Owners Galaxy smartphones may wonder s voice what is this program on my phone? They have no idea how cool this feature is. It's built in voice assistant. Analogue of Siri on Ios, OK Google voice search on other android devices. What is useful in the S Voice program and how you can use it.
To launch the program, you need to double-click the "Home" button, and say a question or command. If you launched S Voice for the first time, then you need to agree to the terms of use with a few clicks of the button below. After that, you will be able to give orders to the application. Depending on the commands used, S Voice can set an alarm, send SMS, tell you about the weather, and much more. An extensive list of commands can be found below.
It is worth noting that you can start the voice assistant without pressing buttons, but with a special voice command that you can record in the application settings. Then, when the screen is off, you say the key phrase and the assistant will instantly wake up to listen to you.
List of tasks and suitable phrases
| A task | Phrase |
| Calls | Call Mom on mobile Dial Kolya worker Redial Dial 123456789 |
| SMS | Send a message to Andrey Where did you go? Tell your wife that I'm going home Read my messages Read my messages from Mom |
| Contacts | Contact Misha What is the chief's address When is Lisa's birthday? |
| Notes | Note to watch Watchmen movie Note to buy a light bulb Show note with shopping list |
| Schedule | New event meet the courier at 15:00 What's on my schedule Add an hour swimming event on Sunday at 11am Who will be at my next meeting Cancel meeting on Thursday Reschedule my 5pm appointment to 9am tomorrow |
| Search for information | Search for mushroom pizza recipe Google the population of Russia Search Bing car rental Search Yahoo for fairy tales |
| Application launch | open calculator to photograph Open settings |
| Voice recorder | Record voice |
| Alarm | Wake me up tomorrow at 5 am Show my alarms Set an alarm for nine o'clock turn off my alarm Change my alarm clock from 8 am to 6 am |
| Phone Features | turn on wifi, turn off bluetooth |
| Navigator | Route to Tula Go to the city of Makhachkala Moscow map |
| News | Read news Next news Previous news |
| Weather | Weather in Cheboksary Check the weather forecast What is the weather today What will the weather be like in Rostov tomorrow? |
| Timer | Set a timer for half an hour Set a timer for 5 minutes Create a timer for a minute Stop timer Restart timer |
| Audio player | play something Play Madonna To listen to the radio Play the previous song |
In addition to commands for specific tasks with the application, you can try to have a heart-to-heart conversation by asking various life questions.
Some of them you can find in the list below. Try asking these questions. Well, you can imagine yourself.
Questions to ask the S Voice app
Do you like football
Ask me
tell me something
Do you love me
Are you sad
Who do you love
Who do you hate
Are you married
Do you have feelings
You feel
What is your name
Who are you
You're a chicken
Who are your parents
Do you like football
You are fool
Can you give me your phone number
Why are you here
You are Android
Who are you friends with
Let's be friends
You are happy
Tell
Sleep
How much time
What is today's date
How are you doing
You are tired
I want to rest
I want to sleep
shut up
You are hungry
It's time for me to sleep
you wear glasses
How old are you
You know me
What are you interested in
What do you want
If you ask a question that S Voice does not understand, the program will offer to search for the answer on the Internet, that is, it will show the search results for your phrase in the browser.
So we got acquainted with S Voice and understood what kind of program it was. It should be noted that the application requires the Internet to work, otherwise you will only hear in response to your commands "There is no network connection, please try to connect to the network and try again."
If in the process of communicating with the program you find cool questions, send them to me through the comments. And maybe your friends with Galaxy smartphones will be interested to know about this information, so repost is welcome.
If you use a Huawei / Honor phone, then you probably saw a notification from HiVoice about activation or an error more than once after unlocking the device. HiVoice on Huawei what is it and how to disable it?
Notification from HiVoice
If you are a user of a Huawei or Honor smartphone with the EMUI API, then most likely you have encountered a notification from HiVoice after unlocking your smartphone.
The notification asks for permission to activate the above function, and if we refuse, then the next time it will simply display an error about the lack of rights to use it. Why does this feature manifest itself after unlocking the screen? What is HiVoice and how do I disable it?
What is HiVoice in Huawei smartphones?
HiVoice is a voice command recognition feature. It activates the voice search for a number from the phone book without having to unlock the phone. Just press the volume down button on the lock screen, and then say the name of the contact you want to call. This option is enabled by default in Huawei smartphones.
As you can see, calling it is quite simple and very often it happens by accident. Because on a locked smartphone, you can accidentally press the volume button, after which HiVoice will try to turn on our voice recognition to search for a contact name.
But what is causing the error? Why does a pop-up window appear asking you to activate or with a notification that it is not available. You need to allow activation when the notification first appears. Because every time we accidentally activate HiVoice, the application, after unlocking the device, requests access to the contact list and other data.
Moreover, when we refuse access to this data, then on subsequent random calls, an error will be displayed instead of an activation request. Fortunately, this can be easily fixed.
