Hands-free cook mode
Step-by-step cook mode is free for everyone. Say the wake word and it goes hands-free: next step, repeat that, start the timer — and a screen that never dims mid-recipe.
The wake word comes first, then one short phrase. It listens between commands rather than for a button, so nothing needs a clean fingertip.
A phone that sleeps at the wrong moment is why most people cook from a laptop propped against a bowl. Cook mode holds a screen wake lock for as long as the recipe is open, then releases it.
A step that says "simmer for 12 minutes" offers a 12-minute timer named after that step, so three running at once are still telling you which is which.
Keep users moving from Google into a real cooking action: chat, browse, save, or cook.
No. Once cook mode is open and listening, the wake word plus a command moves through the whole recipe. You need your hands for the first tap and nothing after that.
Because a recipe step that begins "Next, add the onions" would otherwise skip itself. Only real transcriptions of "SpiceGuy" count, which is what makes it safe to leave listening while you cook.
It uses your browser's own speech recognition, so it needs a working microphone and a reasonably quiet moment to hear the wake word. Extraction fans and running taps will beat it — the on-screen controls are always there as well.
Step-by-step cook mode is free on every plan. Voice control, the screen wake lock and concurrent named timers are part of SpiceGuy Pro.
