If you were thinking of dropping Siri for another personal assistant, Microsoft has something on the way.
Microsoft announced on Tuesday that its Cortana personal digital assistant will be available for iOS and Android devices later this year. Windows 10 will also feature a new “Phone Companion” app as a central place for PC users to install Cortana and other Windows-related apps for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone.
Cortana was unveiled on Windows Phone 8.1 last April as the company’s answer to Siri and Google Now, and the company is also bringing the personal digital assistant to the desktop as part of Windows 10 this summer. Cortana’s features include contextually-aware reminders, routing and mapping, current weather and traffic conditions, sports scores, biographies and more.
A number of Cortana’s features found on Windows Phone won’t be available on iOS and Android at the outset. This includes toggling settings, opening apps or “Hey Cortana” hands-free invoking of the personal digital assistant.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via MacRumors