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Users of the new Google Home Speaker are reporting problems with the speaker’s voice assistant.
As posted on Reddit, users have complained that the Google Home Speaker is taking up to 60 seconds to respond to questions.
Google’s long awaited smart speaker is already experiencing problems just a week since pre-orders were shipped. According to users posting on Reddit, many people have stated that the Google Home Speaker is lagging, and taking far too long to respond – and it’s apparently not the only device that’s been affected.
After years of waiting for a new Google speaker, the brand finally launched the Google Home Speaker in June 2026. With a completely new look and the first ever smart speaker to use Gemini for Home, many fans were excited to get their hands on the new model – although they might be regretting that choice now.
According to threads on Reddit, many users of the Google Home Speaker are finding it to take between 30-60 seconds to respond to questions and commands. The initial post had a user stating that “First day all was smooth… the second day every single question (even “hello”) needs at least 30s of answer time.”
From there, other users commented that they were experiencing the same problems with the Google Home Speaker, and that it was continuing to listen to requests for far too long, and taking even longer to respond. Aside from it taking up to a minute to answer, some users found that the Google Home Speaker failed to complete a request or timed out before an answer was found.
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Other Google Home Speaker users posted that the speaker would go offline without any trigger, and overall, it’s been extremely sluggish. But that’s not all – Nest devices also seem to be having the same issue. Users of older Nest devices, like the Nest Audio and Nest Mini, have also reported that response times have been extremely delayed.
While it hasn’t been officially confirmed, this seems to be a global widespread issue with the Google Home Speaker. So, what is Google doing about it? According to users, troubleshooting and clearing cache hasn’t made a difference.
Thankfully, the GoogleNestCommunity has responded to the Reddit post saying that “We’re aware of an issue causing increased latency or timing out. We are working on a fix ASAP and will circle back once this is resolved. Thanks for your patience.” So, a fix is on its way but we’re not exactly sure when.
