[metabrew]

Using Google assistant via a home mini and nest mini has generally gotten worse, not better, over the last few years. I can't wait to bin them and replace with something else that works well with home assistant and setting timers.

[jjeaff]

I have the same problem. I use Google home for voice interface to home assistant. I switched from Alexa a few years ago because Google had more open options for integration. But the Google home has gotten much slower in response time. I still have an Alexa in the garage and it is so much faster. I have a Google home speaker in most rooms and it has gotten worse and worse at knowing which speaker to respond with. Sometimes I will be standing right next to one in the office but the one in the kitchen will respond saying it couldn't understand (because it's too fricken far away).

I'm beginning to wonder if it is actually hardware/microphone degradation because I can't imagine the software degrading so far and so gradually.