Hands-On with the $159 Google Pixel Buds

Re:Hands-On with the $159 Google Pixel Buds by euyyn on Monday October 09, 2017 @12:51PM (#15435436)

You don't need a Pixel to use these headphones, though, do you? I would think any Android phone lets you do the real-time translation with them.

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Re:Hands-On with the $159 Google Pixel Buds by jclardy on Monday October 09, 2017 @02:08PM (#15436087)

I don't believe so, but that isn't their point. The point being that Google is tying the translation feature into these headphones to upsell them, even though it could be done without headphones at all.

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Re:Hands-On with the $159 Google Pixel Buds by euyyn on Monday October 09, 2017 @06:13PM (#15437886)

Yeah I used Google Translate that way in Japan earlier this summer, it was life-saving. I do see the point of convenience the earbuds bring to it, though, not having to hand the phone forth and back.

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