Amazon's Alexa and Microsoft's Cortana begins talking to the other person in an initial of its kind alliance of rival digital assistants, the firms said on Wed.
Amazon Echo device users can ask Alexa to generate Cortana as a "visitor" to have a tendency to responsibilities such as reservation conferences or reading work email.
Meanwhile, people that have devices run by House windows 10 software can have Cortana generate Alexa for duties such as handling smart devices in homes or, of course, purchasing items from Amazon.
"There will be multiple successful clever real estate agents, each with usage of different units of data and with different specialised skill areas," Amazon Creator Jeff Bezos said in a assertion announcing the digital assistants were becoming friends.
"Together, their talents will complement the other person and offer customers with a richer and much more helpful experience."
Alexa has some 20,000 "skills" created by third-party software builders.
Amazon Echo device users can ask Alexa to generate Cortana as a "visitor" to have a tendency to responsibilities such as reservation conferences or reading work email.
Meanwhile, people that have devices run by House windows 10 software can have Cortana generate Alexa for duties such as handling smart devices in homes or, of course, purchasing items from Amazon.
"There will be multiple successful clever real estate agents, each with usage of different units of data and with different specialised skill areas," Amazon Creator Jeff Bezos said in a assertion announcing the digital assistants were becoming friends.
"Together, their talents will complement the other person and offer customers with a richer and much more helpful experience."
Alexa has some 20,000 "skills" created by third-party software builders.
