r/homeassistant • u/frenck_nl Home Assistant Lead @ OHF • 18d ago

Release 2025.8: The summer of AI ☀️

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/08/06/release-20258/
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u/FalconSteve89 18d ago

This is neat, I just hope it makes HA better, Google Home has gotten worse

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u/zSprawl 17d ago

I really like HA's Voice Assistant PE using ChatGPT or Gemini as a backup to local intents.

The one tradeoff is the Echo and Google hardware (mics and speakers) are just better for cheaper. The HA PE is a step up over those ESP Atom things, but still, just a little background noise really throws the device off. Alexa ain't perfect, but normally you can yell loudly at her over everything to get what you want. HA doesn't work that way.