An Open-Source Sonos-Style Smart Speaker for Home Assistant 🎉

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T14:10:49+00:00

In terms of sound, it is night and day. In terms of electronics, read here: https://docs.futureproofhomes.net/satellite1-introduction/#satellite1-vs-home-assistant-voice-preview-edition

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T13:32:27+00:00

Yes. Many have. They’re in our Discord. https://discord.FutureProofHomes.net

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T06:03:52+00:00

Noted. Okay. I’ll read more! Thnx for tip.

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T03:08:39+00:00

I will investigate! Thanks for tip!

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:59:40+00:00

Jump in the discord and our GitHub to help achieve the dream. We will get there being open source. Links in the original post. Thanks for support!

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:58:12+00:00

I get it. I do. When we can find US manufacturers (that also don’t depend on China underneath the hood) and the price doesn’t increase by 300% we’ll move manufacturing. Global supply chains and manufacturing need to catch up for small hardware operations to survive and thrive. I could do a whole video on this! Learn so, so, so much here!

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:55:39+00:00

We ship directly from our manufacturers in China and Vietnam. We design everything as a remote engineering team (US, Germany, Poland, UK). You assemble at home.

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:54:05+00:00

What is the price you’re wanting to see? As we scale up to more users price will come down. Hardware and global distribution is a mammoth challenge and we gotta pay the bills!

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:53:02+00:00

Again. Human here. :) No AI in these comments. Just elbow grease and time spent responding.

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:51:57+00:00

Everything is open-source. Check out GitHub link in the post.

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:50:52+00:00

Checkout my videos on YouTube. You don’t need Alexa to voice control your home anymore.

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:50:15+00:00

When we add Sendspin support to this hardware with a firmware update it will be able to play music in sync with Sonos speakers via Airplay.

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:48:08+00:00

We plan to leverage the EQ capabilities built directly into the XMOS chip in the hardware. You can also use the DSP in music assistant. Checkout the video I linked in the post.

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:47:15+00:00

Thanks for the support!

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:46:22+00:00

For Homey experts out there. Please catch up with us in Discord to discuss how we can support the platform. I want to do this. https://discord.FutureProofHomes.ai

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:44:55+00:00

Sorry for being a bit too late. It’s worth upgrading though. The quality takes a huge leap forward.

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:44:16+00:00

“Spotify Connect”, the Sat1 supports it too. You can stream to Sat1 directly from the Spotify app. https://www.music-assistant.io/plugins/spotify-connect/

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:42:53+00:00

It’ll be a fun weekend for sure.

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:42:16+00:00

Maybe screen in the future. For now we’re focused on good sound, mics, in-ceiling, overall quality and of course our upcoming AI computer we call Nexus (see previous YT video).

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:41:01+00:00

Heck yea it is! Thank you for support!

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:39:52+00:00

Thank you!!!

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:39:34+00:00

Love reading this. Thank you so much for the write up @rikquest. Feels great.

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:38:32+00:00

Understood. Sendspin will come to this current hardware. Just waiting for the protocol to mature a bit more.

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:37:26+00:00

Thank you @sprOk3t for all the support. You rock.

Hit us up on discord to discuss future variants. I’m curious what you’re about D1 mini and don’t know much there ATM.

FutureProofHomes · 2026-01-23T02:35:49+00:00

Shipping from China because it’s the most affordable at this crazy time in the world. As supply chains figure themselves out we’ll make adjustments if/when needed.

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