1 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: Testing real time translation on Google Pixel Buds. I'm Rich Demiro. 2 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:11,719 Speaker 1: This is Rich on Tech Daily. Google Pixel Buds are 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: basically a set of wireless headphones, kind of the company's 4 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 1: answer to Apple's AirPods. Now, these wireless headphones connect best 5 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 1: with Google's own Pixel smartphone, but they will work with 6 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: other Bluetooth devices as well. Now, the main feature is 7 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: Google Assistant. That means you can use all of their 8 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: amazing voice commands to do stuff like play music, send 9 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 1: text messages, control your wraps, whatever you need to do. 10 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: But there is a cool futuristic feature and this is 11 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: real time foreign language translation. Now this feature only works 12 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:46,319 Speaker 1: on a Pixel original phone or a Pixel two. So 13 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: before we get into how that all works, let me 14 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: give you some thoughts on the Pixel buds. So I 15 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 1: really wanted to love these because you know they're from Google. 16 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: They have the Google Assistant built in, and Google is 17 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: just killing it with Google Assistant. They have made this 18 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: thing so good. You can really do so much stuff 19 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: with the Google Assistant. It interfaces with many different apps, podcasts, news, weather, sports, 20 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: controlling things like text messages, calling people, whatever you want. 21 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:17,919 Speaker 1: But these earbuds have been kind of rough since the start. 22 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: So when I first tried them out, you know, you're 23 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: supposed to be able to open the case and have 24 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: them instantly pair to your phone. That didn't really go 25 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: so well. So I kept trying this feature over and over. 26 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: I maybe got it to work. I don't know ten 27 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: twenty percent of the time, so you can, you know, 28 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: pair them manually, but that's not the idea. The idea 29 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: is that you're supposed to open up the case, they 30 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: pair with your phone, and you're done. Then it came 31 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 1: to putting them back in the case and wrapping the 32 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: cord back into the case, because even though these are 33 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: wireless earbuds, there's still a chord that connects the two 34 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: of them that goes kind of behind your head. Getting 35 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: this thing back in the case is really tricky. I 36 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: had to search online for an animation on how to 37 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: do just that figured out the way to do it, 38 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: and once you figured it out, it is pretty simple. 39 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: But it's just that funny thing of like, Okay, what 40 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: am I doing wrong here? When it comes to design 41 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: and quality, I have no problems there. I think that 42 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: the design is really nice. They definitely fall out of 43 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 1: my ears a little bit more than some other headphones do. 44 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: But when it comes to the audio quality, I think 45 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: they sound really good and they're nicely made. Keep in 46 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,359 Speaker 1: mind these are one hundred and sixty dollars headphones, which 47 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: is the same price as Apple AirPods. Now those are 48 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: kind of a joy to use. I mean I love 49 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: them since day one. They stay in my ears. They 50 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: don't sound the best, but they sound fine, and they 51 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 1: work with an Android device. But of course they are 52 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,399 Speaker 1: better on Apple because you get Siri. All right, let's 53 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 1: talk about the translation feature. So first off, you have 54 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: to download the Google Translate app. Then you basically ask 55 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: the buds to help you translate. Now, Google has a 56 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: few suggested ways of getting that to happen, where basically 57 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: you say, hey, Google, help me translate Japanese. The Google 58 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: Translate app is supposed to spring into action. That didn't 59 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: really happen. It took me a few tries to get 60 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: it just right. But once you get it right, it 61 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: all works. You tap the right earbud and then you 62 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: talk and you your translation happening in real time on 63 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: the screen on your phone, which is really cool. Then 64 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: your phone speaks it out loud, so the other person 65 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:09,799 Speaker 1: that you're talking with in this case it was my 66 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: producer Vanessa. They can hear it spoken in their language, 67 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,079 Speaker 1: and then that person talks back in their language. Your 68 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: phone hears it. It's translated on screen into English or 69 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: whatever language you want, and then it's also spoken to 70 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: you inside your earbuds. So this is really cool and 71 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,399 Speaker 1: it does work. It's basically real time language translation back 72 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: and forth and again we tried it with producer Vanessa. 73 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: She said the translations were just okay. Someone would understand 74 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: the gist of what you're saying, but they weren't always perfect. 75 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: But when it comes to using this in the real world, 76 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: I think it would be kind of cumbersome because you're 77 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: going through the headphones, you're going through your phone. The 78 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: person probably can't hear what's coming out of your phone 79 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: if you're on a busy street. So I think in 80 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: a perfect sense this sort of works, But in reality, 81 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: this is just kind of the beginning of a feature 82 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: like this, And although the translation happens in real time, 83 00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 1: it's kind of a process to go back and forth 84 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: this way because you are kind of waiting for things 85 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: to happen, stopping waiting for the phone to say what 86 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: you just set out loud in a different language, but 87 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: the on screen translation happens really fast and it is 88 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 1: really slick. Now. I want to love these headphones, and 89 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: I love that Google continues to push the envelope with 90 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: cool features like this, but I don't think that this 91 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 1: is ready for primetime. It's definitely not the reason to 92 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: purchase the pixel Buds. I think you can skip them 93 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: all together. Just grab the Google Translate app, which is 94 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: free for Android and iOS, put it into conversation mode, 95 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: and it pretty much accomplishes the same exact thing, no 96 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 1: headphones necessary. Thanks so much for listening. If you want 97 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 1: to watch the TV segment where we try out the 98 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: Google Pixel Buds instant translation feature, just find a link 99 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: on my website richontech dot tv, and please rate and 100 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: review this podcast. If you find it helpful, just go 101 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: into Apple Podcasts and leave a rating. That way more 102 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,840 Speaker 1: people discover it. I'm rich Dedmiro. Thanks so much for listening. 103 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: I'll talk to you real soon.