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Home Assistant does what Alexa and Google Home won't — and it costs almost nothing

Smart homes work better without Big Tech in the loop.
ZDNet

Move over, Alexa and HomeKit: A new Assistant is here to open source your smart home

It's no secret that the smart home world is dominated by Big Tech, with Amazon's Alexa leading the charge, closely followed by Google Home and Apple HomeKit. These popular automation systems aren't as ...
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Home Assistant's May update finally makes Alexa devices worth integrating, but there's a catch

Ever tried integrating Amazon’s Alexa devices into Home Assistant? You already know the pain — the integration was always a hit-or-miss gamble requiring Amazon Skills authentication hoops. Home ...
Ars Technica

Can you manage your house with a local, no-cloud voice assistant? Mostly, yes.

The leaders of Home Assistant declared 2023 the “Year of the Voice.” The goal was to let users of the DIY home automation platform “control Home Assistant in their own language.” It was a bold shot to ...
The Verge

You’ll soon be able to talk to Home Assistant without Google, Siri, or Alexa

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Home Assistant is getting a new voice assistant that takes on the “basics” of smart home control. It will be ...
The Verge

Amazon is set to supercharge Alexa with generative AI

Amazon’s Alexa is about to come out of its shell, and what emerges could be very interesting. At its fall hardware event Wednesday, the company revealed an all-new Alexa voice assistant powered by its ...