Microsoft's Cortana will be 'deeply integrated' with next version of Cyanogen OS

Microsoft's Cortana is now available in beta form on Android, but next year the digital assistant will come pre-installed and "deeply integrated" on the next version of Cyanogen OS. Cyanogen OS, which is different from the wonderfully nerdy, community-driven CyanogenMod, is the forked-off version of Google's OS that comes included on phones from Wileyfox, Zuk, Yu, and Smartfren.

You've probably never heard of any of those companies; they're a far cry from brands that are in Best Buy or your local carrier store. Cyanogen OS also initially shipped on the OnePlus One, a device with much more name recognition, before the relationship between Cyanogen and OnePlus splintered, leading the latter company to make its own version of Android for...

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