Users of Harman Kardon Invoke speaker complain about loss of Cortana functionality

It seems that Microsoft has not achieved the success with Cortana that many of us thought it would. It's been four years since Cortana became real (she arrived in 2015 offering availability with Windows 10 desktop and mobile devices) and in that time frame we've seen Amazon with Alexa, Google Assistant or Siri, they have clearly defeated the Microsoft assistant

Due to functionality and compatibility in the market, these three platforms have cornered Cortana to such an extent that Microsoft has decided to derive its use towards a professional market.The company may be the last nail to cling to in a flight forward that is causing complaints from some users This is the case of those who bought an Invoke speaker and that now they see how they have lost a good part of their potential.

The end of Cortana in the Invoke?

For those who don't know, something not surprising, because this speaker has gone unnoticed, the Invoke was and is a speaker signed by Harman Kardon. The prestigious audio-related products company set out to launch a high-quality sound speaker that also had Cortana to be able to interact through voice commands

However, sales did not accompany, which caused a sharp fall in price. Few sales and a Cortana with little presence that, however, did continue to offer those benefits that many counted on when they bought an Invoke.The problem now comes in 2019, when Microsoft thinks of giving Cortana a new orientation to the enterprise market and along the way, has lost functions.

• Bing Instant Replies
• Conversations with Cortana and even more informal ones such as telling jokes.
• Set Timers

A loss of potential that has provoked complaints from the owners of these Harman Kardon speakers who now complain that skills and basic functions previously present, can no longer be executed with the Invoke.

Threads on the Microsoft forums are full of complaints from users claiming that their speakers can no longer set timers, create reminders… in a problem that seems to spread among a good part of the users.

An Invoke speaker owner says can't set reminders or add tasks and there are even connection issues with Alexa.

There are users who complain about the loss of functions and that these are only accessible in Windows 10. Not even with the factory reset , the speaker has regained Cortana functionality:

Are the changes in Cortana, which now looks to the enterprise market after these failures? For now there is no clear answer, but We may be at the beginning of the end for Cortana. It should be remembered that along with the shift to the business sphere, Microsoft announced that it will remove Cortana from iOS, Android and the Microsoft Launcher app.

Source | MSPU