It appears to me that the vision has transmuted into small Linux boxen running HomeAssistant and other services being accessible by any laptop, tablet, smartpho

It appears to me that the vision has transmuted into small Linux boxen running HomeAssistant and other services being accessible by any laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc around the home. Tip note: instead of chucking old (Android) smartphones in a drawer to be forgotten, update Chrome on them, configure WiFi and use them as general purpose thin-clients.