How to disable voice command feature in Huawei?
The problem lies primarily in the fact that system settings Huawei will not find this option under that name. How then to turn it off? What to do so that the error does not appear?
It's just that this option is present in a separate section and under a different name. In the system, it is displayed as "Quick Call" and is hidden directly in the settings of the "Phone" application. To disable it, set the switch to the off position.
To turn off the HiVoice function, go to the Phone app tab, that is, the dialing screen. At the bottom, find the icon with three stripes - click on it to bring up the settings menu. Then select Settings.
All settings related to, among others, the Phone app and number lookup will be displayed. In the list, find the option "Quick call". Here you will see that it is enabled by default.
Go to the properties of this option and uncheck "Quick call". That's all. The application will be turned off, and the message about turning on the program will never appear again, even if you accidentally touch other buttons on the lock screen.
HD-Voice: what is it?
HD Voice is a technology that implies excellent sound quality when telephone conversations. HD-Voice is "high definition voice". With the help of this technology, a person's speech becomes more distinct, the voices of acquaintances - better recognizable. Speech is not only audible, it is almost perfect! This is especially useful in noisy places, such as on the street next to a high traffic road.
Mobile communication is arranged as follows: during a conversation, the speaker's speech is digitized online, transmitted to the listener's receiver and played back. In HD-Voice is processed wider range of sound waves, respectively, the quality of digitization is higher. The Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband audio codec is used for this.
Example of HD-Voice sound.
MTS provided files demonstrating a comparison of sound quality - regular conversations (without high definition voice) and conversations with HD-Voice.
Consider first the sound without HD Voice.
And now speech with HD-Voice technology.
HD Voice Technology works in 3G networks (MTS, Beeline, Megafon). MTS also provides HD-Voice in some areas with 2G coverage.
How to enable HD-Voice on your phone?
Yes, actually, it is not necessary.. Digitization selection is automatic - the best available way. This requires that the phone supports the HD-Voice function and must be in a 3G network. Almost all modern smartphones support the HD-Voice function. It is so popular and widespread that it is not even listed in technical specifications phone.
If you have a phone manufactured not earlier than 2013 and supports 3G, then the probability that you have a “high-definition voice” is almost 100%.
On the smartphone itself, you also do not need to configure anything.
Talk on the phone with even more pleasure, enjoy the sound quality with HD Voice technology. Check with your mobile operator for details.
And now a small survey on the topic of your phones and HD-Voice technology: does it work for you, did you feel such a difference, which is given in the examples from MTS?
Manufacturers are always tweaking their interfaces, and with EMUI, you can easily see the changes from the Chinese manufacturer. The user interface offers an experience that is different from the original Android. In this article, we're going to look at some of the features worth knowing to get the most out of your smartphone, whether it's , or the Honor View 10, just to name a few of the ever-growing Huawei/Honor family.
Important: There may be slight differences between Honor and Huawei devices.
How to customize the interface?
One of the strengths of EMUI is, without a doubt, the level of customization. Use your own photo as a background, collect applications in a separate tray, customize physical or virtual keys, rearrange applications on the screens, so that the interface suits your tastes and needs in just a few steps.
Background change: Settings - Display - Wallpaper - Set wallpaper - Gallery / Other.
Application Tray: Settings - Display - Home screen style - Application tray.
Choose how to navigate the system: Settings - Smart Assistant - System Navigation. Here you can tell your device how to activate the single navigation key to access the home screen, secondary screen, and latest action, whether to activate the virtual navigation bar (by customizing the keyboard shortcut) or select the quick menu.
Change Quick Settings: Pull down the drop down menu and click on the pencil icon.
Tailor your smartphone to your needs.
Change layouts and arrangement of applications: press and hold on an empty space on the home screen, then tap Settings. In this section, you can reorganize your apps, even by shaking your phone to shuffle shortcuts.
Battery Percentage Display: Settings - Apps & Notifications - Notifications & Status Bar - Battery percentage: Do not show / Next to the battery icon.
Add contact information to your lock screen: Settings - Security & privacy - Screen lock & passwords - Lock screen recording.
Disable the step counter on the lock screen: Settings - Security & privacy - Screen lock & passwords - Show step count on lock screen.
Customize the background, widgets and transitions.
Go to display menu
We often underestimate the importance of image and screen related settings. We're not only talking about the brightness level, but also about the ability to change the color rendering of the displayed content, as well as adjusting the font sizes.
Font size: Settings - Display - Text size.
Changing the size of interface elements: Settings - Display - View mode.
Screen resolution: Settings - Display - Screen resolution.
Screen Brightness: Settings - Display - Brightness.
Colorful temperature: Settings - Display - Color temperature - Default | Warm | Cold.
Color mode: Settings - Display - Color Mode - Normal | Bright.
Blue screen filter: Settings - Display - Eye comfort.
Adjust the text size according to your preference.
Screen off: Settings - Display - Sleep - 30 seconds - good way limit power consumption.
