https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/04/google-assistant-gets-a-host-of-upgrades-on-the-pixel-8-and-pixel-8-pro/ > At a hardware event this morning, Google announced the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, its latest flagship smartphones. Among the highlights are a temperature sensor, off-device video processing and enhanced photo editing tools. But both also pack a significantly upgraded set of AI features courtesy Google Assistant, Google’s AI-powered assistant tech. > On the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, Google Assistant can summarize, read aloud and translate web pages — an improved version of the “read aloud” feature that Google introduced on Android several years ago. Whereas Assistant previously read aloud every word on a webpage, including unrelated content above and below articles, Google’s AI can now paraphrase what’s on screen into key points leveraging generative models (albeit not in every language or country just yet).