Hack your old Google Home Mini into a Home Assistant-ready offline smart speaker with this DIY kit

You can now order an $85 kit to convert your Google Home Mini into a Home Assistant-compatible offline smart speaker.
CNX Software

MiciMike’s open-source drop-in PCB converts Google Home Mini into a local voice assistant (Crowdfunding)

The MiciMike Home Mini Drop-In PCB is an open-source replacement mainboard designed to convert a 1st Gen Google Home Mini ...

Google Wants To Speed Up Your Smart Home

Google Home gets a major speed boost... the latest "Gemini for Home" update cuts response times by 1.5 seconds and fixes ...

Cryptic Google Home warning has users worried about losing key smart home features (Update)

Why have some Google Home users started getting messages about phone actions and automations disappearing the first week of ...
Liliputing

Bring Home Assistant to a Google Home Mini with this $85 drop-in board (open hardware)

Enter the MiciMike Home Mini Drop-in Board. It’s a drop-in replacement for the original Google Home Mini printed circuit board that fits inside the case and works with the same speaker hardware. But ...

Your Google TV experience is about to get chaotic with a dedicated YouTube Shorts feed

The latest Google TV update brings YouTube Shorts to the home screen this summer via a new "Short videos for you" row, with ...
CNET

6 Hacks to Make Nest and Google Devices the Most Useful Things in Your Home

These tricks and settings tips helped reinvent how I used my Google devices. Here's how they could help you, too. Tyler Lacoma Editor / Home Security and Smart Home Tyler has worked on, lived with and ...