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Microsoft confirms Cortana for Android beta will be here as soon as July

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Microsoft has announced that Cortana for Android will be here in July just in time for Windows 10’s launch. To be clear, it’ll be unleashed as a beta, and as such you should expect that things aren’t fully functional from the start. We won’t get full Cortana love until later in the year.

Cortana, if you don’t know, is Microsoft’s digital assistant. It got its start on Windows Phone, but the company is looking to make it your go-to service no matter which device you’re on. Cortana will integrate with Microsoft’s suite of apps, with a Notebook feature allowing you to have her jot down notes and details important to you.

You can also use it to do things like set reminders, and once that reminder arrives it will alert you on any device where you have Cortana enabled (including other Android phones or tablets, Xbox One, or your Windows 10 PC). You can ask it things about sports, weather, movies, music and more.

Google Now is awesome and it always will be, but Cortana has enough going for it that it’ll at least be worth a try once it makes its way to more devices later this year. We’ll surely be on the lookout for the app’s release date as we inch closer to Windows 10.

[via Microsoft]

Quentyn Kennemer
The "Google Phone" sounded too awesome to pass up, so I bought a G1. The rest is history. And yes, I know my name isn't Wilson.

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  1. They better port over nude mode as well ! Up up down down left right left right b a start !

    1. it’s a pretend hologram from a video game and you want to see her nude? most pathetic thing ever

      1. It’s all she has to offer…

      2. Far from pathetic , are you jealous of her holographic form? For shame! Cortana needs to eat too! And she puts on her holographic leggings the same way you do. One holographic leg at a time ;)-

      3. You must be new on the Internet.

      4. It is actually quite popular in some cultures to… lust after fictional characters. Though this is no means in any way to get you to change your opinion.

        1. I mean , Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy, two of the greatest fictional women to walk this imagination ;)

          1. Ooo… Poison Ivy… Ooo… Zyra… Ooo… Plant people… I think I found my guilty pleasure. Let all the Dryad Women Cosplayers come out of no where now!!

    2. That’s what the internet is for – nude material.

    3. Rule 34.

  2. Can we please knock it off with Cortana for “every friggen platform everywhere” ? I don’t want a vocal Bing port anywhere near me. In fact, I won’t be upgrading to windows 10 until I can confirm that I can turn the B*** off.

    1. *b$&%h*

    2. Easy now. Count to 10 calmly.

      1. Actually, Cortana is taking over Windows 10, now is exactly the time to panic!

  3. This could be really cool for those who game on a Xbox One.

  4. I have no urge to use Cortana with it attached to Bing… Just don’t see a need for it at this time.

  5. More pos from fu%$&ink ms cortana Bing Fring pos ..no one cares for windoze 10 phones with 2% market share

  6. Y’all goin’ give me a link to the picture used next to the title of the article.

  7. will anyone really use this on android, other then mayb if it worked with xbox or something in a way

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