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Microsoft's Xiaoice bot will now be overseen by a new standalone company - OnMSFT.com - July 13, 2020

Microsoft's Xiaoice bot will now be overseen by a new standalone company

March 6, 2021July 13, 2020 by Rabia Noureen

Microsoft announced today that its Xiaoice bot will now be overseen by a new standalone company. Microsoft launched the chatbot for the Chinese market back in 2014, and Xiaoice basically acts as a personal assistant on networks such as Weibo.

Microsoft releases Voice Assistant study, 19% of respondents using Cortana - OnMSFT.com - April 25, 2019

Microsoft releases Voice Assistant study, 19% of respondents using Cortana

April 25, 2019 by Laurent Giret

Microsoft has published this week an interesting white paper about the usage of digital assistants in 2019, revealing that Cortana has a 19% usage share in the US.

Is Microsoft planning a big consumer push with Cortana@Home? - OnMSFT.com - April 12, 2019

Is Microsoft planning a big consumer push with [email protected]?

April 12, 2019 by Laurent Giret

Microsoft apparently had a plan to make a bigger consumer push with Cortana-powered devices with a dedicated [email protected] engineering team within the company.

Microsoft looks to improve voice recognition technology according to new “silent voice input” patent - OnMSFT.com - January 3, 2019

Microsoft looks to improve voice recognition technology according to new “silent voice input” patent

April 13, 2021January 3, 2019 by Laurent Giret

A new Microsoft patent describes a “silent voice input” apparatus that could push voice recognition technology to the next level.

After missing 2017 deadline, Microsoft and Amazon are still working on Cortana/Alexa integration - OnMSFT.com - January 3, 2018

After missing 2017 deadline, Microsoft and Amazon are still working on Cortana/Alexa integration

January 3, 2018 by Laurent Giret

Microsoft and Amazon missed their previous deadline for delivering the Cortana/Alexa integration in 2017, but both companies say that it's coming "soon."

Cortana and Alexa will soon be best friends: here's how it will work - OnMSFT.com - August 30, 2017

Cortana and Alexa will soon be best friends: here's how it will work

August 30, 2017 by Laurent Giret

If the Cortana/Alexa integration won't be enabled until later this year, Microsoft explained how the collaboration between the two digital assistants will make everyone's life a bit easier.

Harman Kardon Invoke

[Updated] A Cortana and Alexa digital assistant partnership could be planned

August 30, 2017 by Brad Stephenson
Cortana Hologram

Cortana usage and engagement grows by 350% while Siri, with far more users, drops

July 11, 2017 by Laurent Giret

A new study from Verto Analytics shows that Cortana is one of the few digital assistants on the rise in the US.

Report: Amazon in early talks to bring Alexa digital assistant to PCs

September 1, 2016 by Laurent Giret

Amazon is currently in talks with the world's biggest PC manufacturer Lenovo to include its Alexa digital assistant in its computers and other devices, which would be the first time that Alexa is directly integrated in non-Amazon devices.

Here's how Cortana responds to sexual harassment - OnMSFT.com - February 8, 2016

Here's how Cortana responds to sexual harassment

February 8, 2016 by Laurent Giret

Cortana, Microsoft personal assistant with a female personality, has to deal with harassment like real-life assistants. Microsoft explains what the company has done so far to enable Cortana to fight back.

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