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I assume this is going to arrive at the solution of "Upgrade to Gemini-supported devices today!" Yeah, no thanks. I wish I could get Home Assistant working with my nest minis.
No need for this. A Z-Wave or Zigbee thermostat does the same thing.
I bought a Honeywell Z-Wave thermostat because I have a more complicated HVAC setup than the typical American home. It was one of the few I could find that was compliant with a home automation protocol that didn't require something that announced its existence to the Internet. It's been solidly reliable, replacing my dead Nest thermostat.
The thermostat:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HFL7R44
Not multistage, but it's a heat pump with auxiliary heat. I have multiple zones controlled by dampers, too, soni have two of these thermostats.
The Google Nest Mini is a smart speaker, not the smart thermostat with a similar name.
I know it's not the same, but my ecobee is fine and i think it avoids most mass surveillance stuff. They nuked the API but beetstat.io is cheap and nice.
The Nest Mini is not a thermostat.
If you want just a temp sensor https://apolloautomation.com/products/temp-1
I ended up picking up two of the Home Assistant Voice PE devices and I've been fairly happy with them. I even extended their firmware so I have a clock display on each with one being my bedroom alarm clock even. But even out of the box functionality, as long as you can either run faster-whisper on Home Assistant (or another box), or don't mind their lighter device-control-only route, is totally solid.
Plus music streaming to them (with an external speaker attached via the 3.5mm jack) is pretty good!
https://github.com/justLV/onju-voice
I have it set up fine?
I imagine more as in using them for local voice. Without that, it's still dependent on connecting HA to Google Home. And outside of a fairly expensive hardware replacement module it ends up being cheaper to go other routes.
Ahh I see. I've been meaning to try out building a local Assistant to replace my Google Homes with Home Assistant Voice for a while, just haven't tried it out yet.