Google home and Android TV = broken

by crab_paste

I don't know what the hell is going on, but my Google home has stopped controlling the Android TV.

I used to be able to say "hey Google, play [X] on Netflix/YouTube" and it'd (usually) play it, but ever since I reset the box (trying to make a USB-Ethernet adapter work - to no avail) it's been giving me all sorts of errors.

Yesterday, it was saying that it didn't support Netflix on Android TV yet , which is news to me, because it's been working fine for months. Today, it agrees to play the thing I ask for, but doesn't actually play it.

I'm so frustrated by the whole thing. I'm this close to buying an Echo

bdg004

It's been broken for weeks. I've been in contact with Google. They say they're working on a fix. They keep telling me that.

yourm0m1

Google Assistant was broken recently, pretty sure issues started around the time of the google photos "bug." https://www.xda-developers.com/bug-exposes-google-photos-android-tv/

also

https://www.reddit.com/r/googlehome/comments/b1gwuq/most_android_tv_devices_should_now_be/

edit: words

iambelo

I've been having issues for weeks as well.

I used to say "Hey Google, turn on Shield/TV" and it would usually work.

Now when I say it, I always get the same reply: "Sorry, I'm not sure which Shield you'd like to turn on." I only have one Shield.

crab_paste

What the hell, Google?! They just sent me this email:

https://m.imgur.com/a/pxl0we6