecast Audio Hi Fi (assuming the Hi Fi is powered on) without having to tell it to play it on the Hi Fi?
I think Speaker Groups is what you are looking for here
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RTE 1 gone for me too, worked on TuneIN app and RTE stream.
Sorry I will just go on a rant here, RTE1 has been a persistent issue with G home, better in the last while but always issues. Why Why Why on earth can I not just ask it to play the actual RTE url Stream it's is F**king mad.
RTE have some exclusive deal with Amazon echo, so the echo takes the stream direct ala the BBC. I initially went G over amazon since I figured the hardware can't change that much but Google can do better software and also they try to parse the language more than amazon. Should have known better like most google projects they get it to a certain point and just move on. Also maybe it's my mind but the mic pick up seems to better worse as the months go on.
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RTE 1 gone for me too, worked on TuneIN app and RTE stream.
Sorry I will just go on a rant here, RTE1 has been a persistent issue with G home, better in the last while but always issues. Why Why Why on earth can I not just ask it to play the actual RTE url Stream it's is F**king mad.
RTE have some exclusive deal with Amazon echo, so the echo takes the stream direct ala the BBC. I initially went G over amazon since I figured the hardware can't change that much but Google can do better software and also they try to parse the language more than amazon. Should have known better like most google projects they get it to a certain point and just move on. Also maybe it's my mind but the mic pick up seems to better worse as the months go on.
Rant over
There is a post for RTE Radio 1 not working on the Google 'Nest Help' page, do reply/+1 it for more traction0 -
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SleetAndSnow wrote: »2fm gone for me now on all my Google homes. "Play rte 2fm, play 2fm" etc not working
Gone for me aswell.
On the +side though I've only figured out i can connect my xbox to it so am having great fun with that while the novelty is still there0 -
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Mantis Toboggan wrote: »Nest hello doorbell? Might be best to ask in the dedicated thread for that.
Probably should do that, thanks, I think I've found the answer, in that no you can't
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Hey,Gooey Looey wrote: »After a few years I've decided to get rid of my 3x Google homes (display, mini and full size). They're going backwards, they used to work fine but are now so buggy and troublesome that I've no longer an interest in them. I've never fully integrated them with home assistant like I wanted to and now Amazon looks like the better option. I'm gonna order an Alexa later today and make a start the changeover.
So you are basically me two weeks ago, I own 3 minis a Home and a Hub. Found them to be getting worse in terms of mic pick up, understanding of questions etc and personally the rte radio issue
- currently RTE gold won't work, drives me nuts.
So I bit the bullet and got an Alexa, just one. Up side is it plays RTE radio quickly and has always worked thus far. However from time to time it ends up taking RTE radio1 from TuneIn rather than RTE not sure why.
Now the downsides - none of which are fatal but it's not all sunshine:- Alexa's natural voice is not natural, Googles is so much more 'human'
- You think Google has issues parsing natural language for questions, Alexa is worse and point blank won't even try for some.
- The thing of adding skils is kinda annoying, I don;t want to hunt down the skill for the thing, I just want the assistant to do what I ask (i know how I sound). For example I can't just ask play radio, that first neeed the rte radio 'skill'.
- I miss the touch wheel volume up/down and the tap to mute/pause/stop from my Home.
- if you want to ask a question about Alexa/Google since I have both happy to help, but im by no means an expert and have no smart lights/home integration. 0 -
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