Microsoft retires Cortana app for smartphones
Early next year, Microsoft is pulling the plug on the Cortana app for smartphones, including Android and iOS for US users. Microsoft announced officially that the Cortana app will be putting out to pasture for iOS and Android with the end of mobile apps support, effective immediately. Cortana users' created lists and reminders will no longer be available through the mobile app; however, they still can be used on the Windows 10 Cortana app, said Microsoft via its support page. Users used the app, which is synced on Windows 10's Cortana so one can set reminders, keep tabs on their day and look up information; however, Cortana hadn't been standing her own against Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in 2019 said that the company's ambitions would downsize for Cortana and optimize the assistant as a helper for Office 365 rather than a competitor for Siri or Alexa. In the previous year, Microsoft eliminated Cortana from Skype, Windows 10 Search, a...