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TECHO5: Echo Show 5 as a Home Assistant satellite

Old Echo Show 5s, Dots and Spots reborn as local Home Assistant voice satellites.

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TECHO5: Echo Show 5 as a Home Assistant satellite
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By HuskerMinion (GitHub repository owner)

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Build sheet

Parts
Amazon Echo Show 5 (1st/2nd gen), Echo Dot 2, Echo Spot
AI model or service
On-device wake word plus Home Assistant Assist voice pipeline
Difficulty
Advanced

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Overview

Open firmware swaps Fire OS/Alexa for Alpine Linux, giving a local HA voice satellite with on-device wake word, a working screen, camera, Bluetooth and OTA updates.

How it works

Open firmware replaces Android and Alexa with a small Alpine Linux image and one Go daemon, giving on-device wake word, the touch screen, camera, Bluetooth and OTA updates.

Hardware

  • Amazon Echo Show 5 (1st/2nd gen)
  • Echo Dot 2
  • Echo Spot

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