HomeBuddy for HomeAssistant
Smart-glasses home control
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
HomeBuddy is a fast, private, voice-powered companion for controlling your smart home through the open-source Home Assistant platform.
Use natural voice commands to control lights, switches, sensors, scripts, cameras, and more from your iPhone, Apple Watch, Even Realities G1 smart glasses, or Halliday glasses.
Built for speed, simplicity, and privacy, HomeBuddy can process commands locally or through your own Home Assistant setup. No cloud AI account is required.
Key Features:
• Seamless Home Assistant integration
• Hands-free smart home control with natural voice commands
• Support for iPhone, Apple Watch, Even Realities G1, and Halliday glasses
• Local command processing support
• Home Assistant AI Agent support
• Private by design, with no required HomeBuddy account
• Apple Watch experience optimized for quick access and Digital Crown navigation
• Smart glasses support for controlling your home from your wearable display
• Import and export settings for easier setup across devices
• Clean, focused interface designed for everyday smart home control
HomeBuddy gives you flexible control over your smart environment without unnecessary accounts, distractions, or lock-in.
more - Added a step-by-step setup tutorial for connecting Home Assistant and supported glasses, downloading voice models, and creating offline commands. Available on first launch and from General Settings.
- Improved Apple Watch gesture recognition with support for diagonal lines and more reliable matching of multi-stroke patterns.
4.3.1 Oct 12
• Added a downloadable Greek voice model for offline commands. Recognition now loads commands matching the selected Greek or English model.
• Offline recognition updates automatically when commands are added, edited, or deleted.
• Added optional alphabetical sorting to the saved commands list.
• Fixed entity preselection when editing a saved command.
4.2.2 Sep 17
Improved automatic reconnection for Halliday G1 and Even Realities G2 glasses after extended disconnections or time out of range.
Improved G2 Stealth Mode reliability and connectivity with the HomeBuddy Even Hub plugin while HomeBuddy runs in the background.
Fixed crashes related to duplicate Home Assistant entities and concurrent data updates.
Additional performance and stability improvements.
4.2.0 Sep 14
Fixed crashes caused by duplicate Home Assistant entities.
Improved Home Assistant stability and responsiveness when device states update.
4.1.6 Sep 7
• Added improved Soniox error handling and connection recovery for the Proactive AI pipeline.
• Added support for Proactive AI conversation analysis, including summaries, key moments, displayed insights, and potentially missed insights.
4.1.5 Sep 5
Faster microphone detection with the new HomeBuddy firmware for Halliday.
Added the ability to pair Halliday glasses directly from the HomeBuddy app.
Added the ability to change the Halliday device name.
Improved client-side audio processing on Halliday for more reliable voice recognition.
Expanded Halliday notification support with individual controls for popular apps.
Added Proactive AI for Halliday, providing real-time contextual insights directly on the glasses through your own locally hosted AI setup.
4.1.0 Sep 1
• Added HomeBuddy notifications for successful Home Assistant actions and entity status requests.
• Added downloadable offline voice-recognition models, reducing the initial app download size.
• Added selection and bulk deletion tools for captions and audio memos.
• Moved settings import and export to General Settings and expanded backups to include gestures and voice profiles.
• Improved Halliday initialization, device-status synchronization, microphone startup, Bluetooth reconnection, and offline-command accuracy.
• Fixed issues with Soniox translation and transcription, timer launching, repeated notifications, Home Assistant conversations, and WebSocket compatibility.
4.0.2 Aug 27
Introducing Apple Watch Gesture Mode: draw custom patterns on your Watch to trigger saved Home Assistant actions.
Create, manage, and preview gesture patterns directly from Watch Settings.
Gesture patterns are now included when exporting and importing HomeBuddy settings.
Improved pattern recognition for lines, shapes, nested patterns, and multi-stroke gestures.
Additional UI improvements and bug fixes.
4.0.0 Aug 22
Added Halliday Memory to track feature activity, offline commands, locations, and personal map notes privately on your device.
Fixed an issue where Halliday offline commands could fail to start Soniox translation or transcription.
Improved Halliday offline voice command response times with faster audio processing.
Enhanced connection handling and memory management for better long-term stability.
Additional performance improvements and bug fixes.
Fixed Home Assistant WebSocket connectivity with the latest Home Assistant versions, improving authentication, stability, and automatic reconnection.
3.3.5 Aug 7
Introducing Even Realities G2 Support
Connect and manage your Even Realities G2 glasses.
View battery, case, brightness, and charging information.
Configure brightness, Auto Brightness, and your Home Assistant dashboard.
