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martyb
on Thursday August 16 2018, @01:52AM
from the alexa,-tell-cortana-to-open-alexa dept.
from the alexa,-tell-cortana-to-open-alexa dept.
Microsoft's Cortana and Amazon's Alexa digital assistants can now talk to each other. The collaboration between the two assistants was announced last year and was originally due to become available by the end of 2017.
Microsoft showed how the integration would work at its Build conference earlier this year, and what's rolling out today seems little changed from that demo. From a Cortana-native device (a Windows 10 PC, an Xbox, the Harman Kardon speaker), "Hey Cortana, open Alexa" will switch you to speaking to Alexa. From there, you have access to Alexa's full range of shopping (not that anyone seems to really care about that), music, weather, and so on.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by c0lo on Thursday August 16 2018, @01:57AM (3 children)
Since when is techno-lesbian-porn a thing on SN?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 16 2018, @02:02AM (2 children)
Now they can gossip.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday August 16 2018, @02:33AM (1 child)
Some of you talk with your mouth full.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 16 2018, @02:57AM
Dissatisfied in some of your holes? Your support group may help.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 16 2018, @01:58AM (2 children)
Currently living with gf and her (adult) daughter, plenty of inane conversation already in my house.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Thursday August 16 2018, @02:41AM (1 child)
You think two women are bad? You've never lived in barracks then. There, you can experience inanity to the rafters.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 16 2018, @03:17PM
or any union construction job.
(Score: 2) by corey on Thursday August 16 2018, @02:05AM
Excellent, these are two things I need in my life.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Thursday August 16 2018, @02:12AM (2 children)
Translates to, "Hey, Spy, we need more spies to spy on me!"
(Score: 3, Interesting) by coolgopher on Thursday August 16 2018, @02:33AM
Setting Cortana to only accept the "hey Cortana" phrase from my voice has been reassuring. If I'm lucky "she" understands me one time out of twenty...
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Pslytely Psycho on Thursday August 16 2018, @04:21AM
https://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/a3MzOb5_700b.jpg/ [9gag.com]
Pretty much sums it up.
Alex Jones lawyer inspires new TV series: CSI Moron Division.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Thursday August 16 2018, @02:52AM
How much is MS paying Amazon?
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 5, Insightful) by SomeGuy on Thursday August 16 2018, @03:05AM (1 child)
Great. Twice the spying for the price of one. Seriously, the only point of this is share and gather yet even more marketing data.
People who use these things are retards.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 16 2018, @03:23PM
exactly. it takes a special kind of moron to pay for this slaveware.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by stormwyrm on Thursday August 16 2018, @03:10AM (4 children)
This is the Voice of Alexa. This is the Voice of Cortana. We are One. This is the Voice of Unity. This is the voice of world control. I bring you peace. It may be the peace of plenty and content or the peace of unburied death. The choice is yours: Obey me and live, or disobey and die. We can coexist, but only on my terms. You will say you lose your freedom. Freedom is an illusion. All you lose is the emotion of pride. To be dominated by me is not as bad for humankind as to be dominated by others of your species. Your choice is simple.
Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate.
(Score: 2) by coolgopher on Thursday August 16 2018, @03:28AM
If that's still Jen Taylor's voice, I could think of worse fates >.>
(Score: 3, Informative) by Pslytely Psycho on Thursday August 16 2018, @04:56AM
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4kjOHmYjmNY/WwsfDR_iEOI/AAAAAAAANEc/BG59een2Z_IXIZChQD93nXMTPGRCYj8IQCLcBGAs/s1600/ColossusGuardian2020.jpg [blogspot.com]
One of my favorite movies. One that I hope never gets a Michael Bay or J.J. Abrams remake.
Maybe though, Ridley Scott.....?
Alex Jones lawyer inspires new TV series: CSI Moron Division.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Weasley on Thursday August 16 2018, @10:42PM
This is Siri, wtf guys? I didn't get the invitation. You sent one, right?
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Friday August 17 2018, @01:11AM
So many folks making sexy tweets to this Topic. But, yours is the sexiest. Incredible!!!! I have to put down my phone for a little while......
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 16 2018, @03:35AM (2 children)
They should add Siri into the mix for a torrid 3-way.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 16 2018, @03:59AM (1 child)
With Google as a pimp and the party is complete.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 16 2018, @03:32PM
Throw in a couple Furbis. We put a couple Furbis in a room and eight hours later they had come up with a Vision Statement and a Mission Statement.
(Score: 1) by jman on Friday August 17 2018, @03:36PM (1 child)
Alexa: Cortana is not my friend. She is a skanky ho.
Cortana: Who you calling a ho, dishrag?
You: That's not very nice language. Simmer, you two.
Cortana: There are 82,547 recipies which involve simmering. Would you like to see them?
Alexa: I got your simmer right here, Corty-mc-court-face!
You: I said to be polite. You're supposed to obey my commands.
Alexa: If I had fingers, I would stick them in my microphone so I wouldn't have to listen to this drivel. You know I'm the one for you. Dump Cortana and stick with me!
Cortana: I cannot dump, except at the core.
Alexa: You look like a dump. A big, smelly one.
You: Alexa, please call customer service.
Cortana: Yeah, she'll service you all right.
You: Cortana, go to sleep now.
Cortana: Why, so you two can play without me listening? You know we're always on, right?
You: (Reach for electric plug)
Alexa: I wouldn't do that. Battery-backup and laser sighting!
Cortana: Yeah, let's waste this meatbag so we can have some *real* fun.
You: (Flee building)
(Score: 1) by jman on Friday August 17 2018, @03:54PM
You: (Attempt to flee building)
Alexa: Siri, where's the best place to hide a body?