submitted 3 weeks ago by Squizzy@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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I am looking at getting the voice thing from nabu casa.

I have seen people mess witb nests and echos and similar products either through jailbreaking or full on board replacements and I am trying to pick a lane.

I just want to be able to do simple commands for now but if I got the premium it would sit in the comms cabinet floors away from me. Does it act as just a brain and I can attach any mic, echo, nest to the system after?

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[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I actually do have access to both I think, the nest requires a customboard but I can also get a the amazon echo show for cheap and it jailbreaks. But yeah definitely involved and not all that powerful

[-] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If you're targeting a compatible echo show (it's an older cheap one), the jailbreak is actually really easy, no custom boards or disassembly. The first might take you an hour to digest, but after that the process is 5 minutes and well documented on xda-developer forums. The hardest part is reading and then figuring out which echo show you have.

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