• Home Assistant is now part of the Open Home Foundation, a non-profit aiming to fight against surveillance capitalism and offer privacy, choice, and sustainability.
  • The foundation will own and govern all Home Assistant entities, including the cloud, and has plans for new hardware and AI integration.
  • Home Assistant aims to become a mainstream smart home option with a focus on privacy and user control, while also expanding partnerships and certifications.
  • SpaceMan9000@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    The assistant in your phone is not the same as home assistant.

    Home assistant is mostly used to group all your smart home stuff and create automations.

    Being a technical person myself, most people I know want to try it but don’t have the use for it due to living in appartments.