# Americans prefer physical buttons on small kitchen appliances

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## Reading

When it comes to small kitchen appliances, physical controls are the draw: more than a third of Americans (36%) most prefer a model run primarily through physical controls, with an app adding basic or extra functionality, according to a December 2025 Verasight survey.

Another 29% would rather keep smartphone apps out of appliance controls altogether, and 27% like a model controlled equally through an app and physical buttons. App-first designs find little appetite: just 6% prefer primarily app control with basic physical buttons, and 3% want an app-only machine.

## Topline

If you were considering purchasing a small kitchen appliance, which of the following control options would you prefer most?

Americans prefer physical buttons on small kitchen appliances.

- Controlled primarily through physical controls, with basic or additional app functionality: 35.6%
- None of the above (I prefer not to use smartphone apps for appliance controls): 29.1%
- Controlled equally through a smartphone app and physical controls (same controls across both formats): 26.6%
- Controlled primarily through a smartphone app, with basic physical controls on the product: 5.6%
- Controlled only through a smartphone app (no physical controls on the product): 3.1%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2025-12-03 → 2025-12-08
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.2%
- Module: tech_behavior
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic#preferred-control-options-for-small-kitchen-appliances](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic#preferred-control-options-for-small-kitchen-appliances)

## Citation

Verasight Human/LLM Comparison Survey #2025-172, fielded December 3-8, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.2%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic#preferred-control-options-for-small-kitchen-appliances](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic#preferred-control-options-for-small-kitchen-appliances)