Local voice assistants have a lot of appeal in the world of secure smart homes, but they often come with limitations. If you’re using a tool like Home Assistant to manage your smart home, you can ...

VoxCPM2 local AI text-to-speech generates custom human-like audio across 30 languages. Run this open-source voice model ...

Are cloud-based voice assistants doomed? That seems like an overly dramatic question to ask if you look at the current state of millions of users of Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, and Apple’s Siri, ...

The Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition represents a significant step forward in smart home automation, focusing on local voice control as an alternative to cloud-based systems. This open source ...

Smart home devices are already pretty handy thanks to their remote management tools, and voice assistants push their convenience to the next level. Google Home and Alexa+ are among the most common ...

Cierra is a contributing writer at XDA, with an extensive background in home networking, ISPs, and routers, and over five years of professional writing experience. Her work has been featured on CNET, ...