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The MiciMike Home Mini Drop-In PCB is an open-source replacement mainboard designed to convert a 1st Gen Google Home Mini into a fully local, privacy-focused voice assistant running Home Assistant Voice . …
… My LLMs serve as the foundation of my HASS voice assistant pipeline While my old phone doubles as the voice satellite Starting with the workflow I rely on practically every day, I’ve got a local voice assistant that initiates audio processing once it hears a wake word, performs the necessary Home A… …
… That’s a rather low bar for a feature positioned as an upgrade to a voice assistant. Unlocking 1,000 queries a day requires a Google Home Premium subscription , which starts at $10 monthly or $100 annually. Local inference on a GPU-accelerated setup returns responses in a couple of seconds. …
… Related 4 Home Assistant add-ons I rely on more than any integration or automation These add-ons are the perfect companions for my smart home hub Home Assistant’s voice control provisions are just as amazing My custom AI pipeline works well on my outdated hardware Had I written this article last ye… …
… Or, you could take the easy path as I did by turning an old smartphone into a Home Assistant satellite . Thanks to a recent update to the Home Assistant Companion app, smartphones can listen for wake words and process voice commands locally. …
… See at Github Related I made my smart home even smarter with a couple of Home Assistant add-ons I now have a local AI chatbot that I can speak to.
… Related I revived my old Android phone by turning it into a better voice assistant than any smart speaker I've owned This free Home Assistant setup finally made my old Android phone useful again I've used the unofficial HA-MCP Server repo But there’s even an official MCP integration for Home Assist… …
… Home Assistant is still there for you and continues to run even during spotty WiFi or blackouts. Home Assistant is 100% local. Your voice commands, your automations, and your video history all stay on your hardware. …
… But that’s where custom voice pipelines come into the equation… My phone became a killer HASS control hub once I tossed custom assistants into the fray I went with local LLMs for a completely self-hosted setup As a Home Assistant tinkerer with a couple of years under my belt, I’ve already set up my… …
… Related Local LLMs changed how I use Home Assistant, and now my smart devices actually listen Local LLMs made my Home Assistant setup far more responsive than any app or integration Devices with batteries have always been a pain to troubleshoot As a tinkerer who’s a member of both the home lab and … …