Where the previous generation had watered - down BMW software, this new Mini Cooper uses the latest - generation navigation, audio, and
voice command features from its big German brother.
Not exact matches
As well as the touch and
voice commands already mentioned - the latter of which will adjust everything
from temperature to satnav destinations by using the
command «Hey Mercedes» and conversational terms like «I'm cold» or «I'm hungry» - it also
features intelligent learning.
This system also
features voice command, so you can enjoy your infotainment system without having to look away
from the road.
And rather than letting me access
voice entry for Google search using the car's general
voice command system, activated by a button on the steering wheel, I had to find the Google search
feature on the LCD and start
voice entry
from a touch icon.
I found that the car's Siri Eyes - free
feature, which let me activate Siri on my iPhone
from a long press of the
voice -
command button, could substitute for navigation.
Other tech
features include
voice commands to play music
from hard drive or iPod and blind spot information system that assists the driver by helping detect vehicles in the car's blind spot.
Apart
from these, this variant has a 4.2 inch MFD (Multi Functional Display) screen and SYNC
feature with
voice command and applink
SYNC COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Ford's continually evolving SYNC communications system
features a
voice - activated
command center that can access music
from an attached MP3 player, answer and place calls
from a Bluetooth - enabled cell phone, and even read aloud incoming text messages.
The
features list includes the music system
from the EcoSport with
voice command and Sync App that sends the car's coordinates to the emergency services in case of an incident.
HERE»S WHAT I DO N'T LIKE: Loud wind noise (anytime I exceed 40 - 45 mph), makes it hard to hear the radio at normal volume; intrusive road noise, which I corrected by swapping out the standard Goodyear tires with Continental tires; lackluster acceleration for a V6 engine, CVT tends to lose momentum when you lift your foot off of the gas pedal — often jerky when accelerating and decelerating while in motion and when accelerating
from a dead stop; as mentioned by another reviewer, accelerator hesitates before catching when shifting
from reverse to drive; bumps in the road are not well absorbed (the 2016 model may have addressed this issue); no power to windows after you shut off the engine; no auto door locks; poor V6 fuel efficiency averaging around 24 MPGs combined; trunk lid's arms and safety
feature makes it heavy and sometimes hard to lift open; Infotainment system does understand most
voice commands; and Harmon Kardon speakers are sometimes crackly.
Listen to best sellers: • The Girl on the Train • Truly, Madly, Guilty • The Power of Habit • Harry Potter • The Martian • A Man Called Ove • Homegoing • The Gene • When Breath Becomes Air • End of Watch A wide range of popular categories like: • Crime and Thrillers • Science Fiction • Fantasy • Romance • Classics • Novels • Mystery • Horror • Self - development • Mindfulness and meditation • Business • Children's books
Features designed for the audiobook listener: • Chapter navigation • Listen over wifi, save on data • Download to your device for offline listening • Create clips of favorite passages and share with friends and on social media • Send any book in your library to your friends - their first book is on us • Bookmarking • Sleep mode, dark or light theme, variable narration speed, button - free mode and more • Control your listening experience with Cortana
voice commands and button - free mode • Compatible with thousands of ebooks
from Amazon - switch seamlessly between listening to your audiobooks and reading on your Kindle with Whispersync for
Voice.
Perhaps the one interesting
feature left
from the Kinect is the
voice commands which are still useable with any mic..
- Wizard's Symphony is a Dungeon RPG, where you set up parties to go explore dungeons - battles are turn - based, with the usual
commands to perform actions: attacking, using magic or items, etc. - when exploring dungeons, the characters will sometime have things to say about the situation they're in - allows you to enjoy various conversations between the various party members - Wizard's Symphony tells a tale of swords and magic, set in a fantasy word - filled with many comical situations and serious developments - game is fully
voiced, and
features various illustrations by moo - Harmonics system
from Wizard's Harmony is back - affinity between two characters evolves throughout the game, and has an impact on battles - each character has its own Unique Skill - how you decide to grow your characters will determine how hard a dungeon will be to explore
Dance Central 2 doesn't reinvent this particular wheel, but it improves upon it with new
features that range
from using simple
voice commands to queue up your favorite tracks to two - player simultaneous play.
It would seem those fears are misplaced, as X's first RPG — Mega Man X:
Command Mission for the Nintendo GameCube and Sony PlayStation 2 — actually tells a coherent story and
features voice acting
from actors who can actually, well, act.
Additionally, Binary Domain's advanced
voice recognition
feature allows you to communicate with your team through a headset where hundreds of different
commands are at your disposal, ranging
from «cover me,» «stay there,» or «heal me» all the way to «you idiot,» «sh*t,» «f*ck» or «God damn.»
With the Moto X Pure Edition, you get a near stock Android iteration with some useful
features from Motorola baked in, such as twisting your wrist to open the camera, chopping twice to turn on the LED flash, glancing at notifications with Moto Display, or discreetly performing
voice commands, just to name a few.
Proprietary 360 - degree adaptive technology,
featuring 7 microphones that recognizes all details of your
voice commands from any direction.
On the Creators Update, Cortana can help you to complete setting up your device for the first time, there is a new full - screen experience, you can use new
voice commands, and perhaps one of the most exciting new
features is the ability to resume tasks
from another device.
This
feature lets users assemble a set of actions
from the smart speaker triggered by a single
voice command.
There's still a hardware gap — Echo and Google Home both
feature built - in speakers for playing music, as well as powerful microphones to pick up your
voice commands from anywhere in the room.
It
features the same «far field»
voice recognition as the original Echo, so users can make requests and give
commands from 20 to 25 feet away, even in noisy environments.
However, it's still packed with intelligence,
features a microphone for
voice commands and is compatible with Android and iOS smartphones so that users can receive smartphone notifications
from their wrist.
In the near future, Amazon will also be adding the capability for Fire TV device owners to view footage of their smart home cameras through Alexa's
voice commands, with compatibility for a variety of different smart home cameras like those
from Ring, August, Logitech and more, though Amazon doesn't mention a specific date for the launch of this particular
feature.
The new Amazon Dash Wand also borrows some
features from the Amazon Echo smart speaker, leveraging the power of Alexa to support
voice commands for a number of tasks.
The newly updated stick will offer
voice support which was absent
from last year's model, this new
feature allows users to search content using
voice commands.
There's also the other standard array of
features including Google
voice commands, the ability to reply to certain messages and access to a variety of apps
from the Play Store.
A newer
feature for both the Amazon Echo and Google Home is the ability to shop
from the comfort of your couch via
voice commands.
The Halo + includes the usual expected
features from this category, including a shrill alarm,
voice commands that tell you what and where the problem is, and a simple app that lets you manage all of this with ease.
Lastly, Apple also highlights some prominent Apple TV
features such as the ability to ask for specific movie and TV show categories or watch live TV
from supported apps, using
voice commands via the Apple TV's Siri remote.
The update will switch the OS
from Android to Samsung's own, and bring
features like improved battery life, option to store music on the watch, sleep tracking, ability to change the wallpaper and fonts, and
voice commands in the camera.
Amazon has a new music
feature for Alexa Routines, which are the automated sets of linked smart home actions you can initiate
from Echo speakers with timers or
voice commands.
Other Zap
features include Zap to TV, which beams content to Chromecasts directly
from the handset, and Zap to
Voice, which lets you use
voice commands to control Zap sharing.