Published Oct 22, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT

Anurag is an experienced journalist and author who’s been covering tech for the past 5 years, with a focus on Windows, Android, and Apple. He’s written for sites like Android Police, Neowin, Dexerto, and MakeTechEasier. Anurag’s always pumped about tech and loves getting his hands on the latest gadgets. When he's not procrastinating, you’ll probably find him catching the newest movies in theaters or scrolling through Twitter from his bed.

I already use a local LLM with Home Assistant to handle requests that its built-in voice commands don’t understand . Most of what I say still goes through regular intent matching, but having a model interpret more complex requests makes the setup much more convenient. I can phrase things naturally and have it select an existing routine without remembering the exact command.…