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TechSome Google Home speakers are downloading hundreds of gigabytes of data

Some Google Home speakers are continuously downloading huge amounts of data in the background, possibly because a firmware update is failing to install correctly. Google says a fix is rolling out, but the scope of the problem is unclear.

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TThe Verge★★☆☆☆2026-10-20 10:16Original

Some Google Home speakers are downloading hundreds of gigabytes of data
Some Google Home speakers are downloading hundreds of gigabytes of dataTech