Joe Maring / Android Authority
TL;DR Some YouTube Premium users say Google Home devices are suddenly playing ads between songs.
Others report long delays, random music selections, and casting issues on Home and Nest hardware.
Google says it’s aware of a YouTube Music playback issue on some Google Home devices and is investigating.
It’s not the only perk, but it’s fair to say that most people pay for YouTube Premium to avoid the ads. If you’re one of them, an uninterrupted experience is the minimum you expect when your subscription fee leaves your account each month, so you can imagine the frustration of some Google Home users today who say that promise just got broken today.
Why aren't you paying for YouTube Premium? 480 votes I can't afford it 17 % YouTube used to be free, it should remain free 14 % Ad-blocking and other hacks make Premium worthless 12 % I don't want to give Google any more of my money 14 % I don't use YouTube enough to justify it 12 % I do pay for YouTube Premium 31 %
A thread on r/googlehome highlights multiple users saying their Google Home and Nest devices began playing ads before and between tracks on YouTube Music, despite having active Premium subscriptions. The original poster, who says they’ve been subscribed since the Google Play Music days, tried power cycling their Home Hub but still heard ads.
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Other commenters quickly piled in with similar complaints. Some described long, 30-second pauses between songs, tracks failing to load, or their speakers going silent before an ad kicked in. A few said their usual personalized mixes were replaced with random Top 40 tracks that didn’t match their listening history. Others couldn’t get casting from a PC to work at all, and one user said their device played an ad right after rebooting, without them even asking it to do anything. At least one person noted that YouTube Music worked fine on their phone or tablet, suggesting a problem with Google Home specifically.
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