Comment by ThrowawayTestr

4 days ago

After Google Assistant died I immediately installed Home Assistant on my old PC. Not as good, but at least it doesn't take 5 seconds to turn on a light like Gemini

Same here, Home Assistant is the one I'd keep if I dropped everything else. Mine talks to a wired automation system over the local network and runs the blinds, so a light switch never waits on someone's server.