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ANDROID ADVISOR<br />
ReVIew<br />
These prompts feel untargeted, and despite<br />
the fact it’s meant to learn your habits, we found it<br />
next to useless. We know <strong>Android</strong> tends to prompt<br />
you to manage power efficiency and such, but<br />
we’d rather this phone just did it for me rather than<br />
telling me it’s possible. The phone also doesn’t<br />
yet have Google Assistant, so you’re left with the<br />
inferior Google Now function and an invasive and<br />
unhelpful Companion. We used neither.<br />
The USonic headphones work with the software<br />
to enhance your listening experience on the phone,<br />
but we felt like the technology wasn’t up to much.<br />
It apparently analyses your inner ear and adjusts the<br />
audio output to suit (in our experience by cranking<br />
up the bass far too loud).<br />
It’s not adaptable, so won’t adapt to your<br />
surroundings unless you manually go through the<br />
46 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE <strong>39</strong>