[FR] Add support for Wake Words in Companion app/on Android devices

[AleXSR700]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

When an Android phone or tablet is not reachable but is within hearing range, text commands cannot be sent to the assistant, but using Wake Words, it would be possible to send commands even without physicially accessing the devices.

Describe the solution you'd like

Implement support for wake words, e.g. using OpenWakeWords.

Describe alternatives you've considered, if any

None available

Additional context

Maybe, but this would need to be tested, this feature would even allow Android TV devices to act as control centers using voices (since the UI does not fully work on Android TV or rather, it is extremly difficult to navigate without a mouse).

[HarryBak]

Anyone got any insights on limitations here? I'm extremely interested in helping move this forward.

[borgqueenx]

Hope this can be added soon...would be excellent to control our home with voice using the companion app.

[Hadatko]

+1 My device is waiting for this feature. Meantime i use atom echo device.

[AleXSR700]

Any information if this will make it into the app, say, in the next 6 months?

[jaecktec]

It's an open source project - if it's urgent you can propose a PR :)

I found this as a technical demonstration:
https://github.com/tuckercr/wakewordapp

[AleXSR700]

It's an open source project - if it's urgent you can propose a PR :)

I found this as a technical demonstration:
https://github.com/tuckercr/wakewordapp

If I could, I would ;-)

Unfortunately, in this case, I am not a programmer :-(

[AleXSR700]

Friendly push :)

[kushalgoaten]

how do i vote for this?

[SmoochSmackers]

IDK exactly what qualifies as voting for this, but this would be amazing!

Never could get the termux method working on my phone, so currently I am having to use hassmic to constantly stream my phone's audio to my HA server, which isn't the best for battery life and is wildly inefficient, but credit to hassmic since it does work.

[pilot51]

@kushalgoaten @SmoochSmackers Vote for it with the 👍 reaction.

[AleXSR700]

@kushalgoaten @SmoochSmackers Vote for it with the 👍 reaction.

In the first post, for those confused ;)

[rsmanning]

It seems like a no-brainer to and this considering there big push for AI functionality in-home assistant. The only thing I can think of is they're trying to sell more of their voice assistant boxes.

[tron1point0]

Those are static base stations; I'm not taking one with me to the store.