> 1. If you can make voice assistant software open-source and plug-and-play, then it frees people up to tinker with form factors For what it's worth, Google As

> 1. If you can make voice assistant software open-source and plug-and-play, then it frees people up to tinker with form factors For what it's worth, Google Assistant does have an open API to create new devices. It's not open source, but you can certainly experiment with your own custom form factors. There's even a tutorial: https://medium.com/google-cloud/how-to-build-your-own-smart-speaker-google-assistant-google-cloud-actions-on-google-and-eec1169d9435 https://medium.com/google-cloud/how-to-build-your-own-smart-...