[spike021]

>I struggle to think of use cases that have a meaningful effect on my lifestyle

My personal feeling about home assistants is that they aren't supposed to be "meaningful", at least not in any significant way. I recently bought a Google Home Mini and I only use it occasionally, but when I do it's very supplementary. Example being that I've been re-reading the Harry Potter books and I've come across British terms I didn't recognize, so I just ask the Mini what the term means and when it works (80% of the time, I'd say) it's pretty useful as a utility.

But I'm not going out of my way to use it in such a way that it replaces something significant in my life.