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Google Unveils Pixel 2 Smartphone, Pixelbook, and Two New Google Home Speakers
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I don’t think it is a feature I will use that often, where the AirPods are something I use daily, fit comfortably, and something I really like.
why do i need to use my airpods? i just say "hey siri say hello in french" and the phone says "hello", in french, out loud on the speaker. why do i need the airpods to do anything?
Apple was never worried anyways, but they can relax. Have to say the Pixel 2's looked terrible and low end. Black fronts on white or that Verizon only awful light gray blue for the basic 2's or that black glass window on the back of the white 2 XL plus the black front are all things you would expect on a Nexus - cause you were paying $400 and a half baked product design was sometimes par for the course.
But these are at s8, iPhone prices...and it looks like they put out Google's Nexus team's mockups by mistake. At least on looks, last years Pixels were much more polished and refined looking - and last years blue was something people wanted. Google won't have nearly the demand issues for the 2's. If I was over in Android land, I'd be more tempted by the other vendors and wouldn't consider these - other than black, they're ugly.
But these are at s8, iPhone prices...and it looks like they put out Google's Nexus team's mockups by mistake. At least on looks, last years Pixels were much more polished and refined looking - and last years blue was something people wanted. Google won't have nearly the demand issues for the 2's. If I was over in Android land, I'd be more tempted by the other vendors and wouldn't consider these - other than black, they're ugly.
yes it does - it needs the phone to do the interpreting and it needs the phones speaker to voice the response. These aren't a star trek com badge that can do the interpreting and voicing - all they're doing is relaying what your voicing to the phone and its doing the interpreting and voicing - same as iphone.
This is just hyperbole. You're not giving up your privacy, it's not like your email or photos are being published out there or even looked at by anyone. And I mean anyone, not even Google's staff can actually look at your data (sackable offence).
You can opt-out of personalised advertising too.
And no, Google doesn't sell your data.
It works really well for me. I also use Inbox and I get automatic flights/hotel reservations/appointment recognition/etc. All the stuff appears in Google Now too. Highly useful.
The back of the phone is going to end up in a case five minutes after its opened for most people, so who cares. The notch on the front is going to be staring you in the face every second you use it. I think the notch was a gimmick to let Apple claim a larger screen size. It would have been nicer to just give it a bezel at the top to make that notch disappear.
I'm happy with the Note 8 I bought this past weekend after seeing the Google keynote. Looks like all the energy is in keeping the minor camera lead and making more of Google Assistant integration. No headphone jack was one of my dislikes of the iPhone and why I stayed at the 6s+. The bottom line is unless they get some deals with all the carriers, this thing isn't going to sell many copies anyways. It was kind of funny that at the beginning of the announcement they talked about how great the first Pixel was and then joked about how few they sold. Not a great way to kick off things.
Its still primarily a two horse race for smartphone king... Apple and Samsung. Everyone else is niche players.
they're bummed out, but they're not hating on Google for it. they hated on Apple for it.
as for the airpods price:
https://twitter.com/MKBHD/status/773594097323872259
Err... No you don't gotcha. I mean disable the personalised ads setting, then enjoy free storage.
Fear, of adverts. SMH.
More like HTC haven’t figured it out yet when Google bought them, so Google is stuck with the old U11 design and tech.
And also maybe because LG charged too much money for theirs.
they're not very different. buds themselves don't contain much hardware for the language conversion. most of that is software.
the only thing i can see is that they probably have a second mic pointing outwards to listen further than the user.
i'm sure if apple really wanted to, they can have the user take out one airpod and use it as a microphone for the other speaker, integrate some siri translation. totally possible, but unlikely to be implemented by Apple.
I like my headphone jack but at least Google's solution is to support AptX, HD-AptX and LDAC on Bluetooth.
Apple's was to embrace and extend with a new solution which you had to buy anew from them. I'd hate them too.
google's solution isn't that great. bluetooth pairing sucks. needs something smarter. right now my QC35 bluetooth headphones has trouble detecting which device i want to hear from and i have to launch their stupid app to prevent the headphones from pairing with my macbook. really annoying.
i can always switch devices with my airpods with one or two taps/clicks. absolutely a breeze to do.