Google Translate, an Android app that has been long overdue for an overhaul, has gotten a Material You redesign this evening, but it may be exclusive to the Pixel 6.
Last month, our APK Insight team uncovered work being done on bringing Material You to Google Translate’s Android app, even offering an exclusive first look at the redesign in action. As of this evening, an update for Google Translate — version 6.25.0.02.404801591 — has begun rolling out via the Play Store, which enables the completed version of that design for some.
Notably, Google Translate was never updated to be in line with the second-generation “Google Material Theme,” meaning the app has skipped from 2014’s Material Design all the way to Material You. The most obvious design tweak, as is often the case for Material You, is the bold use of colors chosen from your device’s wallpaper.
Additionally, where the app previously centered around its left-hand drawer — a distinct relic of 2014 Material Design — Google Translate’s structure and layout are completely redone. As always, the focus is on simple text translation, with large controls for switching languages.
At the bottom of the app, you’ll find three buttons to switch to translating from your camera or your voice, as well as an option for interpreter mode. Up at the top, you’ll find quick access to your translation history as well as the option to handwrite the word you wish to translate.
In our testing, Google Translate’s Material You redesign only seems to appear on Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro devices, with our Pixel 5a left out of the action. Once you receive the update from the Play Store, you should immediately see the design, if it’s available for your device.
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The first three picks of the 2021 NBA draft went as planned: Cade Cunningham to the Detroit Pistons, Jalen Green to the Houston Rockets and Evan Mobley to the Cleveland Cavaliers. But then, starting with the fourth pick, chaos ensued, with intriguing selections and draft-night trades taking over the spotlight.
The Toronto Raptors surprised many by selecting Florida State’s Scottie Barnes with the No. 4 pick, and the Oklahoma City Thunder used their high lottery pick, No. 6, to make the first international selection of the draft, selecting Australia’s Josh Giddey.
Then, the blockbuster: The Los Angeles Lakers added former MVP Russell Westbrook to their roster in exchange for Kyle Kuzma, Montrezl Harrell and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, along with future draft picks.
Which teams get an A grade? Who impressed most with their deal-making? Which teams underwhelmed with their selections? Our NBA experts answer all the biggest questions — and make bold predictions — coming out of the 2021 NBA draft.
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What lottery pick fit do you immediately like?
Kevin Pelton: Jalen Suggs in Orlando. More than anything, the Magic are starved for the perimeter star they haven’t had since Hedo Turkoglu and Jameer Nelson. Orlando has some interesting young guards in former No. 1 pick Markelle Fultz and 2020 first-round picks Cole Anthony and RJ Hampton, but none have as much upside as Suggs to become the kind of dominant playmaker contending teams usually have.
Ohm Youngmisuk: Cade Cunningham. It’s been a long, long wait for Detroit to get an exciting and elite playmaker like Cunningham. It’s been 27 years since the Pistons had a franchise star to build around like they last did when they took Grant Hill third overall in 1994. Like Hill, Cunningham comes into the league as a 6-foot-8 player with point guard skills who can defend multiple positions and take over games. He might not be as explosive as Hill, but he should bring excitement back to Detroit, which is growing a core of young prospects.
Jonathan Givony: I love that Orlando took advantage of Jalen Suggs’ surprising slide, but in getting Franz Wagner, they have two of the best defenders in this draft. Wagner can make teammates better without needing the ball or requiring plays to be called for him. He’s a high-level off-ball defender blessed with elite instincts in protecting the rim, closing out on shooters or digging down on the post and mucking up opposing offenses. There’s a simplicity to his game on both ends of the floor, as he keeps the offense flowing with intelligent touch passes, bounce passes to the post or by pushing ahead in transition off the defensive glass. With Wagner and Jonathan Isaac as the forwards along with Suggs and Markelle Fultz in the backcourt, the Magic could have one of the better defensive units in the NBA.
What team gets an “A” grade from this draft?
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The Rockets select Jalen Green with the second pick of the NBA draft, saying he is already focused on putting in the work.
