At CES this week, ZTE announced a new partnership with Nuance that will bring voice recognition software to ZTE’s upcoming smartphones in 25 different languages and feature a new car mode app.

Following Apple’s Siri it seems voice is the new must have feature, and many smartphone manufacturers wants their own voice integration. ZTE’s partnership with Nuance, will be adding the feature to its own smartphones this year. Car Mode will enable users to make calls, read text messages, and control their media using their voice. Unlike Siri, it has been designed to work well in noisy environments, and won’t require a network or data connection.

The requirement not to need a data connection is excellent, but if you have no data connection you won’t be able to make calls or send texts!