I've been doing home automation for awhile now. Voice assistant is never anything I would consider. What problem does it solve that a button doesn't do with less hassle?
Also, note automation. The whole point is for the house to do its thing with minimal interaction based on triggers and states. Everyone leaves? Turn off the lights, lock the doors, turn down the heat. TV comes on after dusk? Dim the living room lights if they are on. Going down the basement stairs? Turn on the lights. Cat just used the litter box? Turn on the hepa filter for a bit.
What problem does it solve that a button doesn’t do with less hassle?
I'd sure like to know how you got your automation to function 100% perfectly based on simple triggers and states.
TV comes on after dusk?
What if the TV comes on in the late afternoon and normally its bright enough that it needs to close the drapes but today it's cloudy so you'd like them to be open instead so the room isn't pitch black? Or maybe you'd like to watch the backyard for some reason?
"House...open the living room drapes."
There's ALWAYS edge cases where Voice Control is useful to backstop "dumb" automatons built on triggers and states.
This is exactly me. I use voice command for the laziness feature. I don't often have my phone right at hand. And I just need to turn the lights up to 100%.