Is Cortana any good? In short, yes.

There were a lot of rumours about the early version of Microsoft's assistant, competing it with Siri and others. Yet another voice assistant? Mehh.. 💩

But now the production build of Cortana has the ability to perform useful tasks like managing calendar items and taking notes. She even offers some powerful integrations with Microsoft's core product line (for example, managing emails with Outlook).

Another cool thing is the cross-platform capability. It supports Google applications and some third-party apps and will have API in the future, which will be super useful!

So keep Cortana & Microsoft Bot Framework in mind while choosing a platform for your next voice or chat app. Kinda cool one!

⌚️ 6 min read (bigger than usual)

https://venturebeat.com/2017/04/17/how-cortana-will-help-you-reach-inbox-zero/