Quick fixes: Google Assistant doesn’t respond to specific commands

The Google Nest WiFi router needs your home address | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Issue

Google Assistant didn't respond to Hey, Google, set a timer."

Quick fix

Reset home address in the Home app

The full story

Over the weekend, my partner and I decided it was finally time to upgrade our Wi-Fi router. We had been contently operating on a relatively ancient OnHub router until we got the warning from Google that it was turning off the controls for the OnHub as of this coming December. We bitched a bit and then bit that bullet and used a Google-offered discount to purchase a Nest WiFi router and point.

Having decided on a lazy Memorial Day weekend, we thought that Monday would be the perfect day to finally get around to switching from the old router to the new - and it shouldn't take more than a few minutes, right?

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