View apps in full screen mode: Settings - Display - Full screen mode.
Screen rotation: Settings - Display - Automatic screen rotation | Smart turn.
Increasing sensitivity touch screen in winter: Settings - Smart Assistance - Glove Mode.
Displaying photos on the lock screen while charging: Settings - Display - Screen saver.
We speed up interaction with the device
Not all options offered by the device are useful. EMUI offers some features that we recommend using because they allow you to optimize your phone experience by reducing the number of gestures or transitions required to get to one function or another.
Search files faster: Swipe from the home screen, you will see the search bar.
Calling a contact from the screen: press and hold the volume key, say the contact's name after the beep.
Wake up Google Assistant: press and hold the home button, use voice command (don't forget to activate the function from the Google app).
Open the app by drawing the first letter: Settings - Smart Assistance - Motion Control - Drawing.
Split the screen into two with a gesture: Settings - Smart Assistance - Motion Control - Split Screen Gesture.
Inclusion quick launch: on the lock screen, swipe up and down to access the sound recorder, flashlight, calculator, timer, or camera.
All you have to do is tap to open Quick Launch.
Use two Accounts Whatsapp/Facebook: Settings - Applications and Notifications - Similar applications.
Enable Face Unlock: Settings - Security & privacy - Face unlock.
Enable one-hand control: Settings - Smart Assistance - User Interface - Mini Screen.
Take a screenshot: Instead of the classic keyboard shortcut Volume Down + Power, tap the screen a few times with your finger.
Security
Locking your device with a PIN, password, gesture sequence, fingerprint scanner, or facial recognition will help protect your data. And if you want to hide something from prying eyes, you will find specialized four functions for this task!
Install one or more fingerprints: Settings - Security and privacy - Fingerprint scanner.
Create a personal space on your smartphone by enabling the function of the same name: Settings - Security and privacy - PrivateSpace.
Encryption of photos, audio, video and other files: Settings - Security and privacy - Safe files - Enable.
Block access to some applications: Settings - Security and privacy - App lock.
By usingPrivateSpace you can keep two "worlds" on one device!
Become a real camera master
It is one of the components that users use the most, the camera is full of surprises, especially now that artificial intelligence is taking over smartphones. Introduced on the Mate 10 Pro and View 10 with the Kirin 970 NPU, AI helps optimize the photography experience by selecting best settings and modes, depending on your needs.
Enable Pro mode: open the camera app. Swipe from left to right and tap Pro Photo or Pro Video.
Take a screenshot: double click volume down.
Quick view of the photo gallery: open a photo in Gallery, pinch to zoom out and scroll through other photos.
Select multiple photos at the same time: open a folder, press and hold the photo you want to select for a few seconds, then swipe to select other pictures.
Create the bokeh effect: open the camera and click on the icon that simulates the aperture of the lens; now click on the object you want to be in focus, shoot.
Adjust the Beauty effect: click the "Portrait" icon and slide your finger over the Beauty level indicator.
Have fun with AR: Turn on AR lenses from the camera menu, click on AR at the bottom, and select the effects you want to see on the real-time subject you're shooting.
In the mode "Artist" you can turn your pictures into works of art.
Artist mode: Transform photos into comics or turn them into works of art (Prism style).
Apply Instagram style filters before shooting: turn on the "Filter" item in camera modes, and then click on the three circles to show the nine filters in real time.
Smile photo: go to your camera settings by swiping aside and enable "Capture Smiles".
Document scanning: open the cameras and click "Scan Document", leave the document and start scanning as instructed.
Battery
Unfortunately, there are no miracles here. You won't be able to force your smartphone's battery for more than two days. However, you can control and manage your battery consumption through dedicated settings. If your smartphone supports this technology, you can use fast charging to get the energy you need in a short time.
Turn on power saving mode. To restrict apps in the background, turn off automatic sync Email and system sounds.
Select power saving mode: for emergency situations, this mode allows you to restrict the use of applications, which will significantly limit the user's options.
Understand what consumes your battery: Settings - Battery - Battery usage.
Optimize energy consumption: Settings - Battery - Optimization, then go to the tips you would like to put into practice.
Analyze battery usage.
If you want to take full control of the system, here are some additional tricks:
Activate developer options: Settings - About phone - Build number, click on it until you see a notification of successful activation.
Reset smartphone: Settings - Reset - Reset to factory settings.
System update: Settings - System update - Update.
Simultaneous control of two SIM-cards: Settings - Wireless connection and networks - Dual SIM settings.
Scheduling an alarm on a smartphone: Settings - Smart Help - Enable / Disable the schedule. Set the start time and then the alarm time.
Transfer data from your old smartphone: Download Phone Clone to both devices (Huawei, Honor or Apple), select the data you would like to transfer.
Sound Quality Improvement: Settings - Sound - Huawei Histen Sound Effects (connect headphones to your phone, otherwise the item will not appear in the menu).