Assistant Cortana gets smarter and offers Foursquare places
The assistants are in fashion. And it is that the big companies of the moment continue working to create their own program to assist the user in the most comfortable and direct way possible. The latest to come into play has been Cortana, created by Microsoft for the operating systemWindows Phone, which draws directly from the best of Siri and Google NowA tool that is still under development and new functionalities and interesting features have been revealed.
Thus, the rumors that have been going around the Internet for a few weeks about the next step of this wizard have been confirmed. And it is that Microsoft seemed quite interested in joining forces with the geolocation social network Foursquare to make your assistant a more intelligent and useful tool for users. Something that not only allows you to ask about the temperature of a place, but also to be able to receive information on places of interest and establishments where you can eat, drink, etc., that arenear
The agreement between Microsoft and Foursquare translates into a proactive role in Cortana In this way, a menu has been activated within the notepad of this assistant where you can activate the option Best places nearby within InterestsWith this, this wizard will begin to show places that may be of interest to the user when he passes near them, always having as reference the current position of the owner of the terminal.
This is a good way to find places to visit or places to eat or drink at any time and place. And it is that Cortana is in charge of searching for these establishments through the sources of Foursquareand display the results on the screen. Thus, it is possible to see a small image, the name of the place, the type of establishment and the distance from the user's location. In addition, if you click on any of these places, you access the Foursquare application to obtain much more detailed information such as numbers of phone, position on the map, schedules, photographs, comments from other users , etc
With all this, Cortana continues to enhance its functionality and intelligence in general. And it is that it not only allows you to carry out searches on the Internet by means of a voice command or carry out a task such as writing down an appointment on the calendar. Rather, as with Google Now, it gets to know the tastes and interests of the user to make recommendations and display data relevant to that person. Whether it's about sports results or, as with the latest news, showing well-rated places and establishments near the user's current position.
In short, a complete comfort to find where to go or what to do when you don't have a plan. All this just by pressing the search button on the terminal Windows Phone Of course, for now this function is only available for those countries that can already accessCortana, as is United States and, more recently, China and Great BritainFor Spain we will still have to wait a little longer.
