Cortana Coming To iOS, For 2000 Beta Testers (informationweek.com)

Posted by timothy on Sunday November 29, 2015 @05:24AM from the take-a-message-cortana dept.

TechCrunch, InformationWeek, PC World, and other sources report that Microsoft's voice-recognition based personal assistant app Cortana is coming to iOS for a small group of beta testers. From TechCrunch: According to the description that accompanies the test build of Cortana for iOS, Microsoft explains how the assistant can help Windows users with iPhones connect the two platforms. For example, Microsoft suggests how you can set reminders on your PC – like a reminder to pick up milk on the way home – then be notified via your iPhone when you’re on the road. ... Testers report that the beta build is being distributed by Apple’s TestFlight. As one blogger and earlier tester points out that could mean only a small number of testers will be brought on initially, given TestFlight’s limitation of 2,000 testers per application. That may also explain why a good many who signed up for Cortana’s beta are saying that have still yet to receive their invite at this time. (A staged rollout is another possibility.)

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Oh good. Ignore your real customers by thegarbz · 2015-11-29 07:16 · Score: 3, Insightful

I find it funny that they're starting a beta testing of Cortana on iOS, a competitor's platform with direct competition from an embedded and highly integrated alternative ....
But Cortana itself is only available in 13 countries.
Way to go targeting people who likely don't want to use your product while ignoring those that do.