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Satellite 1: Voice assistant hardware beta (www.youtube.com)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by ikidd@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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This looks like a viable competitor to the recently announced HA Voice Preview hardware. Looks like it's sold out at this point but there will be more coming. More microphones, presence detection and a builtin amplifier to run fairly substantial speakers.

https://futureproofhomes.net/

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[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I watched the video thinking he had developed something similar and HA announced their's, so he has to announce his...

But, I see both products as options not competitors as such - both are non-corp, privacy-first, hackable devices - just pick the flavour you like

Nice

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

You're right, they are maybe different levels to a problem but not direct competitors. But I am sitting here deciding if I wait to see another round of this come out rather than buy a Voice Preview, so they are competitors to an extent. I want the mmwave and good voice control, as well as extra GPIO and a modular design, so I'm leaning toward waiting and not spending money on the Nabu Casa version. I support them in other ways so I don't feel guilty.