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Microsoft shuts down Cortana, Apple should do the same with Siri (9to5mac.com)
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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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[–] Psyduck_world@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This! I live in Taiwan, but 99% of my entertainment is from the US. I can’t use Any of these assistants in English otherwise street names or other Mandarin stuff won’t work, but if I use Mandarin assistants none of my music or shows works.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you use two? I use both Siri with push to talk from my Watch and Alexa through Echo dot, whichever is convenient. Either one will do times, music, lights, etc

If you took a similar approach, you might use one with each language

[–] Psyduck_world@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

This is actually a great idea!