Leak Reveals Cortana, Windows Phone's Version of Siri

[Tom Bombadildo]

Some of you might think "Hey, doesn't that name sound familiar?" Well...a recent leak from The Verge shows that Microsoft is currently working on an improved version of their digital assistant, aptly named "Cortana" from the Halo series.

Cortana the digital assistant isn't a mirror image of Cortana the AI, the faithful partner found in the legendary Halo video game series, but it will call you Master Chief if you'd like. The Verge reports that the digital assistant sports the Siri-like ability to call you by the name of your choice, and the circular blue icon will animate while it speaks to lend it a bit of personality...

...Cortana will reportedly draw in data from Bing and Foursquare to deliver contextual information in a Google Now-esque fashion. That'll be augmented by tidbits it learns about you from your interactions with the assistant, the Verge reports, along with the customizable information—such as flight info, reminders, contacts info, and more—you choose to store in Cortana's "Notebook," which will add even more individualized flavor to her informative interactions.

Definitely an interesting development. As someone who hasn't used or ever even seen a Windows Phone, it sounds like Microsoft is really striving to add popular features from iOS/Android to try and draw in the market. I'm curious to see how this ends up turning out, it sounds quite intriguing.


DoYouEvenSauce,Bro?

 

[BORTZ]

Man I want a cool voice assistant. Can Android get Iron Man's J.A.R.V.I.S.?

 

[Flame]

Me: *okay Google*

Me: *is windows phone getting a good new feature*

Google now: *.... here is a list of types of shit*

 

[Gahars]

I see Microsoft is intent on cornering the "waifu" market.

Can anyone stop them?

 

[chavosaur]

Microsoft why you break Halo canon?

 

[Foxi4]

Odd... this is a leak? I'm absolutely sure that I've heard about implementing Cortana as Siri's eqivalent months ago, I just didn't think it was that much of a big deal...

#l337Sources

 

[Shuji1987]

Who cares really? After TomTom, Siri, Google Now, S-Voice and whatever else crap that went before this I don't see how this is news. Good for WP users, but not really anything new.

 

[Kwartel]

Man I want a cool voice assistant. Can Android get Iron Man's J.A.R.V.I.S.?

If I recall correctly, Google Now already responds if you call it J.A.R.V.I.S.

 

[BORTZ]

If I recall correctly, Google Now already responds if you call it J.A.R.V.I.S.

Just tried, no luck.

 

[Kwartel]

Ah that's a shame.

 

[Devin]

Dunno if this was posted already.

 

[ferofax]

PLOT TWIST: The project's name is CORTANA, but upon release we find out it's actually BURROUGHS, and she calls us "Master".