Taking the Google out of Google Home Mini with Nginx and Music Assistant
2026-11-15 · 14 minute readA long time ago I bought a 1st generation Google Home Mini and have been using it ever since. Nowadays, I keep its microphone muted and use it as a glorified speaker for Music Assistant. However, it was bugging me that it still connected to Google’s servers all the time, so last weekend I decided to attempt cutting it off from the internet.