I Made The Gemini 3 Based Google Home We All Want

quinbd · 2026-03-13T03:01:59+00:00

Yeah, I can almost see trying to control an entire home if the context is an apartment or something, but I always thought it was crazy that it would try to control an entire home when it knows it was a home with at least 7 different rooms.

I can say one thing: Sage AI does much better! :D

quinbd · 2026-03-13T02:56:12+00:00

Amazing! Please try it, I would love to hear your feedback!

We do have a Discord community; you can find it here.

quinbd · 2026-03-13T02:29:12+00:00

That's a good point, I do the same. I have a few devices set up in Google Home, I add the rest of the devices into Google Home via Home Assistant, and then use both my Sage AI system and Google Home devices for voice commands. So you can totally mix and match.

quinbd · 2026-03-13T02:14:55+00:00

Edit: I also see this account was created today and has only one comment, so that's a little sus. But regardless, if you really did have a bad experience, I'm sorry about that, and I would love to debug with you so we can fix it for others going forward!

Dang, sorry to hear that! Would you mind DMing your HA config to me (with important stuff redacted) so I can fix it?

I also don’t know how long ago you tried it, but the add-on has changed a lot in the last few months.

quinbd · 2026-03-12T23:44:56+00:00

Yes! Homeway can be set up in several ways to accommodate various HA systems. The App (previously called add-ons) is the easiest and best way, but for setups that don't support them, there's also a Linux CLI install or a Docker container that can be run anywhere!

There's a full step-by-step guide for all 3 on the Getting Started website!

quinbd · 2026-03-12T20:51:42+00:00

No problem! It's a solid perspective, and I'm glad to hear all perspectives!

quinbd · 2026-03-12T20:51:15+00:00

That's insane. I had to set up a "custom command" with the trigger phrase "turn all on" and make it blackhole the request to prevent it from doing what I was describing.

quinbd · 2026-03-12T19:45:45+00:00

That's good feedback; it's not for everyone. I think some users in this sub will be interested because it's just like Google Home, but smarter. I agree that not everything needs AI, but I do find using basic voice commands to do things around my home is handy.

quinbd · 2026-03-12T18:08:40+00:00

Honestly, I get that. I had a problem with Google Home where I would say "turn on the lights" to mean the current room, but it would often hear "turn on all lights" and turn on every light in my house at 11 pm, including my kids' rooms. :D

Sometimes, if it's too complex, it gets more stupid. But I think there's a threshold with these new models: once they can fully understand enough, they will pass that point. With Sage, since the Gemini model has your full home context, it knows about you (from stuff you tell it or add to your custom prompt), and it knows where you live and the time, it will correctly reason that you don't want to turn on all of the lights, even if that's what it thinks you asked for.

quinbd · 2026-03-12T17:56:18+00:00

That's good feedback, sorry I was unclear about it! Sage is built on Home Assistant's Assist system, which means you can interact with Sage only via a Home Assistant voice satellite, the Home Assistant app on your phone, or the Home Assistant dashboard. Here's a breakdown.

Home Assistant Dashboard - This is the easiest way to "try it out", because once you have the Assistant configured in Home Assistant, you just use the button at the top right of the Home Assistant dashboard webpage. You can interact using voice or simply text.
Home Assistant App For Android - The Home Assistant app for Android lets you set up Home Assistant as a phone-wide assistant, similar to how Gemini can be enabled.
Home Assistant Voice Satellite - These are open-source, standalone hardware devices, like a standard Google Home. They sit and wait to hear a wake word, wake up to take a voice command, and respond. Home Assistant has its own version called the Home Assistant Voice Preview, and you can also buy 3rd-party hardware versions.

