This past Wednesday, Cortana, Microsoft’s version of Siri, was introduced as the newest digital assistant. Cortana is a personal assistant who works with the phone user in getting to know them better and better overtime. Fortunately for the phone users, she’s better at detecting language than Siri who often says, “I don’t understand what you’re saying." As long as you tell her, she is especially helpful when it comes to reminders with people or places and a popup will appear on your screen at the time of the reminder. Another special feature of Cortana is “Cortana’s Notebook” where she stores information she accumulates about you based on your habits and phone settings. Cortana is expected to appear in the U.S in just a couple of weeks. I think these types of features on phone are becoming more and more popular nowadays. They work especially well for people who do a lot of traveling and need to be on their phone while driving. Cortana will be able to change settings and keep users on their toes more efficiently than Siri and maybe even sell Siri out. At the same time, there are so many iphone users, me being one myself, and I would not buy an entirely new phone or change cell phone plans just for a new personal assistant.
There does need to be a change in having a personal assistant on your phone such as Siri but now the new "Cortana". I know for my Iphone I have Siri turned off because she does not answer my questions. Reading this blog, I am happy to see there something better being developed.
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