Bobby Marks: It would have been easy for the Golden State Warriors to trade either one of their lottery picks for much-needed bench help. Instead, they took a player in Jonathan Kuminga who could turn out to be the best player in a loaded draft. Moses Moody has top 10 potential, and Golden State picked him up at 14. Because Kuminga is more of a development project, expect the established Moody to see more playing time in 2021-22. One thing to remember is that the Warriors have limited financial flexibility due to the contracts of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins. Kuminga and Moody are on four-year contracts that total $42 million in combined salary.
Myron Medcalf: The Detroit Pistons. This is an NBA draft full of high-ceiling guys but few guarantees. You could even put most of the players in the top-five in that category. Not Cade Cunningham. He’s a 6-foot-8, savvy playmaker who is ready to compete and excel in the NBA right now. He made 40 percent of his 3-pointers last season as a do-it-all player for Oklahoma State. Cunningham has the makings of a young star who will have a long and fruitful NBA career. And second-round pick Isaiah Livers is an intriguing prospect.
Andrew Lopez: The Houston Rockets finished with the worst record in the league last season and needed an influx of talent right away. Mission accomplished. The Rockets landed Jalen Green with the No. 2 pick, and he can be the star the team needs to get back into contention sooner rather than later. They also picked up a pair of standout big men from overseas at No. 16 and No. 23 with Turkey’s Alperen Sengun and Spain’s Usman Garuba. And with their final first-round pick, they picked up Arizona State’s Josh Christopher. On a team that needed talent, the Rockets found some at each pick.
What team underwhelmed with their draft selection(s)?
Bobby Marks: The New York Knicks. I mentioned during the draft that New York was going to get two players at 19 and 21 that would have been selected in the lottery (possibly Jalen Johnson and Cam Thomas) last year. Unfortunately, the Knicks would trade the 19th pick to Charlotte for a future protected first and move four spots back from 21 to 25 (they would select guard Quentin Grimes) in a trade with the Clippers. The Knicks should get high marks for the selection of Rokas Jokubaitis, Jericho Sims and Miles McBride in the second round. The real work for New York now starts in the offseason. The Knicks are sitting in the pole position with a projected $50 million in cap space.
Tim Bontemps: The San Antonio Spurs stretched a bit to take Josh Primo with the 12th overall selection. Now, this could certainly work out just fine in the long-term — remember, it was only a few years ago that the Phoenix Suns were derided for taking Cam Johnson 11th overall, and he was just a key player for the Suns in the NBA Finals. Primo is an interesting prospect and the youngest player in the draft. But he was ranked 26th by ESPN coming into the draft, meaning the onus is on the Spurs to prove this selection will work out for them in time.
Royce Young: The 76ers. For as much building buzz as there was going into the night that the Sixers may make a splash move, it ended up going pretty chalk. It’s not necessarily a bad thing that they played it patiently and didn’t bite on what was surely many Ben Simmons offers, but they stayed with their lone first-rounder at No. 28 — Jaden Springer — and did some light shopping in the second round.
Which non-lottery pick will make an immediate impact for next season?
Givony: Alperen Sengun has a chance to be rookie of the year next season, or at least put up the type of numbers that will put him firmly in the conversation. Sengun was the most productive 18-year-old prospect in European basketball history, winning MVP of the strong Turkish league by scoring with incredible efficiency and being a playmaker defensively, while inhaling rebounds and making an impact as a passer. Sengun will likely walk into 25-30 minutes per game for Houston, and there’s no reason to think he won’t put up big numbers, even if that will likely come mostly in losing efforts with an overmatched Houston team.
Medcalf: I think the Brooklyn Nets got a steal with Cameron Thomas at No. 27. He averaged 23.0 PPG at LSU, and he’s a pure scorer at any level. Sure, he’ll have to wait his turn on a team with James Harden, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant. But injuries have plagued this team over the last two seasons, which has opened the door for young players to get opportunities. In that swift, high-scoring offense, Thomas will fit right in.
