BlackBerry Announces Virtual Assistant Rival for Siri and Cortana

Apple has Siri, Microsoft has Cortana, Google's Got Now Voice Search and BlackBerry...Doesn't Have a Virtual Assistant of Any Kind. This Morning, however, the Canadian Smartphone Maker Confirmed that, it has One in the Works and will be Showing Up on the Company's Next Major Release. Known Aptly as 'BlackBerry Assistant', the New Program is a Part of OS v10.3 and will be Available on the upcoming Passport Phone. 'Assistant' is Voice-Activated and Comes with Quite a Few of the Standard Features we've Come to Expect on the Other Mobile Platforms, such as the Ability to Open Apps, Send Messages and Tweets, Set Reminders and Change Settings. It also is Smart Enough to Learn and Adapt to your Needs so, it Theoretically should Become More Useful over Time, as it Gets to Know you. BlackBerry Isn't Revealing All that 'Assistant' Can do Yet and it Hasn't Offered a Firm Timeframe for Availability, Aside from the Fact that, it'll be Part of the Passport but, so Far, we Haven't Seen Much to Set it Apart from the Competition. It's at Least a Good Sign that, the Company is Trying Remain Competitive, however.




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