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All my Minis both Google and Nest will occasionally have just the left light on bright white. I try to find out why, but can get no answer from the Mini or Home app. Just a minute ago I asked it “Why is your left light on?

If Google Home Mini is downloading or installing updates, the white LED lights will light up from left to right as shown below. When you use touch control for Google Home Mini, the LED lights should also light up. Also, when you power up or reboot Google Home Mini, the LED lights also give you information on the status of the booting up process. During the setup process, Google Home Mini LED lights indicate the operations or status of the device. Please note, Google Home Mini and 2nd gen Google Home Mini share the identical LED lights. So in this guide, Google Home Mini refers to both the 1st gen and 2nd gen of Google Home Minis.
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If you don't understand what the lights on your Google Home mean, reference this list of meanings from Google Support. This usually means an update is taking longer than expected but can be helped by restarting the device. If Google home is stuck with these lights it could mean it's having trouble connecting to Wifi or the operating system is buggy. Your Google Home has an unfamiliar pattern of lights on its top and you don't understand what they mean.

When alarm rings, LED lights will be shown in white and pulse slowly at the same time. As mentioned in Google Home layout, Google Home only has one physical button to turn on/off the microphone, or to factory data reset Google Home. If you’re trying to reboot your Home Mini instead of performing a full-on factory reset, you can try a simple power cycle. Next, take a photo of the four white lights on your device. Normally, performing a factory reset is a tried and true way to resolve an issue . But that may not fix your affected Google Home or Mini this time.
Mute Button does not Work
The meaning and colour combinations of Google Home Mini LED lights are also different from those in Google Home. But there are similar to LED lights in Google Home Max. Due to its form factor and design, Google Home Mini uses up to 4 LED lights on the top part of Google Home Mini. You can just open Home app in the phone, then follow the instructions. For Google Home Mini specific guides, please checkthis page.
The red dots are a Google “improvement” to Google Maps. Prior to the red dots Google only listed the top ten search results. Of the top ten search results the closest one might be a couple of miles away across town. So you go out and get in a cab and are whisked away to the shoe repair shop.
LED lights indicating microphone is off in Google Home Mini
Write down your device's 10-digit alphanumeric serial number. The mute button of your Google Home may be broken or malfunctioning. If this is the case, you will need to replace the mute button switch. Open Google Home app and select the device you are trying to reboot. Using your Google Home is activating multiple devices. Open the Google Home app and select the device you are trying to reboot.

Try it first, just in case it works, and so you can check it off the list of things you've tried to do to troubleshoot the problem on your own. You want to rule out that some other hangup isn't causing the problem. If there are no voice commands heard within a few seconds, the LED lights will turn off. You have to use the hotwords again to wake up Google Assistant.
Before the answer is fetched, the white LEDs will run from left to right as shown below. Once Google Assistant understands your commands, it will try to deliver you the answer. So, the meaning of Google Home Mini LED lights and Google Home Max LED lights is organized under different scenarios. Under the different stage, or under different interactions, the meaning of the same Google Home Mini LED lights could be different.
Under normal usage, Google Home Mini LED lights light up only when there are some sorts of interactions. For Google Home Max, the 4 LED lights are located in the front regardless you place Google Home Max horizontally or vertically. There are 4 LED lights on the top of Google Home Mini as shown below. So, in this guide, although Google Home Mini is used in most situations, the guide applies to Google Home Max as well.
If you have a Google Home, press and hold the microphone mute on the back of the speaker for about 15 seconds to reset. If successful, your device will confirm it's resetting. When the confirmation stage is over, 4 solid orange LED lights light up. If you turn off microphone listening in Google Home Mini, 4 solid orange LED lights will appear as shown below. When alarm rings, white LED lights pulse slowly as shown below. Any Google Home devices that are not currently connected to WiFi will be listed in your Home app as devices to be set up.

If something goes wrong with Google Home Mini, 2 solid red LED lights will appear as shown below. You can adjust the volume of alarm and timer in Google Home Mini and Google Home Max through Google Home app only. When Google Assistant is responding, the white LED lights will pulse continuously as shown below.
At this time, the colour of 4 LED lights changes back to white. The LED lights stop pulsing and start to spin clockwise, as shown below. When the Google Home microphone is muted , 4 orange LED lights will be shown on the top touch panel, as shown below.
”, and it told me about a town in Montana, I think, and that it was the only town who’s population had gone down between the last two census reports. When it finished the left light came back on and just went off on it’s own as I am typing this maybe ten minutes after the last activity. On others I have powered them off and after reboot the light comes back on. The light should be orange/amber when it asks you whether you want to reset the Google Home Mini. When it is solid green, you should release the button, wait a few mins for the reset to finish.
Microphone is Muted
And when I put the power back on, first the two leds in the middle wil go, white lights after that all four wil ligt up, white light, not blinking. The google home mini will not react to anything; speech, pressing volumebuttons. When I push the reset button one green light wil go on and stay on as long as I push the reset button. Google Home is a voice-activated speaker powered by the Google Assistant.
Unplug the device for roughly a minute, and then it plug back into the power source. If I say Hey Google the lights come on like it wants to work, but immediately go out without doing anything. You may try to reset the device to see whether it helps. You can try to power off the home mini, wait a few mins, power it on again to see where ight helps. Also, you also check the Google Home app too see whether the device is detected.
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