Microsoft We're not giving up on Cortana even in home automation

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Microsoft We're not giving up on Cortana (even in home automation).
All the new wins for Alexa and Google Assistant announced at CES 2018 this week have led many to wonder about Cortana's prospects.

ZDNet's Larry Dignan went so far as to call CES "Cortana's funeral." And the news about Microsoft's vague commitments around Cortana and Dynamics 365, as well as the relatively tiny number of skills available for Microsoft's digital assistant haven't made Cortana's future seem very bright, to say the least.

Microsoft is trying to fight back against perceptions that Cortana may be its next consumer-centric technology to face the chopping block.

On January 9, the company issued a press releasing touting recent wins for Cortana. Among these are the officially unveiled Johnson Controls' Cortana-powered thermostat (which goes on sale for $319 starting in March). Other recent Cortana device partners:



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