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Home Assistant makes things far simpler. You have a single smart home hub that is capable of communicating with a huge range ...
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What would it be like to no longer have a voice assistant bound to a speaker and have it appear as a browser tab? Alexa has ...
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This time last year, I was about to move into a new house, and I made the decision to say goodbye to Google Assistant and hello to Amazon Alexa for all my smart home duties. Now, almost a year ...