Google‘s smart home products which include Home speakers and displays often receive software updates but they are installed in the background, therefore, most users tend to not notice them.
In the last couple of weeks, owners of Google home products have been stating on the company’s support forums and Reddit that their devices got bricked allegedly after the recently pushed software update. Google had already acknowledged that an automatic firmware update rolled out in September is indeed its cause. However, this happened last month and the company did mention anything else until now.
Google has recently reached out to 9to5Google to confirm that the company will be replacing all units that were bricked as a result of this update, regardless of if they are covered under warranty. There’s also a fix for that update which is rolling out soon to prevent the issue on other devices.
The official statement issued by the company is listed below:
We are aware that a small number of Google Home and Google Home Mini devices are affected by an issue that causes the device to stop working. We have a fix that will prevent the issue from happening and will be rolling it out soon. We are replacing affected devices
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