For now Cortana only available for users in the United States and China. It is obvious that Microsoft is its voice assistant later will release in other countries, although Microsoft about nothing yet announced.
Cortana is Microsoft’s counterpart to Apple’s Siri voice assistant. Cortana is like Siri can be an intelligent voice assistant that questions and commands can be given. In this way can be using a smartphone more and more hands.
Apple has been offering since 2011 its voice assistant Siri. Since this spring, “speaks” Siri also thanks to the Dutch rating 8.3 iOS update that Apple has released recently. Google also offers a voice assistant in the form of Google Now, this is however less developed than Cortana and Siri.
In late May, Microsoft already announced that the company wanted to make its voice assistant Cortana to Android and iOS devices . When However, Microsoft has communicated no date Cortana would be available for Android or iOS. In April, played developers ready to Cortana to get working on an Android smartphone. Then it came just an experiment.
Microsoft has its Cortana app for Android smartphones and so-called ‘iDevices’ from Apple (iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch ed.) In recent months with a large group of users tested. From now Cortana is officially available for all US and Chinese users of Android smartphones and iDevices from Apple.
Microsoft has also teamed with Cyanogen, known from the eponymous Cyanogen OS, which is based on Android. The Cyanogen OS runs include the OnePlus One. Voice Assistant Cortana will be standard part in the future of the Cyanogen OS.
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