Adding voice control, voice responses, and music playback (synchronized with other speaker types) hasn't been easy with Home Assistant. Today's video shows you how to get those features! I show you how to do it with the new ThirdReality Voice and Music Dev Edition, which is an open source smart speaker!
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I hope your Home Assistant voice control and your Home Assistant music playback experience just got a lot better! I have multiple of these V&M speakers around my home now and I'm loving them. They're not always perfect (nothing is), but the problems are easy to fix and I've helped you through any of the ones I've run into in my video today. If you need more help with how to play music in Home Assistant, check our Music Assistant (https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/music_assistant/). It's the best way to do it today. If you need more help with local voice assistants, check out this page: https://www.home-assistant.io/voice_control/
Timecodes for today's video:
00:00 - The Smart Speaker Home Assistant Users Have Been Waiting For
2:29 - How To Setup ThirdReality Voice and Music Dev Edition
7:56 - What Open Source Means To You
8:27 - See Me Control My Home With Voice
9:40 - How to Setup Local Voice Control With Home Assistant
14:18 - Local Voice Control Demos With Home Assistant
14:51 - What About Speaker Quality?
16:15 - How To Setup and Play Music With Home Assistant
19:04 - How To Get Better Music Options With Home Assistant (Music Assistant Setup)
23:46 - Music Playback Demos With Many V&M Speakers
24:18 - How To Synchronize These Speakers With Sonos or HomePods or Others!
26:42 - ThirdReality V&M and Sonos Synchronization Demo
27:54 - Add Dashboard Controls and Automations
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Thanks for watching, and Live Smart.
Brian
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