Google Home app on iOS shows incorrect Wi-Fi device names, fix coming – PiunikaWeb
New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…
Original story (published on July 21, 2021) follows:
The Google Home app available on Android and iOS is the hub for all smart devices such as plugs, lights, speakers, and others that are Google Assistant compatible.
<p…….
New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…
Original story (published on July 21, 2021) follows:
The Google Home app available on Android and iOS is the hub for all smart devices such as plugs, lights, speakers, and others that are Google Assistant compatible.
This app provides a seamless experience to manage and monitor all your smart devices at home in one place. Even non-Google or Nest devices can end up showing here once you’ve linked them with your Google account.
In short, even if your third-party smart device has a dedicated app, as long as it has Google Assistant, its very much likely you can add that in the Google Home app. But, the downside would be that Home app won’t provide native features.
Basic layout of Google Home app
For instance, a smart plug’s original app may have support for scheduling it ON & OFF or setting a timer for how long it should be turned ON.
You won’t find this functionality in the Home app, which is where Google Assistant comes into play. Just provide it with commands and you’re sorted.
Like any other app, there can be times when the Home app doesn’t perform as intended. Such is the case with the iOS Google Home app where it displays incorrect router/access point names for Wi-Fi devices.
It would end up showing the product’s name such as ‘Google Nest Wifi’ and not the name which was manually entered during the setup of the device and the Home app itself.
Source
It may seem minor that the Google Home app shows incorrect names for Wi-Fi devices, but in case someone has various units of the same devices set up in their house, displaying the generic name and not their specified names can be frustrating.
This may create a problem in identifying which device you’re actually changing settings on, turning ON & OFF, or making changes to it until you manually check and figure it out.
Fix for issue where Google Home app shows incorrect names incoming
To give a slight relief, the issue is very well known to the engineers over at Google and a fix for the same will roll out in the upcoming days or so.
Source
The most recent follow up to the thread made by the Google official stated that:
For those still monitoring this situation, we’re still working on things. I …….
