wraggster
August 13th, 2015, 20:15
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/5da4a13a0f3c08eaa6c81e825369a08f/202332222/Cortan%2BAndroid%2Bfullbleed-jt.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/10/cortana-home-button-android/)Microsoft recently unveiled plans (http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/26/microsoft-cortana-android-iphone/) to launch its Cortana (http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/30/cortana-windows-10/) digital voice assistant on arch-rival Google's Android OS, but until now, you could only use it as a standalone app. However, the latest beta (1.0.0.204) lets you activate Cortana instead of Google Now (http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/28/google-now-70-more-android-apps/) by pressing and holding your Android home button. That's a new way for Android users to test the app's friendly (http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/04/cortana-microsoft-windows-phone/) ways and be tempted away from the businesslike Google Now. Since Cortana relies on Bing, it's also a sneaky way for Microsoft to do an end-run around Google search.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/10/cortana-home-button-android/
http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/10/cortana-home-button-android/