chiefgyk3d, 2 months ago

@PINE64 it depends on what the quality is like on the audio and if we can upgrade the internals as well

OrbitalDev, 7 months ago

@PINE64 It should be out-of-the-box compatible with Home Assistant Assist!

blub, 9 months ago

@PINE64 sounds like an alternative to espmuse luxe? #esp32 #raspiaudio

JosuGZ, 9 months ago

@PINE64 I want a wrist band or a smart watch, but that could be interesting, could it run some kind of AI asistant?

mechanlou, 9 months ago

@PINE64 I'd pay more for more quality

sod0, 9 months ago

@PINE64 I would rather have a more expensive one which sounds great and the Hardware to pair multiple to one mash with synchronised sound output.

jahway603, 9 months ago

@PINE64 add feature to shut off all the "smart" shit

geg2048, 9 months ago

@PINE64 @homeassistant
finally a hardware for #yearofvoice ?

Baggypants, 9 months ago

@PINE64 Make it like the alexa speakers and it will fit in with #homeassistant year of voice.

MyBeansAreBaked, 9 months ago

@PINE64 "smart" in what way? I have an airplay speaker which is great and I can use it from Linux, but not from android ): If there was some universally supported WiFi casting audio casting that would be nice

mariubrlu, 9 months ago

@PINE64 only if it doesn't have internet functionality. Everything offline, music, podcasts, data source.

ltlnx, 9 months ago

@PINE64 Depends on the sound quality. Also what makes a smart speaker "smart"?

*Edit: one of those ones with a mic and Wi-Fi? Then my answer is no, but we'll see :blackcat_11127:

baliceauxPelican, 9 months ago

@PINE64 if it looks good with some obvious pine64 branding and sounds half-decent, i might buy it.

alcinnz, 9 months ago

@PINE64 Doesn't really appeal to me, but I have been toying with a an auditory browser I might try running on such a smartspeaker...

But for homecontrol, I'm very happy with switches!

JayT, 9 months ago

@PINE64 How about a bit more, like $40 USD for something a little nicer?

webbureaucrat, 9 months ago

@PINE64 I said no. I'd rather see Pine64 focus on the projects it already has in the fire.

Darren, 9 months ago

@PINE64 yes. yes. yes. yes. yes.

davidak, 9 months ago

@PINE64 the mycroft smart speaker costs $399 and probably still can't work offline with competitive quality

they have 5.1 million dollar funding to make this product work, but i think still not succeed

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mycroft-ai-inc

so i think it's not possible for you to create a competetive product, that cheap

rather focus on ARM and RISC-V devices and simpler Open Hardware products

Nuldorv, 9 months ago

@PINE64 what's the point of a smart speaker to begin with? I never get why people would have something with the same functionality as their phones, but with the additional risk of a mic* listening to you 24/7.

*another mic, i mean, smartphones are already invasive enough

m3lang3, 9 months ago

@PINE64
How about an open source smart dongle with audio out to convert any arbitrary speaker into a smart speaker?

bradthornborrow, 9 months ago

@PINE64 $25 seems way too low for a quality device that doesn’t feel and sound cheap…

simonbp, 9 months ago

@PINE64 If the wifi driver exists at launch...

(Eyeing my Pinetab 2)

fmo, 9 months ago

@PINE64 As much as I'd like to see it, sound quality is more important to me than the smarts. Maybe I'm just not the right audiences

mousey, 9 months ago

@PINE64 still waiting for my Mycroft.ai to ship

stickyste, 9 months ago

@PINE64 @iskyd