Fact · Voice and AI
Home Assistant says Home Assistant Cloud is an optional subscription that supplies the speech engines used by Assist, and that Home Assistant works fully without it.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Home Assistant Cloud is an optional subscription service ... the text-to-speech and speech-to-text engines used by Assist ... Home Assistant works fully without it.”
Home Assistant Cloud, Home Assistant project, Home Assistant, 2026, Opening paragraph.
Open the original- What it measures
- The cloud subscription supplies the speech services for Assist, and the rest of Home Assistant keeps running locally.
- What it does not show
- Describes the subscription as the project describes it on its page. Its price and included features are on the provider's site, which this guide does not quote.