Any Great Breakthroughs In Cooking Timer Technology?

[Sarcany]

Thrift Store Scott wrote:
[quote=Sarcany]
I use an Amazon Echo Dot.

"Set a 10 minute potato timer."
"Set a 30 minute casserole timer."
"Cancel the casserole timer."
"Set a 5 minute egg timer."

Voice commands are pretty useful in the kitchen.

That's convenient timer functionality, but I'd rather not voluntarily bring listening devices with God-only-knows who on the other end into my home just to time how long my vermicelli cooks.
What do you do in the kitchen that's so sensitive?