Home Assistant Voice PE - First Look and Setup Walkthrough

Today, we are checking out the new Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition hardware. A new voice assistant that is not like any other. It is privacy focused, customizable and designed specifically for the Home Assistant ecosystem.

In this video, we’ll take a close look at the device, walk through the setup process with Home Assistant, and finish with some useful automations that you can use with the Home Assistant Voice.

WRITTEN GUIDE
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https://www.juanmtech.com/home-assistant-voice-pe-first-look-and-setup

DEVICES
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- Get the Home Assistant Voice PE: https://home-assistant.io/voice-pe
- Home Assistant Green: https://amzn.to/4gF9qeV

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DISCLAIMER
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TIMESTAMPS
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0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Unboxing & First look
1:44 - Set up
3:53 - Set up local voice pipeline
4:33 - Exposing entities to Voice Assist
5:28 - Set up Home Assistant Cloud with Voice Assist
6:48 - Overview of available entities for the Voice PE
7:57 - Voice PE Button actions automation
8:57 - Weather forecast automation
12:03 - Announce messages automation

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