Microsoft's Cortana assistant is coming to Android
Despite the fact that Microsoft had already stated its intention to bring its famous and intelligent voice assistant Cortana to other platforms, it has not been until now when it has confirmed the fact that it will officially arrive both on the system operating Android as well as iOS (iPhone and iPad). And it seems that they are willing to poke their chests out with this useful tool capable of searching for information of interest to the user in addition to carrying out different tasks with a voice command.
The information comes from the Reuters agency, where they confirm the fact through the mouth of the General Director of Microsoft Research, Eric Horvitz, who has given certain details about this arrival. Thus, Cortana would be an independent application that would land on both Android and iOS, offering its features on smartphones and tablets from both companies. A version of the work that has been carried out on the Windows Phone platform and will also be coming to PCs along with Windows 10
Now, the curious thing about the case are the statements about this assistant, since it is only a part of the project that they have given to call Einstein And it is that Microsoft Research is researching and developing with artificial intelligence, promoting her abilities and choices, of which Cortana would be just a partSomething that will have to wait and see, since an official presentation is expected to be made at end of the year with new possibilities for this assistant.
At the moment Cortana has drawn directly from Siri andGoogle Now, the assistants of the competition, to offer the best features of each. Like Siri, she is able to answer and hold some dialogue with humor and irony as well as perform tasks From Google Now, however, take the intelligence and proactivity, trying to anticipate the user's needs. This means giving you traffic information at the times and places you usually travel, knowing details and planned events via email, and many other details that you learn directly from interaction with the user.
However this is only a part of what Cortana will do in the future. And it is that according to the statements of Horvitz, they are working on a major technology within Einstein They want to create a service that makes people's lives easier, supplements human memory, keeps track of things, and helps do everything. Something in which they do not compete alone.
Perhaps for this reason they decide to bring Cortana to iOS and Android, trying to get the maximum use of one of their services although be outside of its own platform. And it is that Windows Phone is still not very attractive for users and developers.
Now we just have to wait to find out more details about the application Cortana, as well as the project keys Einstein, which seems to be improving voice recognition and search, as well as many other aspects of the broad concept of artificial intelligence on which it is based.
