{"id":395728,"date":"2022-01-18T20:37:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T17:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/heres-why-google-nest-owners-are-losing-sleep-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2022-01-18T20:37:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T17:37:42","slug":"heres-why-google-nest-owners-are-losing-sleep-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-why-google-nest-owners-are-losing-sleep-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Here\u2019s Why Google Nest Owners Are Losing Sleep \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Here\u2019s Why Google Nest Owners Are Losing Sleep \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One of Google Assistant\u2019s best features, simply called ambient sound<\/a>, can rock you to sleep with the repetitive noise of a babbling brook, a fireplace, or white noise. Unfortunately, Google has replaced its white noise sound with a quieter, \u201cmuffled\u201d audio file, and its customers aren\u2019t happ<\/a>y.<\/p>\n

In a Google Nest support thread, nearly 200 people<\/a> have complained about their Nest smart speaker\u2019s new white noise sound. Users say that they and their toddlers can\u2019t fall asleep to the new white noise clip, which is too quiet and \u201ca different pitch, almost muffled.\u201d Additionally, the new white noise ambient sound pauses and loops every 10 minutes, while the previous sound ran for an hour before looping.<\/p>\n

Talking about feeling crazy. I thought I had clogged ears or something. I even tired a few different devices in my home before we found out it was an upgrade from Google. My toddler has noticed the sound change and now wakes during the night. Please revert back to the original noise. It was so much nicer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Google likely changed the white noise file to help reduce Nest speaker and Nest Hub data usage. As noted by a Reddit user<\/a>, \u201cthe [Nest Mini] in my daughter\u2019s room uses about 4GB of data every night\u201d playing ambient sounds. That\u2019s pretty impractical if your ISP enforces a monthly data cap or if you play the ambient sounds through your phone.<\/p>\n

Of course, Nest Hub users can set a sleep timer for ambient sounds. And if Google wanted to save users\u2019 data without pissing them off, it could simply cache ambient sound to smart speakers, smart displays, and phones. Heck, it could let people download these sounds for offline use!<\/p>\n

Speaking of downloading ambient sounds, one Reddit<\/a> user uploaded the original white noise ambient sound to Google Drive<\/a>. If you\u2019re comfortable downloading files from a total stranger, you could simply cast these audio files to your Google Assistant-enabled speaker to get your old white noise back. (Google Drive scans small files for viruses, by the way.)<\/p>\n

Source: 9to5Google<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n