Microsoft: You can say goodbye to Cortana for Android and iOS

Officially available on Android and iOS since December 2015 and Microsoft Launcher since February 2018, Cortana is already about to disappear of those platforms and app launcher. Microsoft has confirmed this on several pages devoted to voice assistant support.

For example, the Australian, Canadian, and English sites might read: “We’re integrating Cortana into your Microsoft 365 apps to make your personal digital assistant as useful as possible. As part of this development, we’ll stop supporting the Cortana app on Android and iOS in your market as of January 31, 2020. At this point, Cortana content you create, such as reminders and lists, will no longer work in the Cortana mobile app or Microsoft Launcher, but will continue to be available through Cortana on Windows. Also, Cortana reminders, lists, and tasks are automated with the Microsoft To Do app, which you can download to your phone for free. syncs as »

Microsoft releases Cortana on mobile devices in early 2020

Therefore and February 1, 2020, the phone’s Cortana mobile app will no longer be supported. Microsoft Launcher will be updated without Cortana. However, it will still be possible to use the assistant, provided you have one of the (mostly enterprise-specific) editions of Microsoft 365. The measure concerns Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. At this time, it’s unclear whether Microsoft plans to retire Cortana for the rest of the world, but it’s sure to roll out to other support sites soon. On Windows 10, Xbox One, and now Android and iOS, Microsoft is failing to impose its voice assistant on the competition.

Microsoft tried to force the user to use its assistant, but nothing worked. In Windows 10, Cortana is no longer integrated into the search field, but appears as a separate button that can be easily removed. There is even talk that Microsoft has made it an app to download from the Windows Store. And on Xbox One, Cortana can be replaced with Google Assistant. Slowly but surely, Cortana walks away. But how many users will actually complain about it when all platforms come together?

Source : MS Power