Lopez: The Pelicans traded down seven spots in the first round and were still able to land one of their primary targets in Virginia wing Trey Murphy III. The 6-foot-9 and 206-pound Murphy — who is actually three weeks older than Pelicans star Zion Williamson — provides an immediate need for the Pelicans with his shooting. Murphy shot 50.3% overall, 43.3% from 3 and 92.7% from the line for the Cavaliers last season, and he’s also solid defensively. He should find minutes right away.
Which draft-night trade impressed you the most?
Youngmisuk: The Lakers-Wizards blockbuster. Rob Pelinka adds a playmaking third star to help LeBron James and Anthony Davis, and Russell Westbrook brings much-needed intensity and relentless drive that the Lakers lacked last season. Frank Vogel will have to figure out how to make the trio work, as Los Angeles still needs to add shooters and perimeter defenders. For the Wizards, the Westbrook era only lasted one year. They were able to add defense and future cap space around Bradley Beal with Montrezl Harrell, Kyle Kuzma and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. Plus, they traded the Lakers’ No. 22 pick for Indiana point guard Aaron Holiday.
Marks: I like what the Charlotte Hornets did before and during the draft. They addressed a glaring need at center when they acquired veteran Mason Plumlee from the Pistons. The Hornets were projected to have $22 million in cap room and used $8.8 million of that on Plumlee, leaving them with $14 million in free agency to upgrade their bench. The trade with New York for the No. 19 pick, an uncharacteristic move for their generally conservative front office, got them a player in Kai Jones that had lottery potential and fills a need. And selecting James Bouknight was not a trade, but the guard is an insurance policy for the likely departure of free agent Malik Monk.
Bontemps: The Washington Wizards not only moved Russell Westbrook without having to give up a first-round pick, or take on bad money, but also netted a first-rounder in the deal. Just terrific work by general manager Tommy Sheppard, who turned arguably the worst contract in the league right now, John Wall, into long-term flexibility — and did so without being at a draft-pick deficit. On the other hand for the Lakers, let’s just say I don’t think this is going to work out, as Westbrook heads to his fourth team in as many seasons.
Which second-round pick will most likely be an All-Star first?
Givony: Sharife Cooper had a historic season, becoming the second freshman in the past 30 years — along with Trae Young — to average over 20 points and 8 rebounds. Cooper has a chance to exceed his draft slot significantly, as he’s one of the best ball-handlers in this draft, has a blazingly fast first step and simply gets anywhere he wants on the floor. Cooper’s size did not prevent him from leading college basketball in points created per game (40), showing a strong ability to create offense against high-level defenders. Cooper will remain in his hometown of Atlanta, where he’ll likely see playing time in the G League, waiting for his opportunity to prove NBA teams wrong.
Medcalf: The Milwaukee Bucks just won the NBA title with Jrue Holiday, a 6-foot-3 defensive tyrant who made 39 percent of his 3-pointers this season. Jared Butler, a 6-foot-3 guard who will turn 21 next month, led Baylor to a national title last season after making 42 percent of his 3-pointers. If he can develop into a more consistent defender — Baylor’s opponents committed turnovers on one-fourth of their possessions with Butler on the floor — and maintain his shooting stroke, he can become a high-level NBA player.
Young: Second-rounders are immensely difficult to project, but 31st overall pick Isaiah Todd is a decent one to bet on. He played for the G-League Ignite last season and was one of the top high school prospects in 2020. He slipped back into the second round, but on many boards was slotted as a first-rounder with his unique combination of size and skill. He’s stepping into a situation in Washington that is desperate for frontcourt depth, and though he’s a project-type pick, he could get an early opportunity to develop.
What surprised you most from this draft?
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Paige Bueckers congratulates Jalen Suggs after he is picked No. 5 overall in the NBA draft by the Magic.
Pelton: Josh Primo being the first SEC guard selected. He was behind three others — Tennessee’s Keon Johnson, Arkansas’ Moses Moody and Auburn’s Sharife Cooper — in ESPN’s Top 100 and only one spot ahead of a fourth in LSU’s Cameron Thomas. I thought I was high on Primo, who finished 14th in my consensus projections. Yet the San Antonio Spurs were evidently higher, taking him at No. 12.
