I have the end of life’d JBL smart speaker. It still works with Google. But doesn’t have the bells and whistles. But it’s the best system I have ever come across. I have one Google screen and I don’t see the difference between the two. And the JBL has amazing sound.
this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2025
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can these things be reflashed?
Return them!
Same. I owned several devices at the time.
you bought them?
I did once, sadly. Before I knew better.
Google is NOT going to be any better at this
What are you talking about? Google Home devices have been out for like a decade at this point, they don’t play ads on them.
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Id have thought that theyd have seen this coming.
I haven't had this problem, yet