Microsoft takes down Siri with Cortana in its new Windows Phone 8.1 commercial

Microsoft shows a simple Siri vs. Cortana in its latest Windows Phone 8.1 commercial.  It compares the iPhone 5S  with Siri and the Lumia 635 with Cortana and shows how Cortana is much more capable than Siri as Cortana handles reminders -both people based and location based -  and gives traffic updates while Siri stays behind unable to do such tasks.

The commercial ends with Siri admitting “Now, that’s a smartphone” . While it slightly looks odd while Microsoft tries to compare iPhone 5s with Lumia 635, Microsoft focuses on pitting Siri against Cortana. Enjoy the video!

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“Cortana can help make life a little easier”, says new official video from Windows Phone

Cortana, powered by Bing is Microsoft’s new digital assistant similar to Apple’s Siri. However, Microsoft says Cortana can do a lot more than Siri. Cortana works on smartphones running on Windows Phone 8.1 and is available currently only in the U.S.

Since Windows Phone 8.1 is now official and has been rolling out to Lumia 625 and Lumia 925 windows phone handsets since three days ago, Windows Phone group has posted a new video ” Getting started with Cortana” on Thursday and showed how Cortana can help a Windows Phone user in his daily life activities. The video emphasizes on key features of Cortana like sending a text message, setting up alarms and reminder, scheduling, making a call ..

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