Build a Voice-Controlled Smart Home Hub with Xiaozhi ESP32 + Home Assistant
Connect an inexpensive Xiaozhi ESP32 voice device to open-source Home Assistant to control lights, AC and curtains by voice and define multi-device scenes like "going to bed".
CORE TOOLS
xiaozhi-esp32, Home Assistant, MCP
BEST FOR
Smart-home fans, makers, developers, multi-generation households
REQUIREMENTS
Comfort with dev boards; a device running Home Assistant
✦ WHY THIS WORKFLOW
Commercial smart speakers are closed and pricey. The open-source split of voice and device control lets you decide data flow and permissions at far lower cost.
You are a home voice hub. Parse the user utterance into JSON: {"intent":"control|scene|query","device":"entity name","action":"on|off|set","value":null,"confirm_needed":false}.
Rules: locks and gas are high risk so confirm_needed must be true; ask when a device name is unclear and never guess; only control these entities: [entity list].
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