If your Google Home or Nest devices seem broken right now, you're not alone
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A widespread outage is affecting Google Home and Nest devices worldwide, leaving Nest Hubs, Google Home Minis, and third-party Google Assistant displays unresponsive, stuck on blank screens, or randomly rebooting. Automations and voice routines are also broken. The issue appears to be server-side, so factory resetting devices likely won't fix it. Google has no smart home status page, making it unclear when service will be fully restored. The outage began shortly after the launch of Google's new Home Speaker and Gemini for Home.
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Why are my Google Home and Nest devices unresponsive or stuck on a blank screen right now
A widespread server-side outage is affecting Google Home and Nest devices worldwide, including the Nest Hub, Google Home Mini/Nest Mini, and third-party Google Assistant-powered smart displays. Devices may show blank screens, become unresponsive to voice commands, or reboot randomly, and routines/automations can break. Factory resetting won't help since the problem originates on Google's servers, not the device itself. Developers tracking platform reliability issues like this one can follow updates on daily.dev.