M5Stack Atom Echo Smart Speaker Dev Kit

I was looking for a voice controller for Home Assistant that does not data mine my conversations. This one is tiny, you press a button to speak, and it overall works well.

Works as it should. Very tiny sound

Funciona bien, sin embargo, el parlante suena muy bajo.

Hard to set up. Not a production item. A proof of concept toy at best.

Pretty neat little device. Used it with ESPhome and Home Assistant as a voice assistant. The only thing I wish it had was a better speaker. The built in one is pretty quiet and not very good quality wise, but the whole things like less than an inch long, so what do you expect?

Mainly bought this for use with Home Assistant/ESPHome. At max volume it's sounds like a whisper. What's the point of playing notifications/sounds if you can't hear them?

It works as is intended.My use was with home assistant. It works well but it doesn't perform super well if there is noise in tbe room.

Purchased three of these and could not get the microphone to work. Tried different Arduino files and HA voice assisttant firmware. No luck! The button, speaker and LED seem to respond correctly but there is no microphone functionality. Maybe the hardware information has changed or misleading, considering the two early feedback reviews!