Do YouTubers actually use the things they promote?

Home Assistant just launched Voice, a little $59 privacy-conscious smart speaker.

But will I actually use it? Do I still use the other things I talked about this year? Let's take a look at the Voice, and do a little retrospective...

- Home Assistant Voice: https://home-assistant.io/voice-pe
- Announcement livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgoaoTpIhm8
- Geerling Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering
- Level 2 Jeff (2nd Channel): https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff
- Veritasium's video on Clickbait: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xHZPH5Sng
- Arm NAS build: https://github.com/geerlingguy/arm-nas
- Pico Micro Mac: https://jcm-1.com/product/picomicromac/
- Ubo Pod: https://www.getubo.com
- LocalDeck: https://www.mylocalbytes.com/products/localdeck
- Upgrading the HA Yellow to CM5: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/home-assistant-yellow-instant-2x-iot-speedup-cm5

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Note: Nabu Casa sent me the Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition hardware that I tested in this video. They did not pay for the video, or have any input in the contents of the video.

Contents:

00:00 - A bit of a different video
01:37 - Home Assistant Voice (Preview Edition)
02:43 - Will I actually use it?
03:09 - CM4 to CM5 makes local voice usable
04:35 - HA Voice Hardware Overview
05:26 - Do I still use the best things from 2024?
05:38 - Ultimate Pi 5 NAS
06:45 - Apple TV Replacement
09:10 - CM5 changes EVERYTHING
11:01 - Is Raspberry Pi the villian?
14:40 - More beginner videos?
16:22 - Looking forward
17:38 - Oh yeah, how much is Voice (Preview Edition)
18:01 - Bloopers (watch to the end...)