Is it possible for Automation to start Voice Assistant Conversations?

[celodnb (Carl)]

Reusing Google nest speakers for response, but with Assist microphones, TTS

Hi all, so on my quest to find ways to use Assist more and more to replace Google Assistant at home, I’ve been playing with a couple of ESP32 satellites, and a conference speaker at home. I can get these solutions to work mostly, but I can’t help thinking about reusing the existing Google nests I have around the house already (I have at least that I use currently for TTS, and general other stuff like playing music etc). I’m mostly thinking about this due to two reasons: E-waste - Don’t like th…