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Don’t look now, but your Cortana Notebook probably just changed

4 days

It’s not an area we spend a lot of time in, but Microsoft’s coders and UI designers have been testing a new look for Cortana’s Notebook since December, and today the company is rolling out the update to all Windo...

Microsoft’s Cortana is the leading voice assistant … in enterprise

by Anmol

4 days

As more and more companies get into the Smart Speaker market, we are seeing voice assistants getting popular than before. While we usually utilize voice assistants at home, it looks like they are popular in the workspace as well, ...

Cortana is going to read out your Android text messages

by Gabriel Stephens

2 weeks

Microsoft is updating the Cortana app for Android to pick up a feature Windows phone users may have missed: the ability to read out SMS text messages out loud. What this means is that for users with Bluetooth headsets, Cortana wil...

How to use Cortana to play songs with only lyrics

by Gabriel Stephens

2 weeks

With Cortana, Microsoft offers users the ability to play, music from commands. Earlier this year, the firm replaced Groove with Spotify integration due to the removal of its own music streaming service. As part of their integratio...

Survey finds no-one owns a Cortana speaker

by Surur

4 weeks

The Harman Kardon Invoke is the singular of a rare species – that of the Cortana-powered smart speaker. It appears it is also rare in other ways, as a survey by Kantar found no-one owned one. The survey of 1,097 Americans...

How to run custom commands with Cortana

by Gabriel Stephens

1 month

Microsoft’s Cortana is built with a large number of commands in the Windows 10 app. With the Windows 10 Spring Creators Update, you’ll be able to do even more with Cortana, and it’ll be a springboard for timeline...

Cortana for Android updated with hands-free calling support, more

by Surur

1 month

Microsoft posted an updated for the Cortana for Android beta app, taking it to version 2.10.2.2135. According to the changelog, the update brings the following improvements: Calling and texting is supported via Cortana voice input...

How soon is soon? Cortana and Amazon Alexa integration apparently still coming

by Surur

2 months

In August 2017 Microsoft and Amazon announced that the Amazon Alexa voice assistant will soon offer a Cortana skill, allowing Echo owners to access information which is only available via Microsoft’s own voice assistant serv...

Researchers find Cortana can be used to hack your PC

by Surur

2 months

Researchers have discovered that they are able to use the convenience Cortana offers as an easy way to penetrate the security of your PC, even when locked. Independent security researchers Tal Be’ery and Amichai Shulman foun...

Microsoft shortens Invoke Cortana command from Hey Cortana

by Gabriel Stephens

2 months

Cortana has been updated for the Harmon Kardon Invoke, removing the need to *ahem* Invoke it by saying Hey Cortana, instead users can simply just say Cortana, to trigger Cortana’s listening features. The new Cortana command ...

Microsoft is planning to add Cortana integration to Outlook for iOS and Android

by Anmol

2 months

Microsoft is working on Cortana integration with apps for a while now and it looks like the company is now working on adding Cortana Integration to Outlook. According to a new report from Verge, Microsoft is now testing the Cortan...

LIFX Smart Lighting can be now controlled using Microsoft Cortana

by Pradeep

2 months

As announced before, LIFX users in the US can now control their lights using Microsoft’s Cortana. After you connect your LIFX Lights with Cortana, you can control them from variety of devices which has Cortana including Wind...