Google officially revealed a bunch of information about its new Tensor chip during its Pixel Fall Launch event on Tuesday. Debuting with the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, the Tensor is a mobile system-on-a-chip (SoC) designed around the concept of “ambient computing,” a broad term for smart devices and AI that are designed to operate in your daily life without direct commands or human input.

Google introduced the Tensor chip in August alongside the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, but Tuesday marked the first time the company has spoken at length about the purpose-built SoC.

With Tensor, things like speech, language, imaging, and video on Pixel phones are now heterogeneous, Google says. This means they’re using multiple resources across the entire chip. The chip can run more advanced, state-of-the-art machine learning while using less power than previous Pixel phones. It also uses the most accurate Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Google has ever released, meaning ASR can now work with long-running apps like Recorder and Live Caption without draining your battery.

Tensor also promises to improve Google's Live Translate feature. Pixel 6 owners will be able to use chat apps like Messages and WhatsApp to translate foreign languages directly within those apps, instead of cutting and pasting text into Google Translate. Live Translate now works on videos, too.