Google Home and Chromecast are down globally, but a software fix is on its way
A fix will roll out soon for Google Home and Chromecasts but users can also reboot their devices. Google Home and Chromecasts went down for many users worldwide on 27 June due to an unspecified error and all that users can hear is “Sorry, something went wrong. Try again in a few seconds.” On the Google Home Help Forum, hundreds of users have complained that they are having a “problem with multiple Google Home devices.” Krissa Bell, a reporter for Mashable, tweeted a video of her Google Home Mini, saying that “there was a glitch.” Now Google Home is down 😶 pic.twitter.com/eVROv1L7YL — Karissa Bell June 27, 2018 The problem probably comes as a result of a glitched Google update for its assistant which was supposed to increase privacy, but looks like the update has brought trouble to many devices. With both Google Home and Slack down, a tweet jokes that “Google Assistant is just someone responding to the slack messages really quickly.” Google home is down.
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