Microsoft shuts down Cortana, Apple should do the same with Siri::Cortana is Microsoft’s virtual assistant, which was introduced in 2014 back when Windows Phone was still a thing. Similar to…
Nice cut, Memmy.
This will make the 3 people who actually used Cortana mildly disgruntled.
…similar to what? SIMILAR TO WHAT!?
nah
Siri, while not great, handles timers, reminders, and dumbshit like that just fine without typing. I have yet to find another good use for these assistants.
Yep. I’ve used my Google assistant for timers, alarms, weather, and music. Anything more complex is a headache. Even music is half the time.
Asking the thing to handle music in another language was terrible. Asking it to play a French song to an assistent set in English gives stupid results for example. “Que sera, sera” becomes “Oh Sarah”.
Please not Siri, it ain’t smart but it does everything I want - the basics and reasonably easily.
I remember Cortana fondly when it was a great blend of Siri and Google Now but naturally it and Windows Phone got left to rot, and made her useless on desktop Windows since they forfeited my pocket.
I tolerated Google Assistant for a bit but ditched Android when Google pushed updates to remove the “okay Google with the screen off” feature from my Moto Z Play and gaslit the internet - stating it was never supported in closed support threads, the chipset didn’t support it and promoted it as a (then new) Pixel 1 feature. I figured Apple wouldn’t remove “Hey Siri” and so far several years in it’s still holding true.
Okay google works fine when the screen is off for me. On S22+ with latest Android
I miss the squeeze to activate Google assistant. I used that all the time, but since I upgraded my pixel and it’s no longer an option, I just don’t use it ever.
I don’t miss it at all. Every time I put my phone in my cupholder, it would activate, but when I actually needed it to work, it just wouldn’t.
