78 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 10
Connectivity features include 4G LTE and
Bluetooth 4.0.Voice control
The main talking point (ha-de-ha) of the Star II is it's
very good system-wide voice-control feature. The
company has teamed up with Audience and Nuance
to make the voice features in this smartphone really
work, and during our testing we didn't fi nd ourselves
getting frustrated at all, which is rare for a voice-
control system, particularly on our fi rst try.
To activate the voice-assistant (which doesn't
seem to have a name), you simply press and hold
the home button and speak. It allows you to carry
out lots of di erent tasks, including play music or a
particular track, open an app, and in some apps such
as the camera app it will be constantly listening for
commands such as 'switch camera' or 'no fl ash', for
example. Instead of fumbling around to press the
shutter button, simply say 'take photo'.
You can program in a phrase that will
automatically unlock the smartphone, as it's
constantly listening even when the screen is o for
that particular command. We're told that it has voice
recognition that knows if an imposter is attempting