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    Google adds Wake on Voice function to Pixel Slate before October 9 launch

    Kevin TofelBy Kevin TofelOctober 7, 2018Updated:October 7, 20185 Comments2 Mins Read
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    So much has already leaked about the Pixel Slate, you’d think there wasn’t any more information left before Tuesday’s #MadeByGoogle event that you can watch right here. You’d be wrong though. In the past few days, Google added a Wake on Voice feature to Nocturne, which is expected to have the Pixel Slate brand name.

    This feature isn’t the only special one related to audio tech: The Pixel Slate is expected to have Acoustic Echo Cancellation or AEC. Indeed, the first look at Google’s Chrome OS tablet shows multiple microphones for this.

    The Wake on Voice function is unique when compared to Apple’s iPad Pro, as is the fact that any Chrome OS tablet has a full desktop browser. I’m not sure I’ll use it much — I intend to purchase a Pixel Slate with a configuration similar to my Pixelbook, and there will be at least four to choose from, depending on the price — because I don’t mind tapping a power button.

    But when you have your hands full, Wake on Voice can be useful. It’s fairly common for a tablet to be used for content consumption and I often have food and my phone in hand when sitting down in front of the Pixelbook in tablet mode to watch television content. In those particular instances, waking up a device by voice is an ideal use case.

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    After spending 15 years in IT at Fortune 100 companies, Kevin turned a hobby into a career and began covering mobile technology in 2003. He writes daily on the industry and has co-hosted the weekly MobileTechRoundup podcast since 2006. His writing has appeared in print (The New York Times, PC Magazine and PC World) and he has been featured on NBC News in Philadelphia.

    5 Comments

    1. CajunMoses on October 7, 2018 8:33 pm

      Is Wake-on-Voice purely a software feature of the OS, or is uncommon hardware involved?

      • Kevin C. Tofel on October 7, 2018 8:57 pm

        I wouldn’t say it’s uncommon hardware but it has to be enabled.

    2. Kris on October 8, 2018 9:59 am

      I’ve been closely watching the news about the possible configs. I’m not the most well informed about the differences. If the rumors turn out to be true, which processor/memory config are you considering?

      • Kevin C. Tofel on October 8, 2018 1:16 pm

        Probably what I have in the Pixelbook today: i5 and 8GB of RAM.

    3. Jack Smith on October 8, 2018 12:56 pm

      Can’t wait for tomorrow. Use to be the Apple show I looked forward to but now it is Google.

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