Microsoft Shuts Down Cortana Voice Assistant On IOS And Android, Removes App From Stores

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Microsoft’s Cortana mobile application will by and by don’t support Android and iOS as the association has decided to end the long-running stint of the virtual assistant from each mobile device. Microsoft had revealed in July 2020 that it will shut down the services of the voice assistant on all mobile devices from March 31, 2021. The tech goliath had said that the service will continue working on Windows PCs, where all reminders, lists, and tasks will be automatically synced to Microsoft To Do application.

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Microsoft had dispatched Cortana voice assistant back in 2015 to go facing top market leaders like Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant. The service was named after an artificial intelligence guide in the popular gaming series Halo, which was moreover an aftereffect of Microsoft. The world boss in making operating systems, Microsoft recently dispatched the Cortana application for iOS and Android devices to enable customers to connect their PCs to phones.

After the voice assistant failed to make balance watching out, Microsoft relaunched the application with another design. In any case, a few years, the association recognized Cortana can’t fight with the enormous players and subsequently decided to shut down the operations for mobile devices. Cortana application isn’t, now available on Apple’s App Store and Android’s Play Store. Microsoft has also taken out all Cortana-supported speakers from the market, giving customers a $50 Microsoft gift card.

Microsoft will not end the service absolutely as experts suggest that the association will integrate the AI into specific systems by improving the conversational point. It isn’t just Microsoft’s Cortana, Apple’s Siri is similarly fail to get traction watching out, by and large overpowered by Amazon and Google. It stays not yet clear what’s not too far off for an improved service that Microsoft is needing to relaunch for specific systems.

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