Lopez: Didn’t think the NCAA tournament’s most outstanding player would slide that far into the second round, but that’s what happened when Jared Butler fell to No. 40 overall, where he was picked by Utah by way of Memphis and New Orleans. Butler had a medical issue flagged at the NBA Combine but was ultimately cleared by a medical panel. Still, his college resume speaks for itself: third-team All-American in 2020 and a consensus first-team All-American in 2021 as he led the Bears to a national championship.
Bontemps: Jalen Suggs falling outside of the top four selections. I know going from fourth to fifth doesn’t seem like a huge drop, but heading into the NBA Draft Lottery a month ago it felt like there was a clear consensus at the top of this draft: Cade Cunningham, Jalen Green, Evan Mobley and Suggs. To see Suggs sitting there for the Toronto Raptors and then being passed over in favor of Florida State forward Scottie Barnes definitely was a surprise. That said, Suggs finds himself in a situation with the Orlando Magic where he will be given the keys to the Magic Kingdom from day one and will be the immediate face of the franchise — as he showed he’s capable of handling with his spectacular silver suit Thursday night.
Who will end up as the 2022 NBA Rookie of the Year?
Pelton: Both Cade Cunningham and Jalen Green should be well-positioned to compete for Rookie of the Year, but I’d give the slight edge to Cunningham. He’s in position to have success with the ball in his hands on a team that should be more competitive than Green’s Rockets.
Youngmisuk: Jalen Green. Green already got a little taste of playing against men in the G-League and that should help his transition to the pros more than some of his college counterparts. He also should have plenty of opportunities to score. Even with John Wall and Kevin Porter Jr. in the backcourt, Green’s explosiveness and scoring ability should shine.
Young: Jalen Suggs. With the Magic in a full-on rebuild, Suggs will get the keys to the car almost immediately and have the opportunity to establish himself early in the season. Suggs is an intense competitor and a culture setter. He will enter the Magic franchise with an eye to flip the script. The same is true, of course, for Cade Cunningham in Detroit, but with a knack for big plays, Suggs could produce the kind of moments that build award hype.
State officials on Friday sounded hopeful they could meet the new May 1 target, which Biden announced after giving governors just a couple hours’ notice Thursday night. But they’re also cautious of overpromising, acknowledging that any number of factors could trip up the vaccination effort. It’s a harsh truth that public officials will have to message carefully to avoid further frustrating a crisis-weary public eager to put the pandemic behind them.
“It’s a good thing to aspire to, but I just think we need to probably keep an eye and see how we’re doing when we get into April,” said Marcus Plescia, the chief medical officer of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, said of Biden’s goal.
Anticipating an influx of doses, some states had already expected to open up once-scarce shots to all adults in the coming weeks. After Alaska became the first to do so Tuesday, governors in Utah and Michigan announced moves toward that direction this week. Ohio and Connecticut are also on track for meeting Biden’s goal, spokespersons for those governors said.
White House officials have repeatedly pitched themselves as willing partners to help states vaccinate their residents, a contrast with the Trump administration, which left states to handle much of the lift. Biden is promising new federal resources to aid the effort, fresh off signing a $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan passed just with Democratic votes. That includes significantly expanding the number of mass vaccination sites, pharmacies and community health centers providing the shots and dispatching more medical personnel across the country. The administration is also promising to set up a new nationwide website and call center by May 1 to help Americans arrange appointments, while promising new tech help for states to improve their own sign-up systems.
“We spent a lot of time working through supply, the number of places, the number of vaccinators, and we believe May 1 is the right deadline,” White House coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients said during a Friday press briefing.
Despite the new federal help, state officials are still working through logistical issues that may not be fully resolved in the next seven weeks.
In Oklahoma, where the state has already opened up eligibility to the vast majority of adults, officials say they’re trying to set up more vaccination sites across the state to accommodate increased supply.
“It doesn’t do us a lot of good to have millions of doses or hundreds of thousands of doses and only have a narrow venue by which somebody can access it,” said Oklahoma health deputy commissioner Keith Reed.
