Microsoft to unveil its own Siri, Google Now competitor...Cortana

[Desmond]

That's right. Halo's Cortana will now come on Windows phones XD.

Apple first unveiled Siri in the fall of 2011, Google took the wraps off Google Now in the summer of 2012 and now Microsoft is at long last about to release its own voice-enabled personal assistant this coming April. One of MSFTNerd’s sources claims that Microsoft plans to release its Cortana virtual assistant this spring, just in time for its annual Build developers conference.

MSFTNerd hints that the new service will be integrated directly with Bing and that users will be able to activate it on their mobile devices simply by saying the phrase “Bing tell me…” MSFTNerd also says that “the service will expand to the Bing app for iPhone in the US market this fall” and that “the underlying technology will be extended to American Xbox One & Windows users in 2015 with Threshold.” Cortana, for all you non-gamers out there, is the name of famous artificial intelligence character in Microsoft’s smash-hit Halo series.

Source : Microsoft Cortana release date: April 2014 | BGR

 

[$hadow]

Its integration with the search will be interesting.

 

[freshseasons]

Cartona..this is where they should first correct the name.It looks more like cartoon name to me

 

[Desmond]

@freshseasons, you haven't played Halo?

 

[Akira]

Cartona..this is where they should first correct the name.It looks more like cartoon name to me

It's Cortana, the AI supporting character from the Halo series(Xbox exclusive).

Man, I can just see Microsoft releasing a Nokia Halo exclusive phone for all the Halo fanboys/girls out there. I know I would get one

 

[Desmond]

Now that would be proper marketing after so long.

 

[Desmond]

Cortana reviewed : Windows Phone 8.1 review | The Verge

 

[Ironman]

I have to ditch Android for my next purchase !

 

[RCuber]

Bing Search!!!

 

[tanmaymohan]

Using it she's pretty cool