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joncharles
Contributor I
Mar 13, 2021 6:11 PM UTC
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Google Assistant Timer setting itself to 1 minute

A weird one, but we use the Google Assistant on our Sonos One to regularly set timers, but now - no matter what time we ask for - it only sets a one minute timer.

So in response to "hey Google, set a 10/20/30 minute timer", we get "1 minute timer starting now"

 

We can ask Google to add to the timer, and it does this absolutely fine, but the initial request just isn't working. Oh and if we ask it for a 1 hour timer, it sets that up fine too.

 

Has this happened to anyone else? Anyone know a fix?

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James L.
James L.Answer
Retired Community Staff
Mar 16, 2021 9:17 AM UTC

Hey folks, 

 

This does indeed seem to be affecting other Google Home devices as well as Sonos. A workaround we discovered is by re-phrasing the request slightly.

Instead of “Set a 10-minute timer” try “Set a timer for 10 minutes”. In my testing this has worked 100% successfully so far. 

 
 
 
 
 
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James L.
James L.
Retired Community Staff
Mar 15, 2021 11:51 AM UTC

Hi @joncharles, welcome to the community.

 

I’ve tested this on my Sonos One and I experience the same thing. I’ve flagged this with our engineering team. Thanks for letting us know!

 
 
 
 
 
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    Fated Snowfox
    Lyricist I
    Mar 15, 2021 7:02 PM UTC

    Hi!

    I’m not a Sonos user, but I’m experiencing this exact same thing on every single Google Assistant device I own (Home, Speaker, Phone).  It looks like it might be a far-end issue.

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      joncharlesAuthor
      Contributor I
      Mar 15, 2021 7:11 PM UTC

      Ah ok makes sense. I should possibly add that tried asking for a 30 second timer too today, and "she" set a 1 second timer (before interrupting herself with the timer alarm!)

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      AlphaCenturi0n
      Lyricist I
      Mar 15, 2021 8:52 PM UTC

      Thought I would chime in on this one to raise more awareness. All of a sudden my Google Home devices (not Sonos) is only setting 1 minute timers regardless of what's commanded too.

      A workaround is let it set the 1 minute timer and then say add X minutes that make it add up to your original requested timer.

      A minor inconvenience for sure and I would love to hear of a fix, I've tried resetting the device.

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      James L.
      James L.Answer
      Retired Community Staff
      Mar 16, 2021 9:17 AM UTC

      Hey folks, 

       

      This does indeed seem to be affecting other Google Home devices as well as Sonos. A workaround we discovered is by re-phrasing the request slightly.

      Instead of “Set a 10-minute timer” try “Set a timer for 10 minutes”. In my testing this has worked 100% successfully so far. 

       
       
       
       
       
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