Some state officials also said they worried about moving too quickly to expand eligibility when many high-risk people still haven’t had a chance to make appointments. Many states that sought to prioritize eligibility based on risk have already thrown out those playbooks as the vaccination effort lagged.
“We also start to be able to lose that control over that hierarchy of vulnerable patients, so we want to make sure that we’re really focused on [that],” said Clay Marsh, West Virginia state’s coronavirus czar. His state could open eligibility broadly within the next month, he said.
Since the sluggish start of the nation’s vaccination campaign, the pace has quickened to over 2 million doses per day. The U.S. on Friday crossed the milestone of 100 million doses administered since the vaccination campaign began almost three months ago. A quarter of the adult population has received at least their first shot, including 61 percent of people age 65 and older, a group especially susceptible to the virus.
An expected surge in vaccine production in the coming weeks should mean that states are flooded with new doses. But some state officials say they’re reluctant to plan too far ahead without having a concrete sense of their expected allotments. The Biden administration has been giving states at least three weeks’ notice of anticipated shipments, but it has promised to provide a larger window to help with their planning.
In Oregon, state officials originally planned to open up vaccine eligibility to anyone over age 45 on June 1 and to the general population by July 1. But the state will speed up that timeline “if the doses increase,” a top official said.
“We’ll know a lot more when we have better visibility of our vaccine supply,” said Patrick Allen, the head of the Oregon Health Authority.
The state is considering taking up the Biden administration’s offer of technical assistance to scale up its registration system, Allen said. The state recently overhauled its glitchy appointment system after Portland-area residents made 400,000 attempts to schedule just 3,400 appointments at the Oregon Convention Center. It’s now requiring residents to pre-register, with the state picking names through a lottery — a system that Allen says is “scalable.”
Other health officials said the May 1 target would help states set priorities.
“It’s good to know that that’s the vision — that that is something that’s being put out there in advance, so that we can make sure that our systems and strategies are up to the task by May 1,” said Adriane Casalotti, head of government affairs for the National Association of County and City Health Officials.
“There’s a lot that needs to be done in our systems and collaboration across public health and health care to be ready for that date,” Casalotti added.
It’s hard to get excited about NBA All-Star festivities when the players themselves have presented such strong opposition. But, as we’ve seen with sports across the globe during the past year, once the whistle blows or the first pitch is thrown, we tend to put all of the stress and concern aside for a couple of hours to enjoy the spirit of competition between the planet’s greatest athletes.
That will again be the case on Sunday, when the Skills Challenge, 3-Point Contest, Slam Dunk Contest and All-Star Game will all take place in a compressed schedule to promote the safety of those involved. Despite the players’ initial confusion and disapproval of holding an All-Star Game in the first place, most have expressed joy and gratitude for being selected, and none — to this point — has declined the invite.
It sets the stage for a star-studded evening that might have everyone clamoring to do this in one night for the rest of time. Here are five bold predictions from what could be the strangest All-Star “weekend” we’ll ever see.
Players like Mitchell — who has now earned multiple All-Star selections as a 6-foot shooting guard after being selected No. 13 overall — are fueled by disrespect, and the level of perceived slights pointed toward him and the Jazz’s direction is at an all-time high. Just this week, Mitchell has been fined $25,000 for publicly criticizing the refs for not giving Utah calls that other big market teams get (our Brad Botkin pointed out that the numbers don’t exactly support that assertion). The rant about the refs was followed almost immediately by LeBron James and Kevin Durant selecting Mitchell and his Jazz teammate Rudy Gobert with the last two picks in the All-Star draft, with James providing the fact that he never played with John Stockton and Karl Malone in video games as a bewildering reason for his choice.
All of this is a recipe for Mitchell to go hog wild on Sunday. He has a great skill set for the All-Star Game, hitting step-back 3s as effortlessly as he throws down highlight dunks. The fact that he’ll be playing against Team LeBron only makes him more likely to put in the extra effort to prove he deserves more respect from the national audience. And if LeBron is standing under the basket at any point when Mitchell has a runway to the paint, James will probably have a business decision to make to avoid getting dunked on, both literally and figuratively.
