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Google 成人快手 speakers complain of 'glitch'
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Google's internet-connected speakers are apologising for being somewhat less "smart" than normal.
The 成人快手 devices are responding to queries by saying "there was a glitch" or "sorry, something went wrong".
Users worldwide are being instructed to "try again in a few seconds", only to face a repeat of the problem.
A spokeswoman for the tech giant acknowledged the setback and said that some of its TV-streaming Chromecast dongles had also been affected.
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The malfunction is now in its second day.
The search giant has been .
It has tweeted that Google's engineers believe they have created "a fix" but that there has been a delay in rolling it out.
However, users have been advised that they should be able to get their devices back online by forcing a reboot.
The cause of the problem has yet to be disclosed.
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Missed alarms
Social media reports indicate that there was an initial surge in the number of people reporting related error messages at about 09:00 BST on Wednesday.
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In several cases, users first noticed the problem because the speakers had failed to play a wake-up alarm.
Some have already reported that affected kit has returned to normal, but many others say problems are continuing.
The malfunction comes a day after the 成人快手 speakers began handling Spanish-language queries.
Google is also in the process of rolling out Continued Conversation - a facility that keeps a 成人快手 speaker's microphone live for eight seconds after a query to permit follow-up commands, letting users avoid having to repeat a wake word.
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However, it is not clear whether these updates contributed to the issue.
Google is not the only tech firm to have experienced disruption.
Users of the work-based chat service Slack were unable to log in to the service for much of Wednesday.
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However, the San Francisco-based company has indicated that the problem has been resolved.
Update 18:59 BST 28 June:
Google has said the problem is resolved.
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