@Future.Mirror
we had a good Google Assistant. the author left and took his modules w him
Amazon has killed software versions of an Alexa device
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/16069/alexa-implementations-now-more-difficult-and-some-features-will-stop-working
biggest thing is you cant access skills unless your ‘alexa device’ is certified., which sw only cannot be
since then they have frozen the sdk, dropped all support for hardware developers, …
there are some other voice interfaces, search the 3rd party list linked above with ‘voice’
but they are very limited in function. hide/show some modules., and voice reco is not particularly good
i wouldn’t call them assistants