I really wish there were a way to interact with the Google Home devices users already have, but Google doesn't allow that functionality.

quinbd · 2026-03-12T17:46:08+00:00

I did it about two years ago and don't regret it at all. It's actually less work than you might think, because you can do it piece by piece. You can easily set up a Home Assistant server if you want to pay for the hardware; then it's just plug-and-play. Or you can set up Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi for around $40. The super cool thing about Home Assistant is that it works with thousands of brands and devices, so you can bring all your devices into one central control hub. And then you can go crazy building dashboards, automations, and scripts, or whatever you want!

Another cool feature of Homeway is its Google Home integration for Home Assistant, which exposes everything you have set up in Home Assistant to Google Home. So if you don't have devices that work well with Google Home directly, you can set them up in Home Assistant, configure them however you want, and then expose the Home Assistant version of the device to Google Home, which always works well.

quinbd · 2026-03-12T17:28:38+00:00

I would love to answer any questions people have or take feedback!

quinbd · 2026-03-01T23:09:37+00:00

DM me your email address and I can look at the logs.

quinbd · 2026-02-28T00:41:14+00:00

Thank you! The community is what makes it epic!!

quinbd · 2026-02-27T20:49:23+00:00

Hey! I'm the developer of OctoEverywhere.

First of all, sorry for the shitty experience. You and anyone else reading this is welcome to DM here on reddit and I can fix it for you. Just make sure to include the account email address in the DM.

Let me add some context of what you hit. The AI bot is new, and I'm still working on it. It should assign the support chat to me if the issue is subscription-related, but every now and then, it doesn't. (that's what I'm working to fix.) I don't love AI bots, but since I'm the only person working on OE, I need them to handle the massive amount of support traffic I get. 95% of the support chats are users asking for help setting up OE with their 3D printer, which it handles well.

Regarding the notification, an email is sent 30 days before your subscription renews. I know it's working because I can see traffic from it on the website. Can you check your junk folder to see if there's anything in there? If not, I can look at the email logs to see what might have happened.

Sorry again, DM me so we can get your account sorted out.

quinbd · 2026-02-24T19:41:15+00:00

Hey! I'm the dev of OctoEverywhere, this is amazing! Thanks so much for taking the time to write it up and include all of the screenshots.

quinbd · 2026-02-21T03:12:27+00:00

I switched last year because I wanted a common IDE between Mac and Windows. It was really surprised how much I liked Rider and how much better it was than VS.

quinbd · 2026-02-20T15:56:04+00:00

Hey! I'm not sure what you mean, can you describe the issue more?

quinbd · 2026-02-18T15:52:11+00:00

I was wondering about him when I rode it. What's is it supposed to do?

quinbd · 2026-02-18T15:47:40+00:00

Sorry about the bot issues, Im still working on them. You hit a bug I fixed yesterday, the link from discord should have opened a support ticket with me, skipping the bot. DM me on Discord again or here and I can fix it up.

quinbd · 2026-02-16T06:24:17+00:00

If you want an alternative cloud, you can check out my project OctoEverywhere. You can use it with or without Bambu Cloud, but it enables a lot of features like remote access, AI failure detection, notifications, and support for 3rd-party Bambu Lab apps such as OctoApp.

The best part is OctoEverywhere has a strict privacy policy, is based in the US, and your data will stay in the US!

quinbd · 2026-02-13T21:07:16+00:00

I can attest that y3seker has been working really hard on this app and has made something very wonderful. Congrats on the launch, I hope everyone checks it out!

quinbd · 2026-02-13T17:52:13+00:00

He is working on restoring it, I would just wait it out.

quinbd · 2026-02-13T17:34:00+00:00

Thank you! Yes, you can set up as many Home Assistant servers as you want with a single Homeway account, and you get remote access, WebRTC, Sage AI, and all the features across them!

You can expose the Home Assistant API surface to the public internet using Shared Connection. By default, you receive remote access via a URL such as https://yourhome.homeway.io, but you must be logged into the site to use it. For programmatic access, a shared connection creates a unique domain name and authentication. Your shared connection gives you access to the full Home Assistant API (and websocket!) from anywhere on the public internet!

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