If your Google Home Speaker uses lots of data, Google’s fix is rolling out
Some users report the Google Home Speaker downloading large amounts of data in the background, and Google says a fix is rolling out now.
Some Google Home speakers downloaded a lot of data for no clear reason. Google says a fix has started to arrive. You can check the speaker’s usage in the Home app or your router.
Hype check
Quieter than it deserves. This one matters more than the coverage suggests.
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Why it matters
The downloads could pass a home data cap if you have several speakers.
Try it: open the speaker’s usage in the Google Home app or your router.
The details
- Reports over the past week describe the Home Speaker downloading data steadily from Google’s servers.
- The 9to5Google speaker downloaded 17GB in 24 hours while idle and 132GB in 30 days.
- A lightly used speaker in another household downloaded only 2GB in a month.
- It does not show on other Nest and Google Home devices, and it is unclear how widespread it is.
- Google says a fix has started rolling out and should address the problem.
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