Google Is Blitzing CES with a Literal Rollercoaster Full of Google Assistant Tech

OK , it ’s a small coaster , but after a duet years of attending CES , between the Google vending machine , the Google - branded monorail , and a crowd of newfangled features for the Google Assistant , it feel like Google is flex on the human beings ’s biggest trade show in a way it never has before .

headline by a new interlingual rendition feature for the Google Assistant called Interpreter Mode , Google hopes its Assistant can assist bridge spoken language gaps in a smarter and friendly way .

Available initially on Google Smart Displays before the feature of speech rolls out to more equipment , catch Google to interpret your word of honor should , in possibility , be as simple as asking it to help you with your French ( or one of Google ’s 29 other support languages ) . And as a fillip on Smart Displays like theHome Hub , the Assistant will even provide written text alongside a verbal translation to help lessen the chance of any miscommunication .

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Next , in an update undulate out today , Google is render the Assistant much deep hooks into Google Maps , so you may do thing thing like portion out your ETA , textbook hands free , or bring a podcast just by ask the Assistant , all without ever needing to get out the Google Maps app .

And it would n’t be CES without a raw product or two joining the Google Assistant family . So for those who do n’t have Android Auto in their car but want a slightly better solution than just talking to you headphone , Anker ’s $ 50 Roav Bolt and JBL ’s similarly priced Link Drive Plug let you link up your phone to your car via an aux jack or Bluetooth so you may use their build - in noise canceling mics to verbalise to the Google Assistant with increased pellucidity

Meanwhile , for all your bedside requests , Google showed off Lenovo ’s young Smart Clock which place all of the Assistant ’s feature ’s in a handy $ 80 familiar . And looking further down the road in 2019 , Google teased its Google Assistant Connect program that looks to help machine makers make fresh Google Assistant - devices , like the low e - ink - based screen and cardboard push the fellowship had on display at its kiosk .

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Interpreter Mode should be rolling out sometime in the next few weeks.Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo)

Also , in one of the most hoped-for and yetlongest - delayed act of Google Assistant integration , it seems Google and Sonos are finally ready to bring Assistant phonation master to the Sonos One and Sonos Beam .

It ’s no undercover Google has the smartest and most powerful voice assistant out there . But between the never - ending string of new devices , deep integrating , and neat novel feature , the Google Assistant looks like it ’s making an extra boastful push for 2019 .

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