https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/30/amazon-digital-voice-assistant-alexa-partners-with-microsoft-cortana.html >Amazon and Microsoft announced a new partnership that will allow better integration between the tech titans' two digital assistants. >Amazon's voice-powered digital assistant Alexa will now be able to activate Microsoft's own assistant Cortana, and vice versa. The partnership means Amazon customers can use Alexa to access Cortana's exclusive features such as accessing work calendars, while Microsoft customers can use Cortana to ask Alexa to order products from Amazon or control their smart home devices.