Using my phone or any of the 11 Google's in the house, two outside of the house my husband or I can just say "hey Google add pickles to the shopping list". Of course this can also be done with our cell phones. It's convenient to be able to do it this way rather than make a trip to the kitchen to write it on a notepad on the fridge or make sure your phone is in your hand. Laying in bed? Just tell Google to add pickles to the shopping list. In the bathroom? in the bathtub/ shower? Cooking dinner? Watching TV? Brushing the dog? Cleaning house? Just say hey Google add pickles to the shopping list. Or hey Google remind me to call Mom at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. Or hey Google remind me to make a doctor's appointment tomorrow at 1:00 p.m., etc. It just doesn't get any more simple. Google can turn smart lights on and off or set them to come on at a predetermined time. Google can automatically turn on lights when you get close to home. Google reminds me at 6:00 p.m. to feed the dogs and take my medicine. In other words Google keeps me on track. It also works with smart appliances. If I was in Hong Kong I would know when my washer or dryer was finished. Google tells me when the food is ready in my air fryer. I can set the one up next to my bed to wake me to my favorite music and or tell me the news and weather. Speaking of weather, it can tell me what the temperature is what the humidity is and what the chances of rain are. The last one is a little hit and miss. Google can tell me what the temperature and humidity and rain chances are all over the globe. I can get air quality information. Airline flight times, cancellations. Traffic information. How long it takes to get from point A to point B. She remembers birthdays that you've told her to remember or that are on your calendar. She could start your coffee maker before you ever get up if it's plugged into a smart plug.
If you use Alexa instead of Google. I'm pretty sure she can do the same things.
The Google Assistant, yeah your phone or a Google device, can be as helpful as you need or want it to be.
Oh, and if you have a music streaming subscription it can play all your music. If you have your own playlist it plays that too.
So excited to see if Google has any new home devices at CES this month in Vegas.
I hope this was helpful. I don't use pencil and paper for any kind of list or tasks. It's all done on my phone and all my Google devices.