Cortana is Microsoft’s virtual assistant, which was introduced in 2014 back when Windows Phone was still a thing. Similar to...

Microsoft shuts down Cortana, Apple should do the same with Siri::Cortana is Microsoft’s virtual assistant, which was introduced in 2014 back when Windows Phone was still a thing. Similar to…

  • rikonium@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    282·
    1 year ago

    Please not Siri, it ain’t smart but it does everything I want - the basics and reasonably easily.

    I remember Cortana fondly when it was a great blend of Siri and Google Now but naturally it and Windows Phone got left to rot, and made her useless on desktop Windows since they forfeited my pocket.

    I tolerated Google Assistant for a bit but ditched Android when Google pushed updates to remove the “okay Google with the screen off” feature from my Moto Z Play and gaslit the internet - stating it was never supported in closed support threads, the chipset didn’t support it and promoted it as a (then new) Pixel 1 feature. I figured Apple wouldn’t remove “Hey Siri” and so far several years in it’s still holding true.

    • Ejh3k@midwest.socialEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I miss the squeeze to activate Google assistant. I used that all the time, but since I upgraded my pixel and it’s no longer an option, I just don’t use it ever.

      • smackjack@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I don’t miss it at all. Every time I put my phone in my cupholder, it would activate, but when I actually needed it to work, it just wouldn’t.

      • rikonium@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I know it’s still a feature for many, not saying it’s still a Pixel exclusive today, this was several years ago