watching my niece discover voice assistants beyond alexa was pretty cool

had my 6 year old niece over this weekend and she got to try out my home assistant setup for teh first time. she's been used to just alexa at her parents place but when she said "hey nabu turn on the lights" and watched everything respond, you could literally see her brain connecting the dots that there are other options out there besides amazon's ecosystem. went from thinking alexa was the only way to control smart stuff to realizing there's a whole world of possibilities. felt good knowing she's learning early that we don't have to be locked into one company's vision of how our homes should work