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2024.5: Add section on ESPHome Assist audio improvements

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- [More features for our data tables](#more-features-for-our-data-tables)
- [Created helpers from automation editor](#created-helpers-from-automation-editor)
- [Lock feature for tile card](#lock-feature-for-tile-card)
- [Improved audio with ESPHome for Assist](#improved-audio-with-esphome-for-assist)
- [Other noteworthy changes](#other-noteworthy-changes)
- [New integrations](#new-integrations)
- [Integrations now available to set up from the UI](#integrations-now-available-to-set-up-from-the-ui)
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[@marcgeurts]: https://github.com/marcgeurts
## Improved audio with ESPHome for Assist
If you're familiar with [Assist], our private voice assistant, and are using
it on an [ESPHome-based device] (like an [ESP-S3-BOX-3] or the [ATOM Echo]),
chances are you have experienced one of the biggest barriers to date when it
comes to using it on a daily basis: chopped-off audio. 😞
More often than not, the responses sent to the voice assistant device were
missing a few parts, most notably at the beginning and the end of the audio.
This was very noticeable when the responses were short, such as asking how many
lights are on in a home or the room temperature.
In conjunction with [the latest release of ESPHome] (2024.4), we are bringing
a much improved and more reliable communication between [ESPHome] and
Home Assistant for transferring voice audio, guaranteeing no audio is lost in the process.
Hear the difference in this side-by-side comparison:
**TODO: Insert video**
In addition to updating to this release, be sure to update your ESPHome devices
to the latest version to benefit from this improvement.
[Assist]: /voice_control/
[ATOM Echo]: /voice_control/thirteen-usd-voice-remote/
[ESP-S3-BOX-3]: /voice_control/s3_box_voice_assistant/
[ESPHome-based device]: https://esphome.io/projects/
[ESPHome]: https://esphome.io/
[the latest release of ESPHome]: https://esphome.io/changelog/2024.4.0.html
[to the latest version]: https://esphome.io/changelog/2024.4.0.html
## Other noteworthy changes
There are many more improvements in this release; here are some of the other