{
  "id": 15718639,
  "title": "Some Google Home Speakers are downloading hundreds of gigs of data for no reason",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/some-google-home-speakers-are-downloading-hundreds-of-gigs-of-data",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-20T07:36:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Android Authority",
    "slug": "android-authority",
    "url": "https://www.androidauthority.com/google-home-speakers-downloading-data-no-reason-3725343/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google Home Speakers are reportedly experiencing an issue where they are downloading hundreds of gigabytes of data for no apparent reason, according to user reports. Some users have shared screenshots displaying their speakers downloading over 3TB of data within a span of 30 days. Google has reportedly acknowledged the problem and stated that a fix is already being rolled out.",
  "summary": "You may want to check how much data your Google Home Speaker is downloading.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Android Police",
        "title": "Google Home speakers are quietly downloading hundreds of GBs of data",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/google-home-speakers-are-quietly-downloading-hundreds-of-gbs-of-data",
        "published": "2026-10-20T11:05:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}