Home Assistant Podcast

Talking Nabu Casa, Future Plans and so much more with Paulus

Feb 22, 2024

Catch up with Paulus on the latest with Home Assistant and Nabu Casa, from smart home alliances to new hardware and AI integration. Reflecting on the Year of the Voice, CES experience, and future roadmap goals. Exploring job opportunities at Nabu Casa and alliances in smart home tech, with a focus on community building and inclusive contributions. Hardware development challenges and lessons, emphasizing quality hardware and community-driven technology accessibility.

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Quick takeaways

Enhancing AI capabilities with large language models for specific tasks within Home Assistant.

Future hardware plans focus on delivering top-performing devices with full control over the hardware stack.

Maintaining the unique and empowering Home Assistant community while improving accessibility and flexibility.

Deep dives

The Importance of AI in Home Assistant

AI is a hot topic and Home Assistant is looking to enhance its AI capabilities. There are plans to make it easier to run large language models inside Home Assistant, integrating AI agents to perform specific tasks within the platform while ensuring flexibility and scalability.

Introduction

2min

Technology Trends and Company Growth

7min

Managing Community Contributions and Internal Projects

3min

Exploring Job Opportunities at Nabocasso and Alliances in Smart Home Technology

15min

Discussing Sponsor Ad and CES Experience

5min

Reflections on Year of the Voice & Future Plans

21min

Hardware Development and Community Building in home assistant Project

6min

Paulus joins Rohan and Phil to catch up on what’s been happening with Home Assistant and Nabu Casa. From working with smart home alliances to the future of Home Assistant and Nabu Casa, this chat covered a lot of ground

Chapters

00:00 Intro

01:26 What is Nabu Casa up to

05:48 How is Nabu Casa going

09:44 Nabu Casa vs Open Source

14:07 Working with Smart Home Alliances

21:36 Open Source vs Closed Alliances

28:49 Paulus at CES

31:52 Was the Year of the Voice a Success

34:57 Local Wake Word Detection

38:56 Reflecting on the Year of the Voice

40:14 Raspberry 5 Support

42:31 AI For Home Assistant

47:55 Roadmap for Home Assistant

50:56 More Hardware for Nabu Casa

56:23 The Home Assistant Community

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