Subj : Microsoft says its curtains for Cortana in Windows 11 (and 10)  b
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Date : Sat Jun 03 2023 13:00:03

Microsoft says its curtains for Cortana in Windows 11 (and 10)  but thats no 
surprise

Date:
Sat, 03 Jun 2023 11:41:13 +0000

Description:
Did anyone still use Cortana? Well, if you did, the digital assistant wont be 
around in Windows later in 2023.

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Microsoft has announced that its killing off Cortana, at least in Windows, 
where the assistant will be dropped in the not-so-distant future. 

 Windows Central reported on Microsofts revelation that the Cortana app will 
no longer be supported in Windows late in 2023 (as tipped by @Perbylund on 
Twitter). 

However, the aged assistant will still remain in other Microsoft services, 
including various bits of Microsoft Teams and Outlook mobile, so Cortana 
hasnt entirely been binned. 

As for Windows 11, though, you wont be needing Cortana anyway, because as 
Microsoft reminds us , the operating system already has elements in place to 
replace the digital assistant. 

For voice controls, theres now a comprehensive Voice Access feature which 
Microsoft has been beavering away honing considerably of late . 

And for queries and assistance, naturally theres the new Bing AI 
(ChatGPT-powered bot) on tap, plus theres something bigger in the pipeline  
Copilot. 

In case you missed it (somehow), Microsoft recently revealed its bringing 
Copilot to Windows 11 to sit at the heart of the operating system, offering 
help with whatever youre doing. Analysis: An inevitable move from Microsoft 

While Copilot isnt here yet, the AI will be far more extensive in terms of 
its scope than Cortana. When it comes to assistance with doing stuff in 
Windows 11, itll not just tell you about useful features for any given task, 
but offer to automatically enable them if needed. Copilot can also summarize 
a Word document, for example, Bing AI-style, and its far more wide-ranging 
skills and utility make Cortana irrelevant as a result. 

Just on that basis, its no surprise to see Microsoft giving Cortana the elbow 
from Windows. Indeed, with Cortana getting cut off late in 2023, that perhaps 
is a further suggestion that this is when Copilot will step up to be 
incorporated in Windows 11  perhaps with the 23H2 update? We know Copilot 
will be in Windows 11 preview builds this month (or at least thats what 
Microsoft has told us), so it seems everything is all lining up. 

Although theres always a chance that Copilot is such a big feature addition, 
Microsoft may want to save it for next-gen Windows ( Windows 12 , maybe) 
which is set to arrive next year (rumor has it). 

Whatever the case, Cortana is not exactly going to be missed outside a niche 
of users, at least in Windows, anyway. As a digital assistant, rather than 
being an all-rounder, Microsoft had already angled Cortana more to 
business-related use (hence Cortana remaining in Teams and so forth after 
being ditched from Windows). So, none of this is a shock, and it just makes 
sense for Microsoft to eject Cortana with Copilot now incoming for Windows 11.



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-says-its-curtains-for-cortana-in-wind
ows-11-and-10-but-thats-no-surprise


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