What is Cortana? A guide to Microsoft's virtual assistant, and how you can use it to improve your productivity.

Cortana is Microsoft's virtual assistant available for use across various devices and Microsoft 365's suite of services and products.
ZDNet

Cortana getting more capabilities this fall, coming to iOS and Android next?

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PC World

Microsoft’s new Cortana app doesn’t know the answer to 2+2

Microsoft confirmed Friday what PCWorld’s testing has already discovered: Cortana’s transition to an app in the upcoming Windows 10 20H1 release comes with some big, fundamental limitations. That ...
PC World

Cortana’s debut on Windows Phone 8.1 nears, and Windows is still in play

Microsoft has apparently begun planning to bring its Cortana digital assistant, which is currently in beta, to Windows Phone, according to a key executive in its development. In a series of tweets ...
Business Insider

How to turn off Cortana on a Windows 10 computer, so it doesn't take up power and can't hear or respond to your voice

Cortana is Windows 10's digital assistant, similar to Siri on the iPhone and Mac, or Alexa on the Amazon Echo. Named after the artificial intelligence in the computer game series "Halo," it's ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft’s Cortana meets an untimely end on iOS and Android

Microsoft’s Cortana app for iOS and Android will soon shut down, the company has announced on a support page. This effectively puts a nail in Cortana’s coffin for consumer use cases, at least as far ...
CNET

Cortana reborn: Microsoft’s digital assistant becomes less about Alexa, more a productivity app

Here lies Cortana — or at least, who she used to be: An up-and-comer digital assistant whose potential was never fully realized. Last week, Microsoft said that in its upcoming Windows 10 release, it ...
ZDNet

Whatever happened to Cortana? Think corner office and a hefty raise

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Ars Technica

Cortana’s not Alexa—skills are going away in Windows 10 version 2004

Today, Microsoft announced a major shift in focus for its personal assistant, Cortana: she’s getting out of the consumer gadget business and focusing on productivity. The new version of Cortana will ...
TechCrunch

Cortana wants to be your personal executive assistant and read your emails to you, too

Only a few years ago, Microsoft hoped that Cortana could become a viable competitor to the Google Assistant, Alexa and Siri. Over time, as Cortana failed to make a dent in the marketplace (do you ever ...
Mashable

Microsoft is scaling back the Android and iOS versions of the Cortana app

Cortana's time on iOS and Android might be coming to an end. Credit: Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images After four years of existing on iOS and Android whether you knew it or not ...