There are many projects in which a firm of the importance of Microsoft is currently embarking, some more successful than others. It is true that this company usually develops programs, platforms and services that are widely accepted, but it does not always succeed. A clear example of all this is found in Cortana , a Windows 10 service that has not quite succeeded.
The operating system and one of the flagship products of Redmond, Windows 10, is a very powerful software full of functions of all kinds. They try to make things as easy as possible for us on a day-to-day basis with the PC. Considering that this is the most widely used system in the world on desktops , Microsoft’s efforts here are enormous.
But it is not perfect, hence the constant updates that are sent. These serve us both to approach new functions, as to correct errors or improve existing ones. In this case, we are going to focus on one of the elements in which the firm put the most effort, but which over time is becoming a failure. We refer to Cortana, the Windows 10 voice assistant that does not end up being accepted by users.
That is why we are going to explain some of the main reasons that could lead to this, that is, the little success of Cortana.
Many users are unaware of Cortana
Despite the years that Cortana has been with us, many users do not activate it when installing Windows 10, and they still do not know what it is. Therefore, it is not that they use it a lot or a little, it is that a good part of them do not even know that they have an assistant like that of their mobile with Android or iOS on their Windows PC.
Therefore, if Microsoft publicized a little more the benefits of its assistant, or had done it in the past, perhaps it would be known more, it may already be too late.
Voice assistants are more useful on a mobile than a PC
Typing on a mobile device is much more cumbersome than typing on a desktop PC or laptop keyboard. It is for this reason, among other things, that many users use voice assistants for all kinds of tasks on these devices that we always carry with us. But let’s not forget that Cortana in Windows works in a similar way.
Of course, the need for a voice-controlled assistant may make less sense here, hence many dispense with regular use.
Privacy issues in Windows
To all this that we are commenting on, we must add the fact that many users are already suspicious of the privacy that Windows 10 offers us. This is given by the telemetry that the system itself implements. Therefore, an assistant like Cortana for some is nothing more than one more problematic tool in everything related to privacy.
With everything and with this we could say that this is a problem that extends among all the assistants of this type that we can use at this time.
