Credit: Lucas Gouveia / Android Police | Google Published May 15, 2026, 11:47 AM EDT Chandra Steele has been writing about tech for the entirety of her journalism career . She loves making tough topics easy to understand. Before joining Android Police, Chandra was senior features writer at PCMag where she did everything from interviewing Jeff Goldblum to explaining crypto.  Sign in to your Android Police account If you’ve been refreshing the Google Nest app over the past few hours, you should know that the problem does not lie with you. Downdetector shows that there are currently nearly 1,000 people reporting issues. The problem began with a single report at 3:41 am ET and just before 11 am ET has hit over 800. Credit: Downdetector The Nest status page tells a different story, stating, “Everything is running smoothly.” Credit: Google Issue extends throughout the US and into other countries Posts on Reddit tell a different story.…