00:00Your new smart speaker could be quietly eating your internet data.
00:03A reviewer reports that his Google Home speaker,
00:06sitting idle with no voice commands and no streaming,
00:09used 17 gigabytes of data in just 24 hours,
00:12including nearly 10 gigabytes at 3 a.m.
00:15The same speaker downloaded 41 gigabytes on October 13th
00:19and 132 gigabytes over 30 days.
00:22By comparison, a lightly used speaker in another household
00:26used about 2 gigabytes in a month.
00:28His other Google Home and Nest devices,
00:30including several Nest hubs in the same house,
00:33did not show the problem.
00:34He suspects the overnight spikes are failed attempts to download firmware
00:38based on the timing, but that is not confirmed.
00:42Google acknowledged the issue and said a fix is already rolling out.
00:45It appears to affect only some owners,
00:48so it is unclear how widespread it is.
00:50If you own one and have a data cap,
00:52it is worth checking your router's usage stats.
00:55Disclosure.
00:56This video contains stock footage and content created or enhanced
00:59using AI-assisted tools.
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