The world of virtual assistants is full of options in all ecosystems: Google Assistant, Siri, Cortana, Alexa, and BixbyAlthough some of them are only available on one platform, such as Apple's Siri and Samsung's Bixby, which are limited on their devices.
A few months ago, Microsoft stated that the plans with Cortana were not very clear and were planning to abandon its development, mainly due to the fact that it does not have a mobile platform where it can get the most out of it. The first step is found in the Rumor that Cortana will no longer be available in Microsoft Launcher.
The main reason Microsoft decided to get rid of Cortana in its launcher is because no longer aligns with what Cortana is on mobile. Little by little, Microsoft is moving Cortana away from being a single point of access to a device and wants the assistant to work for the end user within Microsoft 365 productivity apps like Outlook, Skype, and Teams.
The disappearance of Cortana in the launcher for Android, does not mean that the Cortana app will disappear from both iOS and Android. In fact, in future Outlook updates, Cortana will be able to read both our messages and our agenda, thus becoming our ideal personal secretary for when we are on the way to work, having breakfast or doing any other task that does not require all of our attention.
But it is not the only change that is about to come to Microsoft applications, as the Redmond-based company will soon launch an application called Office, where are they each and every one of the applications that are part of Office 365: Word, Excel and PowerPoint and that also allows us to scan documents and sign them, reproduce media ...
