It may seem like a small detail, but it is an important indicator of how fierce the battle for technological innovation is. The philosophy that worked so well for Microsoft in its early decades, when it dominated desktop computers.
The "good enough" (good enough) he applied to sell millions of progressively poor operating systems is no longer valid for this new era of pocket computers.
After giving up being a contender in the battle of mobile operating systems by canceling development, Microsoft this week announced that it will abandon development of Cortana for other platforms, remaining only for use in Microsoft 365.
In early 2021, Microsoft will stop supporting the Cortana app on mobile devices (iOS and Android). The Cortana service will also disappear from Harman Kardon's Invoke speaker in January 2021.
Microsoft changes its Cortana strategy to make it an "AI-powered assistant within Microsoft 365". Which - in our humble opinion - is marketing verbiage to say they will be leaving Cortana in a couple of years.
In any case, Cortana confined to Microsoft 365 condemns it to irrelevance. Now only Siri, Alexa and Google remain.
Microsoft's communication on Cortana's future is here
