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I gave up on Google for voice control, and my house got smarter instead of dumber

Local voice control cuts smart home response time from 5 seconds to 150ms ...
The Verge

Aqara’s smart home voice control system isn’t always listening

The Voice Mate H1 is triggered by being picked up and lets you command it with natural language. The company is also launching its first outdoor camera, with support for HomeKit Secure Video. The ...
Geeky Gadgets

Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition Review : The Future of Smart Homes?

The Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition represents a significant step forward in smart home automation, focusing on local voice control as an alternative to cloud-based systems. This open source ...
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 ...