Linux is the basis of the new Harman Kardon development to make Cortana work. Did you expect it?

Personal assistants are one of the fastest growing proposals in recent times. And be careful, we are not referring exclusively to those that are integrated into our smartphones and thus we go a step further by referring to the gadgets that little by little arrive at our home independentlyAnd that despite the fact that they are also generating some doubt

This is the case of the Amazon Echo devices that have Alexa or the one that concerns us now, the Harman Kardon speaker that we already saw in its day with the particularity of being supported by the use of Cortana, Microsoft's personal assistant.A new product that has brought Microsoft and Harman Kardon to work hand in hand

Until now we knew some details, although a few hours ago we learned something that cannot be ignored. A piece of news that comes thanks to the Wi-Fi Alliance and that is that by passing the process to obtain Wi-Fi certification we have learned that this speaker will arrive working on Linux

The trend that we have already seen in other proposals to opt for a different operating system to feed Cortana continues. To do this, Harman Kardon, as is the case with other manufacturers, have a Cortana SDK to integrate Cortana into their developments

According to the news, this new Harman Kardon device is based on the use of Linux in its version 3.8.13It is thus striking that since Harman Kardon they have not chosen to run on Windows, especially if we take into account the close collaboration they have with Microsoft.

This speaker with Cortana will have the function of providing information of a different type to the user (weather, news, directions, responding to questions when asked...), manage our music, interact with other devices... in a similar way to what we can find in Amazon Echo devices.

And returning to the certification process, it is to be expected, especially seeing how advanced the state is, that it would not take us long to see how this new product of Harman Kardon speaker reaches the market. Who knows if we might even see it during the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona.

Via | Wi-Fi Alliance In Xataka Windows | Harman/Kardon has a Cortana-integrated speaker very close to launch in 2017