From our first peer-reviewed paper to the decisions behind our projects 🚀
Open Home Foundation researchers Annika Schulz and Idil Bostan unpack how research shapes everything we do.
For our May newsletter, we discuss research as an antidote to 'software brain'. ðŸ§
Plus learn about our new collaboration partner: OpenDisplay, choose from our list of community meetups, and much more 👇
As part of our commitment to building in the open, we’re proud to publish the foundation’s very first Annual Report for 2025 🎉
From structural changes to big projects, it gives a detailed look into who we are and how we operate, along with our wins of 2025 and what’s next!
Link below 🔗🧵
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We're thrilled to announce OpenDisplay as a new collaboration partner!
This open standard makes it easier than ever to build low-power smart home displays that don’t look like glaring screens. 😎
Discover why we think they’re a great fit for us in our recent blog!
As always, you can watch the full event here:
It's the April newsletter! This month, we reflect on an amazing State of the Open Home 2026, what it means to truly "Build in the open", and what's coming next. 🚀
Read on for roadmaps, RSS feeds, meetups and more! 👇
#Newsletter #SmartHome #HomeAssistant
"Choice" is one of the Open Home Foundation's three core principles.
And we believe you should be free to choose a voice assistant that actually speaks your language.
That's why we've released 23 text-to-speech datasets – free to use, for everyone.
From our first peer-reviewed paper to the decisions behind our projects: Open Home Foundation researchers Annika Schulz and Idil Bostan unpack how research shapes everything we do.
www.openhomefoundation.org
Let's hear it for our speakers! 🎤
The team covered how we're building in the open, what's next from our commercial partners, and a new roadmap that you can shape!
Thank you for joining us at State of the Open Home 2026. 🎉
#SmartHome #HomeAutomation #HomeAssistant #ESPHome #MusicAssistant
Discover how we use human-computer interaction research to help build smart homes that adapt to the people who use them, not the other way round.
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Pull up a chair, because the foundation's 2025 Annual Report is here and packed with a year's worth of growth, milestones, and building with our community.
Find out how we're bringing the versatility and practicality of e-paper to a wider audience by teaming up with our new collaboration partner, OpenDisplay.
www.openhomefoundation.org
Join the Open Home Foundation team and guests for the State of the Open Home 2026 livestream. It's our annual event where we celebrate our community, share s...
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We celebrate the people and passion that made this year's State of the Open Home so special: and share the event video so you can see for yourself!
Most voice assistants listen and respond in a handful of languages. Try to build one for your home that speaks your language, though, and you quickly run into a wall: the training data does not exist, or it is locked behind licences that make it unusable for open source projects.
