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As Cortana moves towards the enterprise, Johnson has removed Cortana from its Microsoft-partnered thermostat. Users will have to use Google Assistant or Alexa to retain functionality.

Satya Nadella has been frank about Microsoft's plans for Cortana, announcing that it will no longer be trying to compete with Amazon, Google, and Apple. Instead, it wants the assistant to take a background role.

The recent Cortana and Alexa partnership has extended to Xbox with the new Xbox Skill feature, which bring more voice control to gamers.

Johnson Controls' GLAS smart thermostat is no longer a Cortana-exclusive device, pairing with Amazon Echo for Alexa and implementing Google Assistant integration.

A year after announcing a collaboration between Cortana and Alexa, Microsoft has finally launched a preview of the integration.

Microsoft’s continued mishandling of Cortana will see the company offer Xbox users more personal assistant choice. Good for openness, but bad for Microsoft’s virtual assistant.

Build 2018 marks a powerful display of Cortana-Alexa integration, showing the careful thought needed to avoid confusion. However, Amazon and Microsoft have yet to announce a release date, instead allowing users to sign up for a beta.

An updated support article suggests that Cortana-Alexa integration is coming soon, but doesn't give any finite deadlines. Other information corroborates this, suggesting the feature is now in internal self-hosting.

At MWC today, Lenovo announced the Yoga 730 and Yoga 530 laptops, mid-range Windows 10 devices with Cortana and Alexa support.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has quashed rumors of Cortana being phased out and said he believes in the assistant and thinks it will surpass rivals such as Amazon’s Alexa.

Amazon has teamed with leading Windows PC manufacturers to bring Alexa support to Microsoft’s platform, putting Cortana under threat.

The deadline for Cortana-Alexa integration has come and gone, but Microsoft assures users that more information will be coming soon. The functionality will bring a new wave of tools to each digital assistant.

Cortana will now get access to Alexa responses and vice versa. The unique Microsoft/Amazon partnership was born out of a concept of collaboration between Jeff Bezos and Satya Nadella.

Qi Lu, one of the key developers of Cortana, says Microsoft has allowed Amazon to steal a march in the market by ignoring the significance of a dedicated device.

Apple’s voice assistant Siri remains the most popular with 41.4 million monthly active users but has lost over 7 million since last year. Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana grew in usage and engagement.

The Redmond giant has reached out to prominent developers of Alexa skills to recruit them as Cortana Skills Kit launch partners, claiming its voice assistant has 145 million monthly active users.

Amazon Alexa app is no longer available for direct download from the Microsoft Store, but users can still install it through the Microsoft Apps

The company has been developing a suite of AI tools to replace Cortana's functionality.

With Cortana in the past, Amazon Alexa is embracing ambient computing just as Microsoft doubles down on the concept of flow productivity.

Microsoft has confirmed its Cortana app will be withdrawn from iOS and Android across international markets.