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I've tried that, but I couldn't get it to work with the Android app as my instance is on HTTP as it's internal only. Think they solved that.
Also, I'm running the docker version, so can't install add-ons.
But, without Home Assistant Cloud, and without 3d printing / custom printing, the only hardware available for voice assist is the mobile app, right?
I have a Chromecast with remote, so could use Google Assistant, but I believe that requires HA Cloud.
/edit: just found this doc about GA + HA, it either requires HA Cloud, OR a publicly accessible HA instance with SSL. I have neither :D Will look into HA CLoud.
I agree! The pace things are moving has me very excited. I might need to brush the dust off my soldering iron so I can convert my 5+ nest speakers into something that is fully local and open source.
I'm surprised these things have been on the market for almost a decade now and nobody has really attempted or figured out how to crack them and put third party firmware on them.
A year or two back, I think I looked for information on them, and found a few people who disassembled them..... but, the hardware was pretty custom and specific for the application.
That being said, One of these days, I'll take apart one of the ones I have laying around here, and see if it might be possible to solder a esp32 somewhere on the board, to take control over some of the functionality.