## 2024.5.0b5

- Voice-Assistant: Start-order change for VAD disabled: start va-pipeline when microphon… [esphome#6391](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/6391) by [@gnumpi](https://github.com/gnumpi)
- Add ANNOUNCING state to media_player. [esphome#6691](https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/6691) by [@gnumpi](https://github.com/gnumpi)