2. Bradley Beal’s conversations with fellow All-Stars will be blown way out of proportion
It’s almost become an All-Star Weekend tradition. A player on the trade block has a conversation or exchanges knowing glances with another superstar, and suddenly the rumors swirl. This season’s marquee transaction-related name is Bradley Beal, whom the Washington Wizards insist is not going to be traded, but is by far the most attractive potentially available star on the market. The interactions between All-Stars will be limited due to the compressed schedule, but surely Beal will share a conversation with someone like Stephen Curry, Joel Embiid and/or Jayson Tatum that will inevitably lead to rampant, irresponsible speculation.
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Unfortunately, we can’t disparage the rumor-mongers too much — the last two notable times this happened, once between Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, and also between Anthony Davis and LeBron James, the stars actually did end up teaming up together. So maybe keeping an eye on Beal’s tete-a-tetes on Sunday is a worthwhile activity, after all.
3. Cassius Stanley will make a name for himself in the Dunk Contest
Stanley is my favorite to win the Dunk Contest but recent history dictates that the judges don’t always pick the player with the best dunks as the winner (*cough* Dwyane Wade *cough*). But I’ve been infatuated with Stanley’s athleticism ever since I saw him hit his head on the backboard while throwing down an alley-oop in the California high school championship game as a freshman. He became somewhat of a prep legend because of his bounce and continued to show it off in his only season at Duke last year.
This is eyeballs-at-the-rim stuff, and he looks to jump equally high off of one foot or two, which should increase the variety of dunks he’s able to attempt. Stanley has played exactly 23 minutes this season, so even Indiana Pacers fans may not know who he is at this point. That will change on Sunday with his dunk contest performance, which should at least give him a fighting chance with Shaquille O’Neal during the next round of “Who He Play For?”
4. The Elam Ending will once again make us think
The 2020 All-Star Game was the best we’d seen in years, and that was largely due to the implementation of the Elam Ending, where the clock is shut off in the final four minutes and instead teams play to a target score — usually by adding eight points to the score of the winning team. It eliminates the need for incessant end-of-game fouling that unrelentingly drags out every even semi-close game, and, like baseball, it provides the losing team with the sense that they’re never truly out of it.
Because of last year’s success, the NBA has decided to run back the Elam Ending for Sunday’s game, which will hopefully lead to another hotly contested, thrilling finish. If it works again, it will lead to many questioning why we don’t use the Elam Ending for every basketball game, a topic that our James Herbert recently discussed with Nick Elam himself. The ending just makes so much more sense than what we currently do at pretty much every level of basketball, so it will be interesting to see if another usage of it in the All-Star Game causes the league to contemplate shirking tradition and implementing the Elam Ending on a full-time basis at some point.
5. The 3-Point Contest will be more exciting than the Dunk Contest
The main event of All-Star Saturday night has always been the Slam Dunk Contest, with mixed results over the last couple of decades. We’ve gotten epic showdowns between Dwight Howard and Nate Robinson, and 2016’s masterpiece from Aaron Gordon and Zach Lavine. But we’ve also had some unmitigated disasters, like Chris “Birdman” Andersen taking about 25 minutes to complete one of his dunks.
This year’s Dunk Contest has a couple of things working against it. First, the list of contestants — my affinity for Cassius Stanley notwithstanding — doesn’t exactly get the blood boiling. Second, the contest is at halftime of the All-Star Game, like a scrimmage between 9-year-olds played in the background while fans get refills on nachos and 64-ounce soft drinks.
The 3-Point Contest, by contrast, is comprised entirely of All-Stars, including Stephen Curry. Even with Devin Booker pulling out of the festivities, you’re getting another All-Star as his replacement in Mike Conley. The 3-point shot has become paramount in the modern NBA, and the league will continue the wrinkle it threw in last year by adding two shots from six feet behind the 3-point line, in keeping with the distance from which most of the participants regularly launch during games.
There’s almost always drama heading into the last rack of pretty much every round, and these are participants we actually care about, so it’s safe to say the 3-Point Contest will be more entertaining than the Dunk Contest.
