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TL;DR
- Google Home users are having trouble controlling Nest Thermostats with voice commands.
- Users receive the message “Sorry, I can’t connect to the Nest Thermostat right now.”
- There is no problem with controlling the thermostat through the app.
One of the advantages of a smart home is being able to control devices without lifting a finger. For example, a Google Home user can simply use their voice to tell their thermostat what to do. However, this convenience all goes away if there is a connection problem. Apparently, it does for some Nest Thermostat the owners.
Already Redditone user details a situation where their Google Home speakers refuse to connect to their Nest Thermostat. When attempting to use voice commands to control the thermostat, the user receives the message “Sorry, I can’t communicate with the Nest Thermostat right now.” Adding to the confusion, there appears to be no problem controlling the thermostat through the Google Home app.
It seems the user is far from the only one experiencing this problem. A number of commenters also claim to have experienced something similar in their installations. For what it’s worth, the original poster says that Google Home started communicating with the Nest Thermostat again the next day.
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