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…

  • Ducks@ducks.devEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    This will make the 3 people who actually used Cortana mildly disgruntled.

    • HughJanus@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      I spent hours trying to get rid of it, only to have it come back a few weeks later after an update.

      One of many reasons I abandoned Windows entirely.

  • rikonium@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    11 months 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
      1·
      11 months 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·
        11 months 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.

  • ren (a they/them)@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    11 months ago

    nah

    Siri, while not great, handles timers, reminders, and dumbshit like that just fine without typing. I have yet to find another good use for these assistants.

    • Gowens@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      11 months ago

      Yep. I’ve used my Google assistant for timers, alarms, weather, and music. Anything more complex is a headache. Even music is half the time.

      • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        11 months ago

        Asking the thing to handle music in another language was terrible. Asking it to play a French song to an assistent set in English gives stupid results for example. “Que sera, sera” becomes “Oh Sarah”.

  • ilega_dh@feddit.nlEnglish
    11·
    11 months ago

    Nah, I use Siri daily for simple tasks. Turning on lights, setting timers, adding things to my groceries list. She’s simple, but perfectly fine for simple tasks.

    Please leave her the fuck alone :’)