[moreorless]

I get gizmos like this as gifts every now and then. I never bothered opening any of them up. What are some fun things that we can do with these things besides their intended use?

[harha]

Would be a fun open source project to find the cheapest board that can fit in the box, ideally take some components (speakers, WiFi) and have similar functionality like controlling music, home devices, setting timers. I’d try to contribute if anyone is working on topics like this.

[AsyncAwait]

There's https://mycroft.ai, https://www.home-assistant.io & probably others.

[harha]

Thanks for sharing, from a first glance I like how mycroft sells hardware to match the open source software, Will give it a try.

[quantummkv]

Smash them up as a sort of therapy when you get really frustrated and upload the video to youtube. You'll get rid of them and make some money as well

[moreorless]

Not a huge fan of Google.

[MarioMan]

They can work as decent networked audio playback devices even with mute switch physically disconnecting the microphone.