Thursday 16 July 2015

Cortana comes to IOS and Android as Microsoft builds a bridge to Windows 10

Microsoft is rolling out a red carpet for iPhone and Android users, giving them a standalone version of Windows Phone’s Cortana digital assistant and some help syncing their data to Windows PCs.
Cortana will be an installable app for iPhones and Android devices. While it won’t have the same deep operating system hooks as the Windows Phone version—don’t expect to conjure the virtual assistant with hardware buttons, for instance—it’ll otherwise support all the same internet, queries and actions. For instance, users will be able to set reminders through Cortana on Windows 10, and get notified on iPhone and Android.

In windows 10, microsoft will also do a better job teaching users to sync their data from iPhone and Android devices. A new Phone Companion app will act as a sort of educational tool for existing Microsoft products, pointing users to mobile app versions of Cortana, Onedrive, Skype and Office.

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