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 ...

Sick of waiting for Amazon to release a new Alexa that’s “supercharged” by generative AI? If you’re willing to go the DIY way, you can start controlling your smart home devices with an LLM-powered ...

Google Home and Alexa+ pushed me to abandon cloud voice assistants ...

There’s one big problem: Home Assistant doesn’t yet offer any hardware you can buy and put on your kitchen counter. That’s the gap a curious new project, Willow, aims to fill. It’s a project to ...

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 ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. This proof-of-concept video by Josh.ai shows how AI language models could finally make your smart home voice ...

I turned my smart speaker into a network management tool, and it's saved me hours ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. From smartphones and TVs to kitchen fridges, a wider array of tech than ever now comes with voice assistant integration as standard. Home ...

For many, the voice assistants are helpful listeners. Just shout to the void, and a timer will be set, or Led Zepplin will start playing. For some, the lack of flexibility and reliance on cloud ...