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> I chatted with a member of the Pixel Buds team following the demonstration and she confirmed that the demo was done entirely over the internet, without downlo

> I chatted with a member of the Pixel Buds team following the demonstration and she confirmed that the demo was done entirely over the internet, without downloading the languages directly to the device. This guy is real excited to have all of his conversations stored in the cloud

tucif 9y ago
I also think the situations where I'd find useful this kind of translations are when I'm not in my home country which most likely means my data plan does not work or is very expensive, which makes it less useful than it sounds at first.
- Nightshaxx 9y ago
  Agreed. It would make sense to have an offline mode.
- huehehue 9y ago
  Project Fi does not charge extra for international data use, and it works in 135+ countries. Many people may not have Fi, which I get, but I get the feeling Google's ideal use case is these headphones paired with a Pixel 2 running on Fi.
  - mintplant 9y ago
    Aha, so Google can mine my conversations and my internet usage! Brilliant!
  - jsjohnst 9y ago
    Same thing applies for anyone using T-Mobile (which is the reason why GoogleFI offers this too). I'm not sure EDGE speeds would be great for this use case though!
- diggan 9y ago
  Sometimes, your home country (or rather, the country where you live) has a different official language(s) than what you are most proficient in. That's the case for me living in Barcelona (catalan and spanish here, where I speak mostly english and swedish). Also, being able to travel around in europe without any extra roaming charges, means that I can still use this, wherever I go in europe. I'm very excited to try these as soon as I can get my hands on them.
- solnyshok 9y ago
  Your comment is very valid, but in Europe, we can have some data free while travelling in another country. if we had data plan in our home (European) country. E.g. I recently went from Latvia to Finland, and received text from my operator, that my allowance was 3 or 4 gigabytes (vs. unlimited data at home in Latvia). It was plenty for my 4 days stay, for everything - maps, mail, IMs, browsing, and I did all my "voice" calls over Whatsapp. Spent less than 1GB. Translation would fit that package nicely.
nerfhammer 9y ago
that's been the new normal for awhile now. alexa, order more coffee filters.
Linh_Ng 9y ago
Wow!

tucif 9y ago

I also think the situations where I'd find useful this kind of translations are when I'm not in my home country which most likely means my data plan does not work or is very expensive, which makes it less useful than it sounds at first.

Nightshaxx 9y ago
Agreed. It would make sense to have an offline mode.
huehehue 9y ago
Project Fi does not charge extra for international data use, and it works in 135+ countries. Many people may not have Fi, which I get, but I get the feeling Google's ideal use case is these headphones paired with a Pixel 2 running on Fi.
- mintplant 9y ago
  Aha, so Google can mine my conversations and my internet usage! Brilliant!
- jsjohnst 9y ago
  Same thing applies for anyone using T-Mobile (which is the reason why GoogleFI offers this too). I'm not sure EDGE speeds would be great for this use case though!
diggan 9y ago
Sometimes, your home country (or rather, the country where you live) has a different official language(s) than what you are most proficient in. That's the case for me living in Barcelona (catalan and spanish here, where I speak mostly english and swedish). Also, being able to travel around in europe without any extra roaming charges, means that I can still use this, wherever I go in europe. I'm very excited to try these as soon as I can get my hands on them.
solnyshok 9y ago
Your comment is very valid, but in Europe, we can have some data free while travelling in another country. if we had data plan in our home (European) country. E.g. I recently went from Latvia to Finland, and received text from my operator, that my allowance was 3 or 4 gigabytes (vs. unlimited data at home in Latvia). It was plenty for my 4 days stay, for everything - maps, mail, IMs, browsing, and I did all my "voice" calls over Whatsapp. Spent less than 1GB. Translation would fit that package nicely.

nerfhammer 9y ago

that's been the new normal for awhile now. alexa, order more coffee filters.

Linh_Ng 9y ago

Wow!