Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Microsoft's Cortana Finds Itself on Mac Desktops Before Siri Does.

The virtualization tool Parallels has given users a way of putting Microsoft's Cortana on the Desktop of Apple computers. Parallels 11 is the latest iteration of the VM software which now boasts support for Windows 10 as well as a number of other great features. In past versions Windows apps were able to run within Apples environment using "coherence mode", but this time around Parallels seemingly ports Cortana over to the MAC in order to allow it to run. In doing this the Microsoft's voice assistant runs almost natively, taking advantage of things like Apples navigation data and handling voice requests without even a slight lag. To install Parallels 11 freshly on your MAC it will cost $80 or $50 if you are upgrading from a previous version.

Source: EngadgetParallels

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