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Other small changes to 2024.11 notes (#35608)
Co-authored-by: Franck Nijhof <frenck@frenck.nl>
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@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ Lots of effort has gone into this new and amazing feature for this release:
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<center><p class='no-shadow'><img class="no-shadow" alt="Logo of WebRTC" src="/images/blog/2024-11/webrtc-logo-horiz-retro.png" /></p></center>
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Not sure [what WebRTC is]? No worries! Let us try to explain. If you are
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watching a camera in Home Assistant, you might have noticed it is something
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watching a camera in Home Assistant, you might have noticed it is sometimes
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a bit slow and delayed. WebRTC support is going to change that!
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Camera streams will now try to use WebRTC whenever possible.
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@ -175,14 +175,14 @@ instance and the camera you are trying to view.
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[The Open Home Foundation] will host the negotiating network infrastructure
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([STUN servers]) **for free for all Home Assistant users** and enable the
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capability to use WebRTC for peer-to-peer connections whenever possible.
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capability to use WebRTC for peer-to-peer connections whenever possible. If you are using Home Assistant OS or our containers, after you update this will automatically work out of the box.
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<center><p class='no-shadow'><img class="no-shadow" alt="Logo of the Open Home Foundation" src="https://www.openhomefoundation.org/assets/images/logo/open-home-foundation.svg" style="width: 90%" /></p></center>
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Sometimes, a direct connection between the client (like your browser
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or mobile app) and the camera is not possible; in those situations, the camera
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stream needs to be relayed by an external server. [Home Assistant Cloud] now
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provides this relay server, and it's **included as one of the many benefits**
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provides this relay server ([TURN server]), and it's **included as one of the many benefits**
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available to all subscribers!
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So, no matter where you are, you should always be able to watch your cameras
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@ -190,12 +190,11 @@ via this low-latency technology. If, for whatever reason, WebRTC is not
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available, it will fall back to using the old method of streaming to ensure
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you can always see your camera feeds.
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So, after reading all of this, what changed? Well, everything will still look
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and work the same, but your camera feeds will be faster, more responsive, and
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less delayed! 🎉
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So, after reading all of this, what changed? Well, camera feeds will do everything they did before, but will be faster, more responsive, and less delayed! 🎉
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[Home Assistant Cloud]: /cloud/
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[STUN servers]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STUN
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[TURN server]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traversal_Using_Relays_around_NAT
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[The Open Home Foundation]: https://www.openhomefoundation.org/
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[WebRTC is a standard]: https://webrtc.org/
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[what WebRTC is]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC
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@ -368,12 +367,11 @@ That's a pretty cool improvement. 😎
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## Voice
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Last year, 2023, was the [Year of the Voice] for Home Assistant. And while this
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year wasn't specifically dedicated to voice, everyone is still working hard
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year isn't specifically dedicated to voice, everyone is still working hard
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towards the goal of letting users control their homes with their voice in
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their own language.
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As you might have heard through many community channels 🕵️♀️, this will
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become a reality for everyone. We are working hard to get our Home Assistant
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As you might have heard through many community channels 🕵️♀️, we are working to make this a reality for everyone. We are hard at work getting our Home Assistant
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voice satellite hardware ready and available for selling and shipping! 🤗
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Stay tuned for more information on that soon!
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@ -384,11 +382,9 @@ Stay tuned for more information on that soon!
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One of the things we are working on is the Home Assistant intents. This is a
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way for a voice assistant to understand the intention behind your spoken
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sentence. This is a very crucial part of a local voice assistant.
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sentences. This is a very crucial part of a local voice assistant.
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In this release, we decided to align and combine the Canadian French and French
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languages, as they are very similar. This means Canadian French users are
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getting a ton of great new voice features!
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In this release, we decided to align and combine Canadian French and French languages for the time being. Though we understand it is a unique dialect, this is about giving Canadian French users a lot more voice features.
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@ -408,17 +404,16 @@ in our [developer documentation].
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### Join the Wake Word Collective
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Another essential part of voice is the Wake Word! And this is where **everyone**,
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no matter your skill level, can help out in just a minute of your time!
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no matter your skill level, can help out with just a minute of your time!
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Wake words are the words you say to wake up your voice assistant. For example,
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_"Hey Google"_ or _"Alexa"_. As we are building our own voice assistant with
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our own wake words, we need to train our models to recognize these words,
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regardless of your accent, language, gender, or age.
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So, get your whole home involved —🏠 Including your kids, your parents,
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friends and family! Take a minute to help us out by recording your voice
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So, get your whole home involved 🏠! Take a minute to help us out by recording your voice
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saying the wake word. It is super easy, and you can do it right from your
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browser, no need to install anything!
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browser or mobile, no need to install anything!
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[**Help us improve our wake words today! ❤️**](https://ohf-voice.github.io/wake-word-collective/)
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