Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa have received terrible news in recent months, as the former has suffered significant layoffs and the latter has seen Google shift its attention away from it.

Now, if a project from the team behind Home Assistant succeeds, there could finally be a local-only voice assistant on the future.

The Assistant has received decreasing amounts of attention from Google over the last year. As previously described by our Abner Li, the business reduced some Assistant

Drive Mode and Memory. Meanwhile, a study indicated that despite having over 70 million users, Amazon Alexa (and its gear) loses upwards of $10 billion annually.

For those who are new, Home Assistant is an open-source solution that allows you to operate smart home devices via your local network without relying on online services.

It supports a wide range of devices and offers comprehensive automation as well.

It supports a wide range of devices and offers comprehensive automation as well.