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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>

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