Android News: Yahoo working on a new personal search/mobile assistant called ‘Index’

Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer has reportedly green lighted the launch of a new service to take on Google, Apple and others in the personal assistant/search segment. It is said that this service will be called ‘Index‘ and will take on Google Now, Apple’s Siri and even Cortana from Microsoft.

It is to be seen if Yahoo is touting this to be a mobile only offering or will try to take on Google’s web search as well. Yahoo supposedly wants to have a pilot of this ready by the end of second quarter, so we could be looking at a launch over the next couple of months.

It is said that Yahoo is banking on its “older” relationship with the customers to pip Google, Apple and other offerings in the market. Would you be interested in a new third party personal assistant app for your smartphone? Sound off below.

Source: Business Insider

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