Come the end of January , it come along the Cortana app ’s getting booted to the Microsoft assistant graveyard . At leastpoor Clippywill have some party now .
That ’s according to asupport articleMicrosoft post to several regional markets this week , though a voice later on clarified to Gizmodo that only users in the follow orbit can require to say goodbye to the vocalization assistant : Great Britain , Australia , Germany , Mexico , China , Spain , Canada , and India . Despite drop the app in these regions , Cortana itself remains “ an built-in part ” of the company ’s byplay manakin to contain “ conversational calculation and productiveness ” into its products concord to the spokesperson , so Microsoft does n’t appear to be shut the coffin on it only .
Microsoft ’s US internet site currently hosts no such content and the Cortana app will remain available to stateside Android and iOS exploiter after the listed shutdown day of the month , January 31st .
“ To make your personal digital help as helpful as potential , we ’re integrate Cortana into your Microsoft 365 productiveness apps , ” Microsoft ’s note reads . “ As part of this evolution , on January 31st , 2020 , we ’re ending support for the Cortana app on Android and Io in your marketplace . ”
After that date , any reminder or lists users currently have on the Cortana app can be accessed through Microsoft ’s free To Do app , which is automatically synced .
The move comes as no surprise since Microsoft has been gradually rolling back its focal point on Cortana as a standalone voice help . In January , CEO Satya Nadella flat out said the companyno longer count Cortana a competitorto the like of Amazon ’s Alexa or Google Assistant despite a massive attempt to rebrand the voice assistant in 2018 . This time last class also sawthe departureof the head of Cortana , Javier Soltero , as Microsoft integrated the voice assistant from the society ’s AI and Research department into its Experiences and Devices squad as more of a digital adjutant use .
Part of what ’s made this pivot possible is the company ’s collaboration with another tech colossus , Amazon . Microsoft welcomedits voice help Alexaonto its ware beginning last year ( and vice versa ) , in addition to opening its online and retail locations toAmazon productslike the Echo and Echo Dot . The voice supporter has also been seeing a reduced role in Microsoft ’s overall ecosystem . Earlier this class , the company foretell it would bedisabling Cortana ’s helpby default during certain installing of Windows 10 . They laterdropped itfrom the hunting bar entirely .
Man , hearing Cortana ’s app is getting the axe is so sad . Alexa , go beforehand : Hit it .
Update : November 16 , 2019 , 11:13 p.m. EST : We sum in Microsoft ’s reaction to our interrogation about which grocery store would be affected .
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