Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition

Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition - Advanced audio processing that works in your home

 

Brings the ability to choose your voice

Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition is aopen source voice assistant privacy-focused, designed to seamlessly connect with Home Assistant and showcase the future of voice today. Its advanced audio processor and dual microphones allow it to hear your commands and control your devices. Tactile controls, a designer case, and an LED ring add a premium look and allow the device to blend into your home.

Note: Voice Preview Edition requires Home Assistant to function. Weaker Home Assistant hardware may result in slow speech processing. If you have lower-performance Home Assistant hardware, you should move speech processing to Home Assistant Cloud.

For more information, please visit the manufacturer's website -> https://home-assistant.io/voice-pe/

Device documentation -> https://voice-pe.home-assistant.io/

Multi-Room Audio: When plugged into speakers and paired with Music Assistant, you can synchronize audio across multiple Voice Preview Editions for a high-fidelity audio experience across your whole home.

Created for Home Assistant

The first voice hardware designed by the team that drives development Home Assistant and is built from the ground up to work with Home Assistant.

See the future of voice today

Home Assistant is rapidly improving its open source, privacy-focused voice assistant for the home.The Preview Edition was created to help more people get involved in the development and allow anyone to see the future of voice today.

The easiest way to get started with Assist

Just connect it to power USB-C(cable and power supply not included) and connects to Home Assistant using an intuitive installation wizard. No assembly required.

Advanced audio processing

Dual microphones and an XMOS sound processor filter out noise so your voice can be heard clearly.

Visual and audio feedback

A multi-colored LED ring displays when listening, adjusting volume levels, and more. Get sensor data, timers, and other feedback through the speaker. Connect an external speaker for media playback via its 3.5mm jack.

Physical controls

The rotary knob lets you control the volume and LED brightness, while the multifunction button can launch Assist or customize its function in Home Assistant.

Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition Extensibility

Built on ESPHome, sensors can be added via the Grove port.

Fully open and community-driven

Fully open source software, firmware, and hardware let you make it work the way you want. All supported by a dedicated community that customizes and adds features.

Private voice assistant

Pairing the Voice Preview Edition with Home Assistant's powerful hardware can allow it to run fully locally or offload its audio processing to the privacy-focused Home Assistant Cloud. It also includes a hardware mute switch that physically cuts power to the microphones.

Language support

Assist aims to support more languages than other voice assistants, but it's still a work in progress and Home Assistant needs your help. See supported languages in the Home Assistant documentation.

Specifications of Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition:

• SoC: ESP32-S3 SoC with 16 MB FLASH storage, 8 MB octal PSRAM
• Audio processing: XMOS XU316
• Includes: echo cancellation, static noise removal, auto gain control
• Power/data: USB-C, 5 V DC, 2 A
• Radio: 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0 Low Energy
• Audio output: 3.5 mm (⅛”) stereo headphone jack
• Digital-to-analog converter (DAC): TI AIC3202, 48 kHz sampling rate
• Physical Controls: Multi-purpose button, volume knob and other inputs, mute switch that physically cuts power to the microphone
• Microphone and Speaker: Internal speaker, Internal dual microphone array, Hardware mute switch, dedicated I2S lines for audio input and output
• Expandability: Grove port for connecting sensors or other accessories, easy opening – only screws to access internals, exposed pins on PCB
• Software: ESPHome pre-installed
• Fully open firmware for both ESP32 and XMOS chips
• Requirements: Home Assistant is already configured on another device. For fully local speech processing, it is recommended to have a Home Assistant system based on Intel N100 or higher. Lower hardware requires a subscription Home Assistant Cloud for optimal speech processing performance.
• Language support: See the Home Assistant Assist documentation for current list.
• Environmental conditions for operation: Indoor use only 0°C to 30°C
• Humidity: non-condensing, Keep in a dry, not excessively dusty environment as this may cause damage to the unit
• Dimensions & weight: 84x84x21 mm, 96 g | with box: 94x94x30 mm, 120g
• Material housing: injection-molded, polycarbonate plastic
• Colors: white and semi-transparent