I had no end of issues with the Sony LF-S50G since purchase.
Compared to the Google Home speakers, which have been flawless, this has been a disaster.
Initially, Hey Google wouldn't work at all, (in that nothing I said was ever actioned), however if I opened the Google Home app and click "start Playing" option and some random song from Spotify would start, then Google Assistant would then start to work.
Unplug the speaker move it to another room and back to the same "Hey Google" voice command not working.
Leave it plugged in and not used for a couple of days, same thing, you would need to start playing something before Google Assistant would work.
You can see the see on the speaker that it appears to be listening, but just wouldn't work.
Unfortunately I Couldn't diagnose more as we moved home and things went into storage etc.
Fast forward and finally have the house renovations finished. Pulled out all smart home speakers set them up. The Sony speaker did a firmware update, now on 96136122 cast version is 1.52.246654.
Now my old workaround doesn't even work. It's like Google Assistant can't hear me after I say the words "Hey Google".
Even simple questions "what's the time" "what's the weather today" - nothing.
I can cast to the speaker and it will play radio (from tunein app) or from Spotify, but I can't use any voice commands at all after "Hey Google".
I've factory reset it, removed it from Google Home more times than I can count, turned the mics off and back on again.
It hears the "Hey Google" and any playing content reduces in volume but anything I say doesn't get actioned, not even a "I don't understand that"
Has anyone else managed to ever get this speaker to work correctly??
