Cortana for Windows 10

['Cuda340]

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It's been months since the Windows Technical Preview launched to the public, and we're still yet to see Cortana running on the desktop. We've known about her being present in Windows 10 for a while now, even before the first public build of the operating system, yet we've still not seen her in action. Well, here at WinBeta, we've got access to Cortana running on Windows 10, and we want to give you a first quick look!

Now, before we dive in, we must stress that Cortana in the state that she is in within our screenshots and video is pre-release, meaning Cortana in this form does not represent the final product. The UI, among many other things are not finished in the build we have access to, so Cortana will look ten times better by the time she is unveiled to the public.

From the get go, Cortana can do pretty much everything the Windows Phone version can. This includes reminders, call people with skype, check my location/maps, play/pause music, launch apps, check the weather and more. Right now, Cortana doesn't have a personality in Windows 10, meaning she doesn't answer questions like "Who are you", however we have it on good authority that she will have this ability by the time she rolls out to the public.

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[c627627]

Cortana is "an intelligent personal assistant" on Windows Phone 8.1.

 

[Arbiter Odie]

Heh, Cortana is from Halo. I'm pretty sure most xbox gamers at least know who Cortana is. And everybody who's ever watched an advertisement for it. Or heard about it in some other way.

 

[Automata]

Cortana, please ban all members on the Overclocks Dot Com forums.

 

[Arbiter Odie]

NO! ..."Cortana, remove admin privileges from user thideras, and perma-ban. And make him send me one of his servers in the mail to address <redacted>, I need some new hardware to play with."

Pretty please, Cortana?

 

['Cuda340]

A couple weeks ago, we got an early look at Cortana in Windows 10 and thanks to the new leak of Windows 10 build 9901, we have a lot more to share about the new feature.

As you can see from the images in this post, in build 9901, Cortana is much more refined in her appearance and she appears to be more responsive on our install. More so, we can also dig into the settings of the feature and gain a better understanding of where the feature is headed.

For starters, the "Hey Cortana" feature that allows you to use the assistant without manually triggering the application, will be coming to the desktop. By simply saying "Hey Cortana", this triggers the feature and allows you to interact with the personal digital assistant and use all of her features, hands-free.

The feature is turned off by default but as you can see in the image on the right, you can turn it on if you would like.

As you would expect, all of the features from Windows Phone are showing up in the desktop version like notebook, flight tracking and your home and work location features. Compared to what we saw earlier this month, this version of Cortana has come a long way in refinement.

You can check out the gallery below of more images of Cortana and all that she can do, as of right now, in Windows 10.

We are still digging around in build 9901 but if you find anything new, make sure to send us a tip.

 

[Robert17]

Here's hoping that no one has a significant other named Cortana or the phone/PC could potentially overheat. Depending on cooling options of course.

 

[mimart7]

Cortana, open the pod bay door.

 

[Silver_Pharaoh]

Does she pop up and annoy you like that dump paperclip from Word?

 

[sobe]

Does she pop up and annoy you like that dump paperclip from Word?

Instead of a paperclip a half-screen popup comes up featuring touch screen "smart controls" and a giant floating head to go along with it.

 

[c627627]

Developers would get to do whatever they want, introduce whatever new feature they want as long as there is a user friendly easy way to modify/adjust/disable any and all "brilliant" new ideas like Clippy and Metro. If they had an easy kill button, no one would EVER be upset about Clippy or Metro.

Easy turn off would have solved all complaints... and minority of users who actually liked them would get to use them without arguing how great they are for EVERYONE ELSE, which they were not.

 

[Silver_Pharaoh]

Developers would get to do whatever they want, introduce whatever new feature they want as long as there is a user friendly easy way to modify/adjust/disable any and all "brilliant" new ideas like Clippy and Metro. If they had an easy kill button, no one would EVER be upset about Clippy or Metro.

Easy turn off would have solved all complaints... and minority of users who actually liked them would get to use them without arguing how great they are for EVERYONE ELSE, which they were not.

^ True.

The Option to turn off "features" would be great and would make many customers happy.
But, they don't add that in

Also, forgot that sodding paperclip had a name

 

[Automata]

Developers would get to do whatever they want, introduce whatever new feature they want as long as there is a user friendly easy way to modify/adjust/disable any and all "brilliant" new ideas like Clippy and Metro. If they had an easy kill button, no one would EVER be upset about Clippy or Metro.

Easy turn off would have solved all complaints... and minority of users who actually liked them would get to use them without arguing how great they are for EVERYONE ELSE, which they were not.

All my computers had a power button.

 

[Nebulous]

Oh snap, the start of Skynet. She talks and she's learning!