Build a LangChain voice agent using a sandwich-style pipeline, targeting 250–750 ms replies and VAD, so conversations stay smooth and clear.

Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition is a privacy-focused voice control device for your smart home that can work without an internet connection. (And has some cool wake words). Home Assistant Voice ...

Studies have long shown that men are more likely to interrupt, particularly when speaking with women. New research by Johns Hopkins engineers reveals that this behavior also extends to AI-powered ...

Home Assistant announced today the availability of the Voice Preview Edition, its own design of a living-room-friendly box to offer voice assistance with home automation. Having used it for a few ...

The Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition represents a significant step forward in smart home automation, focusing on local voice control as an alternative to cloud-based systems. This open source ...

There’s one big problem: Home Assistant doesn’t yet offer any hardware you can buy and put on your kitchen counter. That’s the gap a curious new project, Willow, aims to fill. It’s a project to ...

Tesla is preparing to launch its own in-car voice assistant, according to information in the source code of the latest update. For a few years now, Elon Musk has been talking about Tesla having its ...

The Google Assistant wind down on mobile continues with Gboard rebranding “Assistant voice typing” on the Pixel to just “Advanced features.” Going to Gboard Settings > Voice typing on Pixel reveals ...

For many, the voice assistants are helpful listeners. Just shout to the void, and a timer will be set, or Led Zepplin will start playing. For some, the lack of flexibility and reliance on cloud ...

Chicago, Dec. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global voice assistant market was valued at US$ 7.08 billion in 2024 and is projected to surpass market valuation of US$ 59.9 billion by 2033 at a CAGR ...

We didn’t get a real update about Gemini on smart speakers and display at I/O 2025 last week, but Google Home recently added a new “Voice assistant experiments” setting for it. Since testing got ...