Nest: Purple lights run, pulse or flash twice
Purple lights running left to right: Gemini for Home is thinking. Purple lights pulsing: it is responding. 4 purple lights that flash twice and fade: it understood your request but didn’t answer out loud (for example after you say “Next” while a song plays).
Applies to: Nest Audio with Gemini for Home. What you see: purple, spinning or running or pulsing (slow fade) or flashing or blinking.
What to do
Google Nest Help’s page gives no step for this light; the meaning above is all it says.
Source
Google Nest and Google Home’s own support page, read on the date shown.
- Google Nest Help: Learn about the lights on your speaker — Google Home Speaker, Google Nest Audio, Google Nest Mini (2nd gen), Google Home Mini (1st gen), Google Home Max and Google Home (a table per speaker). support.google.com Checked 2026-09-29.
The same colour on other speakers
Another maker’s speaker can use this colour for something else entirely.