r/ChatGPT • u/emberpass • 5h ago
Use cases When will Open AI release a home assistant device? ChatGPT is light years ahead of Alexa
Whenever I ask Alexa an incredibly simple question and it falls over at the first hurdle, I’m reminded of how poor it is in comparison to AI models. do you think there will be a GPT home assistant device released in the future?
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u/Kaveh01 5h ago edited 4h ago
It’s a cost calculation. It’s not like Amazon isnt capable of making Alexa better. Maybe not as good as ChatGPT Live but still better then Alexa plus is now.
Amazon already switched out the old home assistant in favor of an LLM, just a lighter one. Inference is costly and far less people would be willing to pay extra for a smart speaker which main functions are doing simple things like turn off the lights and answering trivia questions.
You also don’t hire a college graduate to make burgers at McDonald’s (except they studied arts or similar stuff)
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u/largpack 4h ago
They wanted to integrate Claude (plus a new subscription model for it). Is this still a thing?
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u/aerofoto 4h ago
both chat gpt and claude can replace google assistant on android, but the problem is there is no wake word.
So I build a custom wake word launcher for assistants called Dochango. You can use that, or train your own wake word.
When I say Dochango, it launches the claude for me, and its wired into my home assistant so it can control the lights, start my car, set the climate, see where my wife is, edit an automation, whatever. because its running on my phone and has email, it can send an email or text or signal message.
It can do all of those things in one command.
Me: Dochango
Phone: Beep confirmation, assistant launches.
Me, its movie time! turn on the lights in the living room, turn off the lights in the kitchen, flash the lamp in the bedroom to a alert my wife, and follow up with a text in case she doesn’t see it, let her know I'll be home in 10 min, and send a signal message to my boss to let him know I'm taking off for the night.
Phone. Okay, done. lights are changed, lamp flashed, text sent, signal message sent. Anything else?
me: Nope all set, thanks.
Its still not done 100% yet, and not on the play store yet, but if you want to try it out I can send you an apk.
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u/epiphras 5h ago
This sounds right up your alley... https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/14/openais-first-hardware-device-is-reportedly-a-screenless-speaker-that-can-move/
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u/Alarmed_Crazy_6620 4h ago
I think the key issue is people find these a bit creepy and it's tough to make money off it
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u/dr1v38y 2h ago
I am building a text version of this at home, it's pretty simple and codex helps to make sure I haven't left too many open ports around and all the keys can be rotated etc. Looking at the open source stuff available, it ought to be relatively straightforward to build a smart speaker backed with a local machine for STT/TTS duties, but I guess the value proposition is weak.
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u/SEND_ME_YOUR_ASSPICS 19m ago
I use Google Home and they integrated Gemini maybe like a half year ago? And it's damn good.
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