![]() She can find opening-hours when on restaurant sites, show retail coupons for websites and or show weather information in the address bar. This feature has been bundled into numerous products such as Microsoft Edge, the browser that initially comes with Windows 10. Named after the Cortana character from Bungie’s Halo franchise, the narrator is voiced by Jen Taylor who plays her in the games. ![]() It was demonstrated for the first time at the Microsoft BUILD Conference (April 2-4th 2013) in San Francisco. ![]() These include a new light theme, a secure app sandbox feature, updated emoji, and kaomoji and more tweaks to Fluent Design.Ĭortana was initially released to the Windows 8.1 phone in 2014 and Windows 10 versions a year later. It’s due for release in April, containing a host of other features. This change will be introduced in the next Windows 10 update, currently codenamed 19H1. But regardless of what version you have, the voice of Cortana can be re-enabled or disabled at will once installation is complete. However, this won’t affect Home versions of the software. This anti-frustration measure means fewer situations like the one presented below: Based on feedback received from users, Microsoft has disabled the Cortana voice during clean installs of Pro, Enterprise and Education editions of Windows 10. ![]() Or at least, that’s the opinion of IT techs who install Windows 10 for a living. When Cortana was released as a virtual assistant for Windows 10 in 2015, Microsoft couldn’t have imagined how annoying the Halo AI’s voice would become.
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