Issues with Cortana on Android

Until very recently I was using Cortana on my Nokia 8 Android phone, but I have been noticing some odd behaviour. Previously when I would ask Cortana for something like “will it rain tomorrow?” or “what will the weather be like for the remainder of the week?” I would get a visual representation of what the weather would be like, along with the metrics I am after. Now all I get are web links. What happened?

I decided to turn Google’s AI assistant on again and use that for a little while to see if that works as per my expectation. Low and behold, Google’s AI assistant is working far better. When I ask the same questions that I ask Cortana to the Google AI assistant, I get a pleasant response without me having to click on various result links to get the information I want. The usability and overall experience is far better.

What Microsoft has done to Cortana on Android has me confused. Is it a bug? Is that how Cortana is going to be behaving on Android from now on? I even tried using the Cortana assistant that comes with the Microsoft Launcher. The same issue still occurs. Right now I have it uninstalled Cortana and am using Google’s AI assistant. Until Microsoft has resolved this functional issue, Cortana will remain uninstalled from my Android phone and will be used even less now on my main desktop PC and Surface Book 2. Google’s assistant has now taken its spot.