Microsoft Brings ‘hello Cortana’ To iPhone, Android, Cyanogen

via Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, December 9, 2015

Making the flexibility to search for information on smartphones simply at little bit more straightforward, Microsoft introduced the virtual assistant Cortana to select iPhone-, Android- and Cyanogen-powered units as a associate app to any laptop operating home windows 10.

After a couple of months in beta, the Cortana app comes with the identical intelligence as Cortana on the pc, having the ability to seek for information and give helpful suggestions on the go.

integrated with Bing know-how, the software allows users to set a vicinity-based totally reminder on one device and have it pop up on the smartphone when they arrive on the region.

just like Google Now, the software also tracks flights, programs and extra. then again, the usage of Cortana on each the phone and the pc lets in the consumer to get updates on each units.   

Microsoft says Cortana can toggle settings or opening apps, with arms-free search, help to get guidance, discover a native restaurant or enter a calendar reminder. The telephone partner app on the windows 10 laptop will help customers install the Cortana app from the Google Play or Apple App store onto the cellphone.

For now, the Cortana app is handiest on hand in the U.S. and in China on gadgets operating iOS 8 or Android 4.1.2, at the very least, to run the Cortana apps.

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