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Microsoft shuts down Cortana, Apple should do the same with Siri::Cortana is Microsoft’s virtual assistant, which was introduced in 2014 back when Windows Phone was still a thing. Similar to...

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[–] rikonium@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Please not Siri, it ain’t smart but it does everything I want - the basics and reasonably easily.

I remember Cortana fondly when it was a great blend of Siri and Google Now but naturally it and Windows Phone got left to rot, and made her useless on desktop Windows since they forfeited my pocket.

I tolerated Google Assistant for a bit but ditched Android when Google pushed updates to remove the “okay Google with the screen off” feature from my Moto Z Play and gaslit the internet - stating it was never supported in closed support threads, the chipset didn’t support it and promoted it as a (then new) Pixel 1 feature. I figured Apple wouldn’t remove “Hey Siri” and so far several years in it’s still holding true.

[–] jeremy@lemmy.dexlit.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Okay google works fine when the screen is off for me. On S22+ with latest Android

[–] Ejh3k@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I miss the squeeze to activate Google assistant. I used that all the time, but since I upgraded my pixel and it's no longer an option, I just don't use it ever.

[–] smackjack@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I don't miss it at all. Every time I put my phone in my cupholder, it would activate, but when I actually needed it to work, it just wouldn't.