This is an exciting development. I hope they or someone eventually expands the line once it moves out of preview

For all the shit they deservedly get amazon, google, apple have kind of got the form factor down on this. I don’t want to have to connect an atom pc or home assistant box. I don’t want to have to connect speakers. I want a puck that has the requisite processing power and moderately okay sound quality so there’s not a bunch of garbage and cables shitting up my living room

Plus if I have a house with multiple rooms (which I do) I want to have the flexibility to buy a couple of these for coverage across areas. And in some of those areas it’s even less acceptable for all that mess. Voice control is most helpful in the kitchen; I can set timers, play music, increase lighting, etc while my hands are busy cooking. While I don’t mind that plastic box on my counter (or even something a bit larger) I very much mind a rats nest of cables connecting 2 boxes that don’t look alike and some computer speakers that don’t match at all or some bluetooth speaker or whatever

I’m sure that greatly increases the engineering burden though so we will see. It’s certainly beyond my pay grade to design such a thing but I would absolutely financially support them if they brought such a product to market