BlackBerry is working on its upcoming BlackBerry OS 10.3 and its new BlackBerry Passport hardware. To make is better, Company has also announced Siri like personal assistant for BlackBerry smartphones. Company claims that it will keep you organized, informed and productive.
BlackBerry Assistant is voice activated and you can do lots of things in your smartphone like searching emails, searching contacts, finding what’s trending on Twitter and sending invitations. It also has ability to learn and adapt from users. BlackBerry also claims that BlackBerry Assistant is more accurate than other smartphone-based personal assistants.
BlackBerry claims that it has added some special things in it which are very helpful for enterprise users. If you are driving, you can ask it to read your emails. You can also ask it to “Mark Unread” tour emails. You can also ask it to remind you other tasks.
Is the virtual personal assistant is right move by company? BlackBerry is too late and it will be interesting to see how would it perform in comparison to Cortana, Siri or Google Now.