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OpenHome Abilities: The Ultimate Guide to Building Voice-First Applications

Transform your AI personalities from simple chatbots into powerful, extensible voice agents What if your AI personality could do more than just chat? What if it could check the weather, control...

ElevenLabs V3 Alpha: A Game-Changer for OpenHome Ability Developers?

ElevenLabs has unveiled Eleven V3 Alpha – their most emotionally rich and contextually aware voice synthesis model to date. For OpenHome developers building custom Abilities, this represents a massive leap forward in...

OpenHome Abilities Spotlight: NFL Draft Simulator

Experience the drama of draft night through your voice assistant The NFL season is back, and with it comes that familiar mix of hope, heartbreak, and endless second-guessing of your team's...

OpenHome Abilities Spotlight: Blackjack Basic Strategy Trainer

Perfect your card counting fundamentals through conversational voice practice. So you're sitting at a blackjack table, staring at your cards, and your brain just... freezes? You've staring down at 8-8 against...

OpenHome Abilities Spotlight: AI DJ

Ability Spotlight: Audius × OpenHome Stream any track with a single voice command Introduction — A New Era for Voice-Driven Music At OpenHome, our mission has always been simple: give every maker the...

Novi x OpenHome: Empowering the Next Generation of Voice AI Founders

OpenHome is partnering with Novi, the AI co-founder for entrepreneurs, to support OpenHome’s Voice AI developers in building conversational AI apps. Through this collaboration, developers in the OpenHome ecosystem will...

Audius x OpenHome: Introducing Decentralized Music for AI Smart Speakers

OpenHome is excited to announce that we’re partnering with decentralized music platform Audius to enable free music for AI smart speakers. Audius’ artist-first, decentralized streaming platform in combination OpenHome’s smart...

OpenHome at IVS2025: Showcasing the Future of Voice AI in Japan

Last week, the OpenHome team had the incredible opportunity to join IVS2025, Japan’s largest and most forward-thinking startup conference, held in Kyoto at the iconic Miyako Messe and ROHM Theatre. With...

2025 Benchmark Report: How Developer-Led Hardware Became the Launchpad for Billion-Dollar Platforms

From Apple’s bare-bones circuit board to Oculus’s Kickstarter headset, nearly every major consumer hardware breakout of the past 20 years started the same way: with a developer kit. In our...

OpenHome Abilities Spotlight: Aviation Weather

A closer look at what our aviation weather Voice AI ability does, how it works, and how to use it for real-time briefings. Pilots live in a world where weather decisions...

Top AI Tools for Music Creators in 2025 (And How To Train with YOUR vocals)

I produce original electronic music under the alias misterpeej and have been DJ-ing and producing for the past decade. AI in music can be a touchy subject—artists often push back...

Use-Case: The Future of Voice in AI Companionship

A New Age of AI Conversations The way we interact with technology is evolving. For years, we’ve relied on screens—typing messages, clicking buttons, and scrolling through endless content. But the future...