The Google Home Speaker Has Been Secretly Eating My Wi-Fi Data

By Nena Farrell · Wired · Thursday, 22 October 2026 at 20:05 (yesterday) · Original article ↗

My Google Home Speaker had been burning through more data than all the rest of my devices combined. As I looked into it further, I found other smart home devices that had the same problem.

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