Fact · Voice and AI
Home Assistant says that to run the whole local voice setup together, you need the Home Assistant Operating System running.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“For running all together, it needs to have the Home Assistant Operating System running.”
Installing a local Assist pipeline, Home Assistant project, Home Assistant, 2026, Prerequisites.
Open the original- What it measures
- The page's setup steps install the speech-to-text and text-to-speech services as apps, and it names Home Assistant OS as the platform for running them together.
- What it does not show
- A requirement the project states for the local setup in its documentation. Other installation types can run the same services separately.