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Google Fixes Home Speaker Download Bug After 200GB Spikes

By Drooid · Oct 20, 2026, 2:11 PM UTC · How we work

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Google says its new Home Speaker is unexpectedly downloading hundreds of gigabytes.
The downloads appear caused by failed firmware updates that trigger continuous background activity.
Users reported 17 GB in 24 hours, 41 GB on Oct 13, and over 200 GB in a single day.
Google told 9to5Google a fix is already rolling out.
Some owners said other speakers used only 2 GB in the past month.

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Google says its new Home Speaker is unexpectedly downloading hundreds of gigabytes.
The downloads appear caused by failed firmware updates that trigger continuous background activity.
Users reported 17 GB in 24 hours, 41 GB on Oct 13, and over 200 GB in a single day.
Google told 9to5Google a fix is already rolling out.
Some owners said other speakers used only 2 GB in the past month.