Some Google Home Speakers caught downloading hundreds of gigs of data

October 20, 2026 Jess Weatherbed

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A Google Home Speaker. — Google says a fix is rolling out that should solve the issue. | Photo: Jennifer Patison Tuohy / The Verge

Some Google Home Speaker owners are currently experiencing an issue in which hundreds of gigabytes of data are being continuously downloaded to their device in the background. The bug, reported by 9to5Google and several Reddit users over the last week, may be caused by the speakers failing to correctly download and install a firmware update, with one Redditor finding that his device was consuming more than 200GB per day.

Thankfully, Google is aware of the issue. In a statement to 9to5Google, the company said that "a fix is already rolling out that should address this for users." Most of the reports are tied specifically to the new Google Ho …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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