Microsoft/Amazon partnership

[Norman Foster]

Will the partnership between Microsoft and Amazon will be a threat to Apple's Siri and Google Assistant?

 

[maflynn]

Will the partnership between Microsoft and Amazon will be a threat to Apple's Siri and Google Assistant?

No, because of all the digital assistants, Siri's is the least capable.

 

[Zirel]

No, because of all the digital assistants, Siri's is the least capable.

Can you call a lyft on Cortana?

 

[maflynn]

Can you call a lyft on Cortana?

No idea about lyft, but you can with Uber and that's what I use.

 

[willmtaylor]

Will the partnership between Microsoft and Amazon will be a threat to Apple's Siri and Google Assistant?

I hope so. Competition is a good thing.

 

[Zirel]

No idea about lyft, but you can with Uber and that's what I use.

But not lyft, AFAIK

Can I use Cortana with a vast array of home appliances like HomeKit?

Can I ask Cortana to play some artist on Microsoft Groove?

Can I ask Cortana to reserve a table at a restaurant?

 

[maflynn]

But not lyft, AFAIK

Can I use Cortana with a vast array of home appliances like HomeKit?

Can I ask Cortana to play some artist on Microsoft Groove?

Can I ask Cortana to reserve a table at a restaurant?

I wouldn't fixate so much on Cortana, but rather Amazon and google. Both of them are better positioned to leverage digital assistants, and have products/services that exceed what Apple does right now. I don't even use Cortana but it has some advantages over Siri, in fact all do.

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