Yeah. They did exactly that

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    9 months ago

    That’s where it does the voice processing.

    Yes that’s the stupid part.

    Doing that on-device would not only make the devices significantly more expensive, but they would also rapidly become outdated.

    Uhhhh no. For one that technology already exists on home assistant and can run on a raspberry pi. For another, Android devices already do that with apps like GBoard and Google Recorder.

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      9 months ago

      You can get a Pi that can do voice to text and NLP, maybe it can even do it with reasonable speed.

      You can get a Pi that is $35.

      But you won’t get a Pi that is $35 which can do voice to text and NLP with reasonable speed.

      When you say “Android devices” you’re talking about devices that are like, 5-10x the price of the nest mini. Of course they’re capable.

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        9 months ago

        you’re talking about devices that are like, 5-10x the price of the nest mini.

        Devices you already have and carry with you everywhere…?

        I mean if it’s really about money they could at least offer a “hub” of sorts as an optional accessory that other devices can talk to for local processing for a significantly improved experience, and if people don’t want to pay for it they can just not.