Any experiences with a self-hosted assistant like the modern Google Assistant? Looking for something LLM-powered that is smarter than older assistants that would just try to call 3rd party tools directly and miss or misunderstand requests half of the time.

I’d like integration with a mobile app to use it from the phone and while driving. I see Home Assistant has an Android Auto integration. Has anyone used this, or another similar option? Any blatant limitations?

  • artyomEnglish
    2•7 hours ago

    Multi-billion dollar companies like Google and Apple can’t even figure this shit out, doubt some nerd is gonna do it for free.

    • Eager EagleOPEnglish
      6•7 hours ago
      1. They can and do; 2. LLMs can do tool calling just fine, even self-hosted ones.
      • artyomEnglish
        1•7 hours ago

        LOL they can’t even reliably turn the lights on, WTF are you talking about?

        • Eager EagleOPEnglish
          2•6 hours ago

          maybe last you tried it was over 6 months ago, maybe you’re using the old google assistant, or idk, but it definitely works for me

          • artyomEnglish
            2•6 hours ago

            Everything I’ve read says Gemini is like 10x worse than Google Assistant.