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The era of open voice assistants

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878 points _Microft | 1 comments | 20 Dec 24 00:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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ragmondo ◴[20 Dec 24 13:39 UTC] No.42470962[source]▶
My plea / request : Make a home assistant a DROP IN replacement for a standard light switch. It has power, its adds functionality from the get-go (smart lighting), it’s placed in a convenient position for the room and no extra wires etc required.
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1. sirtaj ◴[20 Dec 24 16:04 UTC] No.42472237[source]▶
The now 8-year-old blog post titled "Perfect Home Automation"[1] on the HA website agrees with you from the first heading, and is borne out by my personal experience too. Nobody in your house should need to retrain to do things they are already doing.

1. https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2016/01/19/perfect-home-a...