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During CES last month, Google announced its Home speakers and smart displays with Assistant would be capable of becoming virtual interpreters and translate live conversations between people speaking in different languages. The feature seems to be rolling out to the masses as an official support page has been set up, and several devices are now capable of translating discussions.

Interpreter mode is compatible with most devices running Assistant: you can use the feature on all smart displays and Google Homes, but some third-party speakers may not be supported.

Google Assistant is now your multilingual interpreter was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

During CES last month, Google announced its Home speakers and smart displays with Assistant would be capable of becoming virtual interpreters and translate live conversations between people speaking in different languages. The feature seems to be rolling out to the masses as an official support page has been set up, and several devices are now capable of translating discussions.

Interpreter mode is compatible with most devices running Assistant: you can use the feature on all smart displays and Google Homes, but some third-party speakers may not be supported.

Google Assistant is now your multilingual interpreter was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

During CES last month, Google announced its Home speakers and smart displays with Assistant would be capable of becoming virtual interpreters and translate live conversations between people speaking in different languages. The feature seems to be rolling out to the masses as an official support page has been set up, and several devices are now capable of translating discussions.

Interpreter mode is compatible with most devices running Assistant: you can use the feature on all smart displays and Google Homes, but some third-party speakers may not be supported.

Google Assistant is now your multilingual interpreter was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Back in November, Rakuten took a leaf out of eBay's book and offered a site-wide discount code for 20 percent off all items, leading to some pretty sweet deals on Google Home products. Now, the retailer has brought back its offer - and while it's just 15 percent off this time around, it's still well worth checking out. This promo can nab you up to $60 off some items, including the Google Home Max.

Rakuten's site-wide 15% discount brings Google Home Max to $340 ($60 off) was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

• Update 1: 2018/11/21 11:17am PST
  Google has just updated its support docs to let us know that this read-along feature is now also available on the Google Home Hub.
• Update 2: 2018/12/04 3:10pm PST
  It looks like Google's going to keep adding new selections to its list of books supporting this mode. Right now, it only has one new title to share, with
• Update 3: 2018/12/05 2:22pm PST
  So, remember how we saw those support docs updated to indicate Home Hub compatibility?

[Update: Smart display support] Google Home can now add sound effects and music to story time with certain children's books was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

• Update 1: 2018/11/21 11:17am PST
  Google has just updated its support docs to let us know that this read-along feature is now also available on the Google Home Hub.
• Update 2: 2018/12/04 3:10pm PST
  It looks like Google's going to keep adding new selections to its list of books supporting this mode. Right now, it only has one new title to share, with
• Update 3: 2018/12/05 2:22pm PST
  So, remember how we saw those support docs updated to indicate Home Hub compatibility?

[Update: Four new Disney books] Google Home can now add sound effects and music to story time with certain children's books was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

The Google Home Max is Google's biggest and best smart speaker, which makes it a front-runner for best smart speaker, period. It comes with a price tag to match, though, usually fetching $399. It's currently on sale all over the place for $349, but one retailer has an even better deal: department store Belk is selling the speaker for $262 — $137 off MSRP.

Belk is a department store chain with a couple hundred locations in a handful of states, so there's a good chance you haven't heard of it.

Google Home Max is way down to $262 ($137 off) with coupon code at Belk was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Another year, another category of Google-compatible products has flooded the market. A few years ago, it was the Chromecast, then it was the Google Home and Home Mini, and now it's the Google Home Hub. With every first-party release comes a slew of third-party alternatives, boasting the same features, same integrations, same functions, but with different designs and prices. On paper, they should be equal to Google's, but time and time again, we've learned that they're not.

Beware when buying third-party Google Assistant speakers and Smart Displays, updates and features are not equal was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Another year, another category of Google-compatible products has flooded the market. A few years ago, it was the Chromecast, then it was the Google Home and Home Mini, and now it's the Google Home Hub. With every first-party release comes a slew of third-party alternatives, boasting the same features, same integrations, same functions, but with different designs and prices. On paper, they should be equal to Google's, but time and time again, we've learned that they're not.

Beware when buying third-party Google Assistant speakers and Smart Displays, updates and features are not equal was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

• Update 1: 2018/11/16 4:19am PST
  Take a closer look at Google's Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals

Couldn't afford a Pixel 3 when it first came out? Google's Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals significantly reduce the overall price of Google's latest smartphone in the US. Beginning with pre-Black Friday offers, Google has shared several new deals on its latest smartphone and other Made by Google products.

Pre-Black Friday and on the day itself, Google tells us it is offering the following (pretty impressive) Pixel 3 discounts:

• Buy one Pixel 3 or 3 XL and get the second phone for up to 50 percent off (November 16th to 21st).

[Update: Deals page is live, sales start 11/22] These are the Google Store's Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals was written by the awesome team at Android Police.