WASHINGTON: Microsoft has announced its ‘Cortana Virtual Assistant’ software is available for Android users.
Cortana is a breakthrough by Microsoft in response to Apple’s ‘Siri’ & Google Now, which allows voice command operations on android.
The latest launch is linked to Microsoft’s effort to expand its presence in smartphone market despite a failure of windows phone devices.
“The Cortana app can do most of the things Cortana does on your PC or on a Windows phone,” Microsoft’s Susan Hendrich said in a blog post.
“With the app, you can manage your hectic lifestyle by setting and getting reminders, searching the web on-the-go, tracking important information such as flight details as well as starting and completing tasks across all of your devices.”
Cortana’s beta version would be available from 25th of August for the US users of Android, and “we are planning to roll it out to other markets,” Hendrich said.
In May, Microsoft announced that it was intend to work on Android version as well as an additional for Apple devices.
According to research firm Gartner, Windows had just 2.5% of the global smartphone market in the second quarter compared with 82% for Google’s Android and 14.6% for Apple’s iOS.
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