[blue_cookeh]

> When I started to read through the non-cloud option, I saw some analog telephone and POTS modem requirements and my eyes glazed over.

Confused on that one.

You can expose Home Assistant to the internet (preferably using a reverse proxy like Traefik or Nginx, which is basically what your $6 gets you anyway) to make Google Assistant work properly with it.

[c0wb0yc0d3r]

They're talking about this: https://www.home-assistant.io/projects/worlds-most-private-v...