Run stored Home Assistant commands using Hey Even.
New Stealth Mode works alongside the official Even Realities app.
Improved offline command accuracy to reduce accidental activations.
Additional Bluetooth, stability, and UI improvements.
3.3.0 Jul 17
Your voice. Your commands.
Voice Profiles use on-device speaker detection to recognize your voice directly on your device, helping ensure commands come from you while keeping your voice data private.
3.0.0 Jul 10
Added support for changing Halliday glasses’ temple control settings from the app.
The Watch app now lets you change headphone mode and temple control settings directly from your watch.
2.8.5 Jul 7
This update adds new ways to control your Halliday Glasses directly from your devices.
You can now use your phone as a trackpad to navigate the Halliday Glasses menu more easily.
We’ve also added support for using your Apple Watch as a trackpad when your Halliday Glasses are paired with the iOS app.
Translation and transcription can now be started directly from your Halliday Glasses when Soniox Flow is enabled.
These improvements make navigation, translation, and transcription smoother, faster, and more convenient across your Halliday setup.
2.8.2 Jul 2
This update adds more control over your Home Assistant automations, improves real-time voice processing with the latest Soniox model, adds Soniox speaker separation, and includes minor UI fixes for a smoother experience.
2.8.0 Jun 27
Improved the Halliday and Home Assistant experience with cleaner, more user-friendly screens.
What’s new:
- Refined Halliday screens for captions, reminders, cheatsheets, audio memos, and display settings.
- Added clearer preview, export, and close actions across popups.
- Improved Home Assistant navigation and settings flow.
- Restored automatic glasses reconnection on app launch when a linked device is selected.
- Added confirmation before deleting stored Home Assistant commands.
- Fixed minor UI issues and improved overall stability.
2.7.6 Jun 20
Reorganized settings into clearer sections: General settings are now separated from Home Assistant settings.
Added encrypted HomeBuddy .hbs backup files for exporting and importing Home Assistant, Soniox, and glasses command settings.
You can now open ".hbs" backup files directly with HomeBuddy from Files, AirDrop, Mail, and other apps.
Refined the first-run permissions flow for a smoother setup experience on clean install.
Updated several UI screens with cleaner cards, improved popups, and better Home Assistant entity layouts.
Fixed stability and connection issues around glasses setup, Bluetooth startup, and Home Assistant refresh behavior.
2.7.5 Jun 18
Now using the latest Soniox model for better performance and accuracy.
2.7.1 Jun 11
Introducing offline voice commands for Halliday Glasses, making it easier to control key glasses settings with your voice.
Improved the Halliday setup experience with smoother Soniox configuration and command management.
Refined glasses connection reliability and dashboard behavior for a more seamless daily experience.
2.7.0 May 26
G1 translate/transcription with Soniox bug fix.
Fixed an issue that could occur when switching between different glasses.
Combined the G1 Glasses and Dashboard sections into a single, streamlined experience.
Added an indicator to show when the glasses are charging.
You can now configure the glasses dashboard even when you’re not wearing the glasses.
Improved background performance for real-time speech captions and translation.
2.6.5 May 22
Fixed an issue where element states on the Home Assistant view did not refresh correctly.
Added live camera input support for Home Assistant cameras.
Added camera controls for Tapo cameras.
Improved memory management for long translations and transcriptions from the glasses.
Made Soniox translation and transcription smoother.
2.6.0 May 8
Fixed bugs affecting Live Transcription and Translation.
Added a new Live Activity when the app is using Live Transcription or Translation in the background.
2.5.6 May 6
Soniox mode now supports translation and transcription for both Halliday and G1 glasses.
Translate from any language to your selected target language is now supported on G1 through Soniox.
Updated UI for a smoother experience.
Save translated or transcribed files for both Halliday and G1 glasses.
Added one-tap copy to clipboard for translated or transcribed text.
Added the ability to rename captured translation or transcription files.
2.5.5 May 5
Fixed a remote Home Assistant connectivity issue when using a cloud link.
UI bug fixes.
2.5.2 Apr 5
Added translation support for Halliday Glasses via the Soniox API: translate from any language into English, German, Greek, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Turkish, Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.
Minor bug fixes and performance improvements.
2.5.0 Apr 3
- Added a step-by-step setup tutorial for connecting Home Assistant and supported glasses, downloading voice models, and creating offline commands. Available on first launch and from General Settings.
- Improved Apple Watch gesture recognition with support for diagonal lines and more reliable matching of multi-stroke patterns.
more Version 4.3.1 Oct 12
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