Features: Supports local wake word detection Dual microphone array Provides audio volume control and hardware microphone mute buttons Default firmware supports Wyoming Satellite protocol For more info, please visit PineVoice wiki page: https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineVoice About: CPU: Bouffalo BL606P (1x T-Head C906@480 MHz, 1x T-Head E907@320MHz) Memory: 32 MiB pSRAM, 788KB SRAM Storage: 16 MiB Flash Wireless: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 5.x Dual-mode (BT+BLE) Package: Includes USB-A to USB-C power cable Dimension: 65mm x 65 mm x 66mm PLEASE NOTE The PineVoice still in early stage development cycle and may suffer on some performance issues such as wake word detection. Please refer to wiki page for regular firmware update Warranty: 30 days
If it keeps playback functionality only on LAN then it could be a good replacement for the Google Home units I have stashed around that constantly need to ping home even for basic local playback.
If you’re talking about Google Home Mini or Google Nest Mini, there is a project on GitHub which replaces the PCB with an open alternative. The boards for the Home Mini are in production right now and Nest Mini is going to be the next.
Ooh, outstanding - I searched recently for whether it was possible to flash open firmware and that seemed to be a bust, but I never thought about a board replacement!
Thanks for the link, I’ll be looking into this with great interest.
Edit: ah damn, just saw the price plus shipping to me, and it’s a fair bit more than buying complete package other options. It’s definitely an awesome initiative and this guy has done an admirable job, just might not be the best fit for me right now. I don’t want to contribute to hardware waste, so will keep running what I’ve got instead of buying brand new speakers, but will keep an eye on this project for sure.
That’s true, it’s not cheap. But I have a bunch of them in the house which work great as speakers, but I have trouble integrating them properly in Home Assistant. And there are hardly any alternatives in the same form factor.
Does yours even work? I have a Polk Google nest capable sound bar and like 4 of the small nest mini speakers and the groups have always inconsistently worked and overall it works like utter shit.
Yeah I’ve got two sitting around and they work pretty well, but I’m annoyed that they need WAN access to stay working for playing my local media. Would prefer a WAN blackout at the router level to make sure that the microphone off toggle doesn’t get “accidentally circumvented” by Google.
If it keeps playback functionality only on LAN then it could be a good replacement for the Google Home units I have stashed around that constantly need to ping home even for basic local playback.
If you’re talking about Google Home Mini or Google Nest Mini, there is a project on GitHub which replaces the PCB with an open alternative. The boards for the Home Mini are in production right now and Nest Mini is going to be the next.
Ooh, outstanding - I searched recently for whether it was possible to flash open firmware and that seemed to be a bust, but I never thought about a board replacement!
Thanks for the link, I’ll be looking into this with great interest.
Edit: ah damn, just saw the price plus shipping to me, and it’s a fair bit more than buying complete package other options. It’s definitely an awesome initiative and this guy has done an admirable job, just might not be the best fit for me right now. I don’t want to contribute to hardware waste, so will keep running what I’ve got instead of buying brand new speakers, but will keep an eye on this project for sure.
That’s true, it’s not cheap. But I have a bunch of them in the house which work great as speakers, but I have trouble integrating them properly in Home Assistant. And there are hardly any alternatives in the same form factor.
Does yours even work? I have a Polk Google nest capable sound bar and like 4 of the small nest mini speakers and the groups have always inconsistently worked and overall it works like utter shit.
Yeah I’ve got two sitting around and they work pretty well, but I’m annoyed that they need WAN access to stay working for playing my local media. Would prefer a WAN blackout at the router level to make sure that the microphone off toggle doesn’t get “accidentally circumvented” by Google.
My thoughts exactly. Is it a hardware switch, or a hardware switch that just sends a signal to a software switch… 🤔