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    #3092
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 23,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    Doesn't seem to have that feature

    https://support.google.com/googlenest/thread/11003315?hl=en


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    #3093
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 23,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    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 :(

    https://support.google.com/googlenest/thread/11003315?hl=en


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    #3094
    jogdish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭jogdish


    Asked my G home hub for a phone number, and I noticed the button to 'call them', I tapped it and it gave me instructions about the app - which I could not follow, other than seeing duo calling.

    Is this actual phone calling or will it just give me an error that the business doesnt have Duo ? Are the calls free?


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    #3095
    Sheep Shagger
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 6,246 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sheep Shagger


    Assume if the recipient had duo it would have dialled.....duo calls are free.


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    #3096
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 23,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    I think it uses your Google contacts and will put it over Duo, my wife rang me via the Hub the other day, very strange getting a call from yourself


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    #3097
    BionicRasher
    Registered Users Posts: 2,792 ✭✭✭BionicRasher


    RTE Gold not playing on home hub this weekend
    All other RTE stations seem to work

    Would anyone mind testing if it works for them or is it just me?


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    #3098
    DopeTech
    Registered Users Posts: 6,760 ✭✭✭DopeTech


    BionicRasher wrote: »
    RTE Gold not playing on home hub this weekend
    All other RTE stations seem to work

    Would anyone mind testing if it works for them or is it just me?

    Might be related.

    https://twitter.com/RTEGold/status/1269931596154535936


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    #3099
    Gooey Looey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Gooey Looey


    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.


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    #3100
    jogdish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭jogdish


    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.
    Hey,
    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.
    Neither are the dream :( - 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.


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    #3101
    Sheep Shagger
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 6,246 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sheep Shagger


    BionicRasher wrote: »
    RTE Gold not playing on home hub this weekend
    All other RTE stations seem to work

    Would anyone mind testing if it works for them or is it just me?

    Nope not working for me when I just tried assume its because of what explained in the tweet notes below.

    Same happened to Global UK statikns a while back but now Google smart speakers pull the stream from the global player and not tunein.


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    #3102
    BionicRasher
    Registered Users Posts: 2,792 ✭✭✭BionicRasher


    DopeTech wrote: »
    Might be related.

    https://twitter.com/RTEGold/status/1269931596154535936

    All other RTE stations seem to work
    Might be connected but I’m not convinced


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    #3103
    jogdish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭jogdish


    BionicRasher wrote: »
    All other RTE stations seem to work
    Might be connected but I’m not convinced
    Hard to know, radio 1 has issues from time to time, so annoying - I switched to an Alexa cause I just got fed up.


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    #3104
    SleetAndSnow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,678 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    RTE 2fm still not working on any of my homes about 3 weeks later, just says cant be found or isn't available no matter what way its phrased! RTE Gold also not working. Might have to reset all my homes


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    #3105
    ilovesmybrick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,124 ✭✭✭ilovesmybrick


    SleetAndSnow wrote: »
    RTE 2fm still not working on any of my homes about 3 weeks later, just says cant be found or isn't available no matter what way its phrased! RTE Gold also not working. Might have to reset all my homes

    I'm having no joy with 2FM, but Gold is fine. However, I have noticed that the homes in other rooms are sometimes picking up commands that I'm giving to another device, so the one in my living room is hearing part of the command, and the one in the bedroom the rest, so they have a bit of a fit.

    I noticed a (new?) setting the other day in the home app where you can adjust the sensitivity of each devices pickup, so it might be worth seeing if your commands are being picked up by different devices and split, making garbage of them.


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    #3106
    jogdish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭jogdish


    2fm and Gold, neither working for me


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    #3107
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 23,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    I would have thought not being able to get 2FM on a Google Home device would be a great bonus and a feature :D

    Looks like geo locking has been applied on RTE's streams now, maybe try disabling VPN if you are using it or changing the location to Ireland. https://support.google.com/googlenest/thread/50291505


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    #3108
    un5byh7sqpd2x0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭un5byh7sqpd2x0


    I'm not using a VPN,and RTE Gold doesn't work either - 2FM & Radio 1 work fine.

    Gold works on TuneIn on my phone directly, on Google Home it just says that something went wrong


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    #3109
    un5byh7sqpd2x0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭un5byh7sqpd2x0


    Dennis Miniature Duckling wrote: »
    I'm not using a VPN,and RTE Gold doesn't work either - 2FM & Radio 1 work fine.

    Gold works on TuneIn on my phone directly, on Google Home it just says that something went wrong

    It appears that RTE dropped the MP3 stream for Gold. It’s only available as a HLS stream now - since about last Wednesday - and can’t be played on Google Home devices as a result.


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    #3110
    jogdish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭jogdish


    re rte GOLD, a smart speaker to play a radio stream yet it's this complicated - insane


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    #3111
    un5byh7sqpd2x0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭un5byh7sqpd2x0


    jogdish wrote: »
    re rte GOLD, a smart speaker to play a radio stream yet it's this complicated - insane

    It’s all because RTE are involved


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    #3112
    jogdish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭jogdish


    Dennis Miniature Duckling wrote: »
    It’s all because RTE are involved
    ha :)
    Well BBC sounds app doesn't work either.


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    #3113
    niloc1951
    Registered Users Posts: 2,037 ✭✭✭niloc1951


    As of now. I'm getting all RTE, BBC and others on my phone using the Tune In App, on my Google Home Mini and Logitec radio, both of which use Tune In, it's the same EXCEPT no RTE Gold.


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    #3114
    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users Posts: 17,681 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    jogdish wrote: »
    ha :)
    Well BBC sounds app doesn't work either.

    Just tried BBC radio one and works no problem.

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



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    #3115
    killbillvol2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭killbillvol2


    jogdish wrote: »
    ha :)
    Well BBC sounds app doesn't work either.

    BBC Sounds is geo locked.


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    #3116
    jogdish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭jogdish


    Mantis Toboggan wrote: »
    Just tried BBC radio one and works no problem.
    Had not tried in a while but BBC podcasts is working again?

    And in typical Google fashion it's only sorta working, the latest episode is 3 days old sigh


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    #3117
    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users Posts: 17,681 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    jogdish wrote: »
    Had not tried in a while but BBC podcasts is working again?

    And in typical Google fashion it's only sorta working, the latest episode is 3 days old sigh

    The radio station is working, for podcasts I use pocketcasts or Spotify and then connect to the home.

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



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    #3118
    adox
    Registered Users Posts: 19,017 ✭✭✭✭adox


    I listen to BBC radio 6 regularly on Google Home without issue.


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    #3119
    jogdish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭jogdish


    Hi,
    Just to clear up my complaint, I like to be able to ask the speaker to play the latest ep of bbc newshour podcast - this used to work a year ago.

    Current issue is the ep is a few days old, I know I can stream from my phone but then its not a smart speaker. BBC radio works fine.


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    #3120
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 23,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    Do you have the google podcasts app on your phone? If you check in that what is the latest episode? With Joe Rogan after making a fortune on a Spotify subscription I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of podcasts are limiting their releases to their own network to maximise revenue


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    #3121
    jogdish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭jogdish


    Clareman wrote: »
    Do you have the google podcasts app on your phone? If you check in that what is the latest episode? With Joe Rogan after making a fortune on a Spotify subscription I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of podcasts are limiting their releases to their own network to maximise revenue
    Ya Google podcasts is just behind, so for a newspodcast it's basically useless


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