Find Out What Cortana Has To Say About Siri And Google Now

Microsoft's personal digital assistant responds with sarcasm when asked about the competitors.

Chandrakant 'CK' Isi
22nd Apr 2014

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Find Out What Cortana Has To Say About Siri And Google Now

One of the highlights of the Windows Phone 8.1 is the personal digital assistant Cortana. Microsoft’s Siri rival is powered by the company's own search engine Bing. Although the feature is only available in the US, there’s a workaround to make it work in India by changing your phone’s region and language settings. Now if you’ve done that, you must have noticed that even in beta stage Cortana has no issues with the Indian accent.

As we've previously pointed out, Cortana is a mash-up of Siri and Google Now. It can talk back and also deliver information you may find useful in advance. She plays nice with third-party apps, and can also comprehend long set of instructions. What stands out more is her quirkiness. Ask her a stupid question and you’re guaranteed to get a sarcastic reply. Obviously, we couldn't resist but ask her opinion about the competitors such as Siri and Google now.

We started off asking, "Are you friends with Siri?"

Cortana dodged the question by saying that she doesn't have access to newer iPhones that come with Siri. Without giving up, I asked her this: "Do you know Siri?"

So Cortana is aware of Siri's existence. Third question: "Do you like Apple?"

As expected, Cortana replied with a wordplay, but that does sound like a compliment. She wasn't very kind to the search-giant Google.

Here's the first question regarding Google: "Do you know Google Now?"

Most of the times, Google Now simply returns search results. That's exactly what Cortana is taking a jab at.

Question number 2: "Do you like Google"

If you didn't get this one, Cortana is comparing Google's "I'm feeling lucky" button to a famous line from the movie Dirty Harry (1971). Clint Eastwood asks "Do you feel lucky?" before shooting a person with Magnum. Finally, I asked her this: "Do you like Android?"

"Ten points for the name" is a clever way of saying that there's nothing to write home about the software part.

If you too have managed to get interesting replies from Cortana, share that experience with us in the comments section.