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At last, Google launched Gemini integration to Google Home last year. It enhances the overall experience on smart devices. Though issues came up with the Google Home and frustrated users have complained about their lights and switches showing up as offline and automations failing to run .
However, these smart home items are controllable from their respective apps. The good thing is that the Google Home, showing some smart devices as offline, can also be controlled through voice using Gemini. It seems the difficulty only affects other smart appliances still showing live and some devices with cameras and TVs.
Reports have it that Google Home automations are failing to run. Unfortunately, most times, affected automations can’t be edited or even deleted. According to one Reddit user, the appearance came up on his Pixel phone again after wiping them.
Yet another Google Home user reports that the automations fail to trigger when using voice commands, even while they run correctly through the Google Home app.
Also, it still doesn’t work when you want to restart the affected devices or add them again to Google Home. This is all as a result of a server-side outage from Google’s side. The company will definitely rectify the problem from its end.
Moreso, the company released faster and more reliable device controls, upgraded Home and Away automations that feature advanced conditions, actions, and starters. Just early January, the company unveiled an additional 20 starters, conditions, and actions. This, no doubt, will allow users to create more granular automations.
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Obiajulum is a tech enthusiast passionate about writing. When she isn’t writing about gadgets, she will probably be playing badminton, watching a movie, or surfing the internet.
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Even though the OnePlus Open was a hit after its launch in 2023, there hasn’t been a successor. It seems that things may remain that way this year too.
Yogesh Brar, a popular leaker, shared on X that the OnePlus Open 2 has been cancelled . It’s not clear if the foldable won’t be available this year at all or has been scrapped completely from the foldable phone market. The OnePlus Open 2 isn’t the only phone that may have been cancelled. Brar continued that there’s a 90% chance the OnePlus 15s has also been cancelled.
Another product getting cancelled is the OnePlus Open 2… — Yogesh Brar (@heyitsyogesh) January 10, 2026
What’s the reason?
For the OnePlus Open 2, the company previously claimed it wouldn’t launch in 2025 because the market wasn’t mainstream enough yet. That’s still the case now. But with the iPhone Fold landing this year, things could be different. More foldables will go into the spotlight, so maybe the OnePlus might choose to launch its second foldable phone after that, in 2026. Nothing is certain though.
Another reason the OnePlus Open 2 not launching this year, as NotebookCheck points out, is that Oppo – the parent company of OnePlus – is planning a global release for the Find N6 . If it launched a OnePlus Open 2, it would likely just be a revamped Find N6. The OnePlus Open 2 would just take up some sales for the main foldable of OnePlus’ parent company.
Regarding the OnePlus 15s, it would still be similar to the OnePlus 15T with a market share in India anyway. Instead of launching two similar smartphones, the company thought to do away with one completely. It’s not certain yet whether the 15T will launch outside China.
Until the company confirms these details, we cannot fully believe the cancellation claims, but these are valid reasons for the OnePlus phones to not launch now.
Author:Obiajulum Ndubuisi
Obiajulum is a tech enthusiast passionate about writing. When she isn’t writing about gadgets, she will probably be playing badminton, watching a movie, or surfing the internet.
