I use the Google Assistant all the time. Setting timers, starting navigation when I hop on my motorcycle, setting reminders for things, having my phone call/text someone when my hands aren't free. My daughter uses the Google Home Max all the time, getting facts on the "animal of the day", getting it to play music for dance parties, hell, she even used it to "call Santa": it was "Santa" and he asked her questions to choose one thing or the other and they "wrote a song together" based on her answers.