Cortana, intelligent personal assistant mark Microsoft, it is the representative feature included in the mobile operating system Windows Phone 8.1, feature that users were able to test for the first time on WP 8.1 Developer Preview, after it was presented by Microsoft at the event BUILD Developer supported in the period April 2-4, 2014 to San Francisco. The source of inspiration for Cortana it is Atrrificial intelligent character What the same name in the series of Halo video games, whose voice is doubled (as well as that of personal assistant FROM Windows Phone 8.1) by actress Jen Taylor.
According to close sources Windows Phone, Cortana will replace feature-ul Bing Search and will act as asistent digital of the user, with personality similar to that of Siri FROM iOS or Google Search FROM Android.
Considering that Siri and Google Search I am an integrated part of their users' lives for a good time, Microsoft Try to reduce inferiority by promoting personal assistant Cortana and on operating systems Windows, to attract as many users as possible. Or at least this is understood from the employment announcement made by Microsoft yesterday on the site Microsoft Careers.
Do you want to be part of the team that is building the next generation of Cortana? We are looking for strong and motivated developers to help shape the Evolution of the next generation of Microsoft’s Digital Assistant – Cortana! The landscape of digital assistant is challenging, exciting, and ground-breaking space. Being part of the Cortana team you will have the opportunity to push the frontier, redefine the personalization experience on Windows. You can help create serendipitous moments of discovery and satisfaction for the users and enable signature experiences that make Windows your indispensable companion in the real world. We also own the search experience, which is one of the premier and most used experiences in Windows.
Microsoft rushed this time to start Cortana project for Windows before Siri be made available for Mac To earn a minimum advance in competition with Apple (The same thing is true for Google Search). However, considering that the employment is just starting to make the project, we will most likely not see Cortana in Windows Too soon, and Microsoft are already famous for the delays with which they launched products in the past (including Windows Phone 8.1).
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