Something tells us that Google has screwed up with a controversial decision: has removed the Animal of the Day feature from Google Nest Hub devicesGoogle’s smart speakers with screen.
As social networks such as Reddit or Google Nest Community report, many parents have complained bitterly, confessing that the elimination of the Animal of the Day has made his children cryor they don’t know how to explain why it has been mercilessly deleted by Google.
The function Animal of the day, present on Google Nest Hub devices, displays a different animal on the screen every 24 hours. In addition, a voice explains a curiosity about the animal in question, and the sound it emits is heard through the speakers. Kids love it.
Why has Google’s Animal of the Day feature disappeared?
“My 6-year-old son discovered today that it was missing and was sad. I couldn’t think of a decent reason to explain why it was removed,” explains the user. Buy-theticket on Reddit.
“My two children cried last night when they found out that Animal of the Day was ending. They told me it was what they liked the most,” he says. Dane1627 in Google Nest Community.
Apparently, not only children enjoy it: “We are both over 60 years old. The Animal of the Day is part of our nightly ritual. We will miss it. Please reconsider this change,” he claims DJs in the same forum.
Google’s response seems written by a heartless AI: “Thank you for contacting us. To make Google Assistant even more useful, we are prioritizing the features that users like the most. Therefore, Animal of the Day will no longer be supported starting November 27 “.
It is undoubtedly that the Animal of the day It does not generate money for Google, and surely, as it says, it is not one of its most used functions. But It doesn’t seem like it would be expensive or laborious to maintain., it’s just a photo with an audio phrase. And it doesn’t seem smart to make a child cry. At the end of the day, no one is going to convince their parents better to buy or keep a product than their own children.
Google has loaded the Animal of the day on the Google Nest Hub, causing many children to cry and feel sad. It also recently removed the games. What do you have against family fun on your smart screens?
