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would be nicer if there was a cheaper / simpler alternative (offline voice recognition, just timers and clock, possibly weather)

but it's nice to use your voice so you don't contaminate your phone. (preparing chicken and such)

the kitchen is pretty much the only use-case for voice assistants imo.

If all you really need is a timer, you can just use a digital watch.

I don't worry about getting mine dirty because I just wash the watch when I watch my hands.

the timer getting dirty is not the only issue.

you don't always have hands free to fiddle with a watch.

more often than not, both hands are doing something, and setting a timer is... timely.

You don't need both hands free to set a watch's timer.

You can still hold something in the hand that the watch is strapped to.

you need a few fingers free to touch the watch on your wrist.

sometimes you're putting something in the oven, sometimes you're mixing something (holding the bowl and whip)

tons of instances where two hands are in use and voice commands help.