WEBVTT - Real Time Translation on Google Pixel Buds

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<v Speaker 1>Testing real time translation on Google Pixel Buds. I'm Rich Demiro.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Rich on Tech Daily. Google Pixel Buds are

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<v Speaker 1>basically a set of wireless headphones, kind of the company's

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<v Speaker 1>answer to Apple's AirPods. Now, these wireless headphones connect best

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<v Speaker 1>with Google's own Pixel smartphone, but they will work with

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<v Speaker 1>other Bluetooth devices as well. Now, the main feature is

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<v Speaker 1>Google Assistant. That means you can use all of their

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<v Speaker 1>amazing voice commands to do stuff like play music, send

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<v Speaker 1>text messages, control your wraps, whatever you need to do.

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<v Speaker 1>But there is a cool futuristic feature and this is

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<v Speaker 1>real time foreign language translation. Now this feature only works

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<v Speaker 1>on a Pixel original phone or a Pixel two. So

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<v Speaker 1>before we get into how that all works, let me

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<v Speaker 1>give you some thoughts on the Pixel buds. So I

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<v Speaker 1>really wanted to love these because you know they're from Google.

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<v Speaker 1>They have the Google Assistant built in, and Google is

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<v Speaker 1>just killing it with Google Assistant. They have made this

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<v Speaker 1>thing so good. You can really do so much stuff

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<v Speaker 1>with the Google Assistant. It interfaces with many different apps, podcasts, news, weather, sports,

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<v Speaker 1>controlling things like text messages, calling people, whatever you want.

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<v Speaker 1>But these earbuds have been kind of rough since the start.

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<v Speaker 1>So when I first tried them out, you know, you're

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to be able to open the case and have

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<v Speaker 1>them instantly pair to your phone. That didn't really go

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<v Speaker 1>so well. So I kept trying this feature over and over.

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<v Speaker 1>I maybe got it to work. I don't know ten

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<v Speaker 1>twenty percent of the time, so you can, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>pair them manually, but that's not the idea. The idea

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<v Speaker 1>is that you're supposed to open up the case, they

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<v Speaker 1>pair with your phone, and you're done. Then it came

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<v Speaker 1>to putting them back in the case and wrapping the

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<v Speaker 1>cord back into the case, because even though these are

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<v Speaker 1>wireless earbuds, there's still a chord that connects the two

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<v Speaker 1>of them that goes kind of behind your head. Getting

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<v Speaker 1>this thing back in the case is really tricky. I

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<v Speaker 1>had to search online for an animation on how to

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<v Speaker 1>do just that figured out the way to do it,

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<v Speaker 1>and once you figured it out, it is pretty simple.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's just that funny thing of like, Okay, what

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<v Speaker 1>am I doing wrong here? When it comes to design

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<v Speaker 1>and quality, I have no problems there. I think that

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<v Speaker 1>the design is really nice. They definitely fall out of

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<v Speaker 1>my ears a little bit more than some other headphones do.

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<v Speaker 1>But when it comes to the audio quality, I think

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<v Speaker 1>they sound really good and they're nicely made. Keep in

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<v Speaker 1>mind these are one hundred and sixty dollars headphones, which

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<v Speaker 1>is the same price as Apple AirPods. Now those are

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<v Speaker 1>kind of a joy to use. I mean I love

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<v Speaker 1>them since day one. They stay in my ears. They

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<v Speaker 1>don't sound the best, but they sound fine, and they

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<v Speaker 1>work with an Android device. But of course they are

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<v Speaker 1>better on Apple because you get Siri. All right, let's

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<v Speaker 1>talk about the translation feature. So first off, you have

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<v Speaker 1>to download the Google Translate app. Then you basically ask

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<v Speaker 1>the buds to help you translate. Now, Google has a

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<v Speaker 1>few suggested ways of getting that to happen, where basically

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<v Speaker 1>you say, hey, Google, help me translate Japanese. The Google

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<v Speaker 1>Translate app is supposed to spring into action. That didn't

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<v Speaker 1>really happen. It took me a few tries to get

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<v Speaker 1>it just right. But once you get it right, it

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<v Speaker 1>all works. You tap the right earbud and then you

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<v Speaker 1>talk and you your translation happening in real time on

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<v Speaker 1>the screen on your phone, which is really cool. Then

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<v Speaker 1>your phone speaks it out loud, so the other person

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<v Speaker 1>that you're talking with in this case it was my

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<v Speaker 1>producer Vanessa. They can hear it spoken in their language,

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<v Speaker 1>and then that person talks back in their language. Your

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<v Speaker 1>phone hears it. It's translated on screen into English or

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<v Speaker 1>whatever language you want, and then it's also spoken to

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<v Speaker 1>you inside your earbuds. So this is really cool and

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<v Speaker 1>it does work. It's basically real time language translation back

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<v Speaker 1>and forth and again we tried it with producer Vanessa.

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<v Speaker 1>She said the translations were just okay. Someone would understand

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<v Speaker 1>the gist of what you're saying, but they weren't always perfect.

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<v Speaker 1>But when it comes to using this in the real world,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it would be kind of cumbersome because you're

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<v Speaker 1>going through the headphones, you're going through your phone. The

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<v Speaker 1>person probably can't hear what's coming out of your phone

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<v Speaker 1>if you're on a busy street. So I think in

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<v Speaker 1>a perfect sense this sort of works, But in reality,

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<v Speaker 1>this is just kind of the beginning of a feature

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<v Speaker 1>like this, And although the translation happens in real time,

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<v Speaker 1>it's kind of a process to go back and forth

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<v Speaker 1>this way because you are kind of waiting for things

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<v Speaker 1>to happen, stopping waiting for the phone to say what

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<v Speaker 1>you just set out loud in a different language, but

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<v Speaker 1>the on screen translation happens really fast and it is

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<v Speaker 1>really slick. Now. I want to love these headphones, and

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<v Speaker 1>I love that Google continues to push the envelope with

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<v Speaker 1>cool features like this, but I don't think that this

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<v Speaker 1>is ready for primetime. It's definitely not the reason to

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<v Speaker 1>purchase the pixel Buds. I think you can skip them

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<v Speaker 1>all together. Just grab the Google Translate app, which is

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<v Speaker 1>free for Android and iOS, put it into conversation mode,

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<v Speaker 1>and it pretty much accomplishes the same exact thing, no

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<v Speaker 1>headphones necessary. Thanks so much for listening. If you want

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<v Speaker 1>to watch the TV segment where we try out the

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<v Speaker 1>Google Pixel Buds instant translation feature, just find a link

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<v Speaker 1>on my website richontech dot tv, and please rate and

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<v Speaker 1>people discover it. I'm rich Dedmiro. Thanks so much for listening.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll talk to you real soon.