Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition
The official Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition - £59 voice satellite with wake-word detection, microphone array, on-device LED feedback.
4.0 / 5
★★★★★ ★★★★★ Highly recommended
Strengths
- First-party official Home Assistant satellite - tight integration with HA Assist
- Compact size (about the size of an Echo Dot)
- On-device LED feedback for command + listening states
Watch outs
- Limited mic array (2 mics) vs 5-7 on Amazon Echo / Google Nest Hub
- No on-device speaker option - relies on a separate speaker or media-player target
- Requires HA setup before it's usable - no app-only flow
£59
Typical price - check Pimoroni / Nabu Casa shop for live pricing.
- Wake-word On-device (Wyoming protocol)
- Microphones 2-mic linear array
- Connectivity Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz, Bluetooth LE
- Power USB-C (5V)
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By Editorial team1 min read
- Wake-word
- On-device (Wyoming protocol)
- Microphones
- 2-mic linear array
- Connectivity
- Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz, Bluetooth LE
- Power
- USB-C (5V)
- Size
- ~80mm cube
- LED ring
- 12 RGB LEDs for feedback
- Open source
- Yes (firmware + schematics)