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Can someone explain? Since everything is done on the cloud what is so special about these buds? Why can't you do the same with a regular headset (which also has
by mgiannopoulos 9y ago
Can someone explain? Since everything is done on the cloud what is so special about these buds? Why can't you do the same with a regular headset (which also has a microphone) and Google Assistant running on any Android or iOS device?
- tanilama 9y agoIt is possible NOT everything is done on cloud. It is normal that parts of the model reside on the device itself, for efficiency concerns.
- goialoq 9y agoStill doesn't explain why the implementation is tied to the headphones and not the cloud-proxy-client (the smartphone/tablet/computer)
- guptaneil 9y agoFrom the article, Google already confirmed everything happens in the cloud. The only thing these headphones add is first-party integration with the Google Translate app so that you can launch the app directly from the headphones.
- nordsieck 9y agoI think everyone by now has paid attention to the success of Apple and realized that people will pay much more for hardware than software. As long as Google maintains leadership in this area, there's a lot of benefit to them to tying their software to high-end hardware and not much downside.
- awinder 9y agoI think this possibly understates what people are paying for. They’re paying for fully packaged solutions. You’re paying one price in the hardware that’s accounting for the good software. Apples not selling iPhones as a stalking horse for their ad-funded search & ads business, they’re selling software running on hardware that allows people to pay for content delivery through them. This is total mission / customer alignment, so google pursuing top quality hardware only recognizes a result and not a process.
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