Microsoft is considering bringing Cortana voice assistant to Android and other platforms

[phandroid]

While Google Now is great for bringing you the information you need before you need it, for some, there’s still a need (or want) to interact with a voice controlled “personal assistant.” This is partly the reason Siri has grown into a sassy pop icon she is today, and why Microsoft introduced their own in-house […]

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[sfbloodbrother]

I actually like Cortana. She has potential. However, I don't think that Microsoft should waste time developing it for Android or iOS, but I think they should try to get it to come to Windows 8.1 or whatever they want to update the next Windows to. Imagine having this on a full blown operating system, being your assistant.

That would be a good selling point for their Surface tablets, as well as their phones. They should be the first to develop an assistant that doesn't suck. Yes... Siri.... Sucks.... And Google Now isn't an assistant, more of a thing that organizes things for you.