This will be Cortana
Microsoft hasn't said anything official yet about Windows Phone 8.1, and at this rate it won't even be necessary. After the entire list of leaks with news, including the notification center, the details of how Cortana, Microsoft's voice assistant, will now come from The Verge that aims to compete with Siri and Google Now.
Cortana will replace Bing search on your phone. By pressing the magnifying glass button, a circular icon will appear that will animate depending on the actions you request. We will be able to communicate with our assistant through text or using voice, although it remains to be seen how this recognition works with natural language.
However, the best thing about Cortana is her data sources In addition to extracting data from Bing, Foursquare and other services from third parties, it will also analyze the data from your own phone: location, behavior, personal information, interests, contacts, agenda... The idea is that the information that Cortana presents is as useful as possible for the user. According to The Verge, it could even help us by receiving messages or emails with phrases like The meeting is tomorrow at 5, setting reminders and alarms conveniently."
Cortana would also have a do not disturb function, with which we can mute notifications during certain periods of time so they don&39;t disturb us. In addition, we can configure important contacts for which we will have notifications."
Lastly, it seems that Microsoft has become concerned about privacy - perfectly understandable given the leaks about the NSA - .Cortana will have a Notebook or notebook where all the data will be stored, and from us we will be able to control what is saved and analyzed and what is not. Ultimately, we own our information and we may choose to keep it private or share it with Cortana.
"At the moment we don&39;t have much more information, but things don&39;t look bad at all. It could go head to head with Siri and Google Now, and even http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/20/5430188/microsoft-cortana-personal-digital-assistant-windows-phone-8-1. Right now, in that market for personal assistants, there is a lack of integration with third-party applications and being global and being on all devices. In Redmond they have enough capacity to get ahead in both aspects: we will have to see if we have news when Cortana is publicly announced, although the lack of rumors on the subject does not give much hope either."
Via | The Verge
