iPhone Users Will Be Able to Say 'Hey Cortana, Open Alexa' in Future

[MacRumors]

Amazon and Microsoft today jointly announced that Alexa and Cortana will soon be able to communicate with each other.

Microsoft said the collaboration will allow access to Alexa via Cortana on Windows 10 PCs later this year, and via the Cortana app for iOS and Android at an unspecified point in the future. Similarly, users will be able to access Cortana on Alexa-enabled devices like the Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, and Echo Show.

iPhone users should eventually be able to open the Cortana app and say "hey Cortana, open Alexa," to access Amazon's virtual assistant. Alexa can be used to shop and manage orders on Amazon, ask a variety of questions, stream music and audiobooks, check the news and weather, and many other tasks.

However, iPhone users won't be able to say "hey Cortana, open Alexa" from the Home screen, or when the device is locked. Apple only allows third-party virtual assistants to function within their apps, so accessing Alexa via Cortana will be a lot more cumbersome than simply using Siri.

For a complete virtual assistant experience, iPhone users could also say "hey Siri, open the Cortana app" and then say "hey Cortana, open Alexa."

Alexa can already be used in the Amazon app on iOS [Direct Link], while Cortana has been available on the App Store [Direct Link] since December 2015.

Article Link: iPhone Users Will Be Able to Say 'Hey Cortana, Open Alexa' in Future

 

[Maetzle]

"Hey Siri, open Cortana app and tell Alexa to start playing my lounge playlist on my Sonos in the living room."

 

[AngerDanger]

For the first time, you'll actually be able to play the telephone game… with your phone.

"Hey, Cortana, ask Alexa how the weather is going to be today."

"Alexa, house heather knowing me to play?"

"Here is the atomic structure of ether:

"

 

[Red Oak]

% of users who do this: .00001%

Cortana has almost zero downloads on iOS. Literally

 

[Strozzascotte]

"Hey Siri, tell Cortana to open Alexa."

 

[Chupa Chupa]

So now we have a family of bots? Gives new meaning to the term "dysfunctional family."

 

[thasan]

Hey Cortana, delete Alexa's home.

 

[555gallardo]

"Hey Siri, tell Cortana to open Alexa."

An actual advantage of AI over your wife and girlfriend(s)

 

[Jimmy James]

Hey Cortana, contact Alexa and tell her to have Siri provide me with contexualized responses.

 

[Chupa Chupa]

An actual advantage of AI over your wife and girlfriend(s)

Heh. Coming this Fall to Apple Music TV: The Real HouseBots of Silicon Valley.

 

[Rogifan]

OK I’m confused. Why do you need Cortana to access Alexa? If Alexa has to be accessed via an app why not an Alexa app? What am I missing?

 

[Porco]

Cortana, can you ask Siri if Alexa has seen Google Now?

Siri, can you ask Alexa if Google Now has seen Cortana?

Alexa, can you ask Google Now if Cortana has seen Siri?

Ok Google, can you ask Cortana if Siri has seen Alexa?

Doctor, can you ask the nurse if she could ask Cortana if Siri could ask Alexa has seen Goggle Now?

 

[nordique]

This part from the article cracked me up haha


"For a complete virtual assistant experience, iPhone users could also say "hey Siri, open the Cortana app" and then say "hey Cortana, open Alexa.""

 

[tarsins]

They'll just spend all their time bitching.

 

[MrGimper]

At last, Nerds can have the threesome they’ve always dreamed of
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They'll just spend all their time bitching.

“Cortana, tell Alexa her butt does look big in that”

 

[yanksfan114]

Am I reading an onion article or have tech companies become so out of touch that they think this is something people will actuallly do?

 

[mox358]

This might be the worst idea I've heard this year... seriously who would use this?

 

[Berti10]

So if you're mad at Alexa, you now ask Cortana to ask Alexa. I'm wondering if Alexa answers via Cortana, when she is mad at you

 

[Amazing Iceman]

Later, a Social Network for Virtual Assistants is created...
And eventually computers turn against humans.

 

[alfonsog]

Alexa wins cause you don’t have to say ‘hey’ or ‘ok’ first... but I don’t say ‘alexa’ either because on my echo I changed the wake word to ‘computer’ hello Star Trek

 

[Sirious]

So I have to open an app, and speak to it, to tell it to open another app, which I could have just opened in the first place?

 

[kdarling]

So I have to open an app, and speak to it, to tell it to open another app, which I could have just opened in the first place?

Well, you won't have a Home button any more, so get used to voice control

j/k

 

[Tiger8]

Siri is the dumbest of the bunch

 

[Appleaker]

This is a step in the right direction. However being so comfortable with each other could lead to a lack of new features or a leader between the bunch, as people can just say ‘open ____ and do ____’. Although I’m sure that won’t really happen.

 

[5105973]

Great. I can just see Cortana, Alexa and Siri gossiping about our web searches, purchases and taste in music.