Ideally what im looking for is something like a nest hub but without any built in assistant. I was thinking about buying a cheap tablet and keeping it on a dock or making something custom with a raspi but im curious if anyone has found an off the shelf alternative?
Pi’s are very hard to find these days. If you don’t want to go full DIY assembly and service setup, then best bet would be a cheap android tablet, maybe rooted with LineageOS if you really don’t want an assistant and no tracking, then just use the homeassistant app as a dashboard on it. You can buy a 90 degree power cable so that it isn’t too noticable or even a flexible Qi charger adapter and put the charger hidden in a mounting bracket behind it.
I have a few leftover pis from other projects but its looking like a tablet will probably be the easiest/most elegant solution. I hadnt heard of lineagOS ill take a look into that thanks!