{"id":866,"date":"2015-12-14T05:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/?p=866"},"modified":"2017-01-19T09:44:05","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T09:44:05","slug":"cortana-available-android-ios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.octalsoftware.com.sg\/blog\/cortana-available-android-ios\/","title":{"rendered":"Cortana is Now Available to Android as iOS Users as Well!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier confined to the Windows platform, Cortana \u2013 the successful app from Microsoft and best described as Microsoft\u2019s digital personal assistant \u2013 is now available for iOS and Android users as well. <\/p>\n<p>Just a day before Microsoft released Cortana as iOS and Android apps for US residents and it is expected that soon it will be available outside of the States as well. The preview editions were released on both platforms earlier this year as the finalized apps seem to be similar to them. 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