MiciMike will turn your Google Home Mini into a Home Assistant Voice Satellite

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Imre discusses his journey of transforming a Google Home Mini into a Home Assistant Voice Satellite through custom PCB design.

Imre is a Home Assistant user, who was frustrated with his Google Home mini, so he created a PCB that can turn your Google Home Mini into a Home Assistant Voice Satellite Watch this episode on YouTube Show notes for this episode are available at https://homeassistant.fm/HA235 Support the Podcast Get early-access to episodes and an ad-free feed by supporting our Patreon. https://homeassistant.fm/patreon Share your story We wouldn't be able to do this podcast without community members and home automation enthusiasts sharing their stories. To register your interest to come share your home automation journey, head over to homeassistant.fm and click share your story . Chapters 00:00:00 - Welcome & sponsors 00:02:30 - Imi’s smart home origin 00:05:00 - Lights first, then sensors 00:07:30 - Heating logic in Node-RED 00:10:00 - Room presence tactics 00:12:30 - Millimeter wave realities 00:15:00 - Cameras, alarms, UniFi 00:17:30 - Notifications via Telegram 00:20:00 - AI greetings at the door 00:22:30 - Protocols: Zigbee to Matter 00:25:00 - Wi‑Fi at scale pitfalls 00:28:30 - Voice stack & languages 00:31:30 - MickiMic: project intro 00:35:00 - Drop‑in PCB details 00:38:00 - HA…

People in this episode

Guest: Imre

Topics covered

• Google Home Mini
• Home Assistant
• Voice Satellite
• Home Automation
• PCB Design
• Smart Home

Keywords

• Google Home Mini
• Home Assistant
• Voice Satellite
• PCB
• Smart Home
• Home Automation
• Imre

Sponsors

Nabu Casa

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Home Assistant

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