--- description: Microsoft's "personal digital assistant" for Windows devices, Cortana, will soon take spoken commands on Apple and Android devices as well. title: Microsoft's New iPhone App Could Make Siri Jealous image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt738361a7e900df95/6988519acd684800e40a0061/gettyimages-482028705.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Microsoft's New iPhone App Could Make Siri Jealous  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 26, 2015 1:46 PM CUT  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella delivers a keynote address during the 2014 Microsoft Build developer conference on April 2, 2014 in San Francisco, California. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella delivers a keynote address during the 2014 Microsoft Build developer conference on April 2, 2014 in San Francisco, California.Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 26, 2015 1:46 PM CUT Microsoft’s “personal digital assistant” for Windows devices, Cortana, will soon take spoken commands on Apple and Android devices as well. Microsoft [announced](http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/05/26/your-windows-10-pc-will-love-all-the-devices-you-own/ "undefined") Tuesday that a version of its Cortana app is coming to iOS and Android. Cortana will enter a crowded field of personal digital assistants on those platforms, dominated by Apple’s Siri and Google Now. Microsoft has attempted to distinguish Cortana as a careful listener, responding not only to spoken commands but seizing on context to answer follow-up questions. Chattiness aside, Cortana will first have to break users of the habit of using convenient shortcuts to Apple and Google’s personal digital assistants, which have been tightly integrated into their respective operating systems. Here’s more on Cortana for iOS and Android, via Microsoft: --- > “” --- The new app comes as Microsoft unleashes a suite of mobile services across rival operating systems, beginning with Microsoft’s surprise [roll out](http://time.com/3560908/microsoft-office-word-excel-free-app/ "undefined") of free Microsoft Office apps last November. _Read next:_ [_Watch: Proof Bill And Melinda Gates Are Ice Cold Under Pressure_](http://time.com/3894145/watch-proof-bill-and-melinda-gates-are-ice-cold-under-pressure/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3896015/microsoft-cortana-iphone-android/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3896015/microsoft-cortana-iphone-android/"},"headline":"Microsoft's New iPhone App Could Make Siri Jealous","datePublished":"2015-05-26T13:46:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:05:28.452Z","description":"Cortana is coming to iPhone and Android","url":"https://time.com/3896015/microsoft-cortana-iphone-android/","keywords":["Tech","Smartphones","apps","Microsoft","pubdesk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt738361a7e900df95/6988519acd684800e40a0061/gettyimages-482028705.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt738361a7e900df95/6988519acd684800e40a0061/gettyimages-482028705.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Microsoft Cortana","caption":"Microsoft Cortana","creditText":"Justin Sullivan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3896015/microsoft-cortana-iphone-android/","name":"Microsoft's New iPhone App Could Make Siri Jealous"}}]}] ```