I just got Gemini on my Google Home and Nest speakers, and I’d like a refund
The author expresses dissatisfaction with the recent update that replaced Google Assistant with Gemini on their Google Home and Nest devices. They report that basic functions like setting alarms, checking the time, and playing music have become slower and less reliable. The article highlights user frustration over degraded performance and the inability to revert to the previous assistant system.
- ▪Users are experiencing significant delays when asking Gemini for basic information like the time or weather.
- ▪Gemini has reportedly provided incorrect weather forecasts and failed to correct them without being prompted.
- ▪Complex requests such as playing specific music or checking transit times are not working as reliably as they did with the old Google Assistant.
- ▪The update to Gemini is mandatory, and users cannot opt to keep the original Google Assistant.
- ▪Some users note that while performance may be improving slowly, core functionalities essential for daily use remain broken.
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| Original publisher | Android Authority |
| Canonical URL | https://www.androidauthority.com/got-gemini-google-home-speakers-would-like-refund-3661408/ |
| Publication time | Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:30:22 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-04-28T11:36:24.520Z |
| Last seen | 2026-04-28T11:36:24.520Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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