Since early this morning, the Google Home Android application is no longer working properly for many users. Indeed, the Auto Actions tab displays a dark 403 error for many users. Although not all devices seem affected by this bug, we still offer you a solution allowing you to continue using the application.
In addition to allowing you to control all the connected devices in your home via a single application, Google Home also offers the possibility of configuring several automatic tasks which will run at the frequency of your choice, without you needing to intervene. This is possible via the tab Auto Actions of the application, which gives access to different settings to configure your “personal routine”.
Unfortunately, this tab seems to be acting up since this morning. In fact, many Android users report encountering a 403 error when they try to open the tab. It seems that the latter are not entitled to a respite, since another large-scale bug affected the Google Home ecosystem in December. As a reminder, the 403 error generally occurs when an application cannot access a resource on its servers.
Google Home no longer works on Android since this morning
Fortunately, the routines created ahead of this bug continue to work correctly. If an alarm is supposed to go off on your smartphone at 12:30 p.m. today, no need to panic: it will go off as expected. On the other hand, it was impossible this morning to create a new regular task, at least on your smartphone.
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Indeed, the tab is still available on the web version of the application and is obviously not a victim of the 403 error. If you want to access it today and your Android application is acting up, it is This is therefore a good alternative. In the meantime, Google has not yet communicated about the bug, so it is difficult to know when it will be fixed. Fortunately, not all devices seem to be affected by the problem. For example, we were not assigned to the editorial office.