Google Home Speaker downloads hundreds of gigabytes in the background

Owners of the new Google Home Speaker report massive background downloads: one unit pulled 17 GB in 24 hours and 132 GB over 30 days. Google acknowledged the issue and said it is working on a fix.

• One speaker downloaded 17 GB in a day and 132 GB in 30 days
• A single 9.99 GB download occurred at 3 a.m. PT
• The same unit pulled 41 GB on October 13
• The issue may stem from failed firmware download attempts