End of support for Cortana in Windows

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We are making some changes to Windows that will impact users of the Cortana app. Starting in late 2023, we will no longer support Cortana in Windows as a standalone app. However, you can still access powerful productivity features in Windows and Edge, which have increased AI capabilities. This means you can still get help with your tasks, calendar, and email, but in new and exciting ways. This change only impacts Cortana in Windows, and your productivity assistant, Cortana, will continue to be available in Outlook mobile, Teams mobile, Microsoft Teams display, and Microsoft Teams rooms.

We know that this change may affect some of the ways you work in Windows, so we want to help you transition smoothly to the new options. Instead of clicking the Cortana icon and launching the app to begin using voice, now you can use voice and satisfy your productivity needs through different tools. Here are some of the resources you can use to learn more about the alternatives..

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But who’s going to voice the startup and shutdown adverts now?

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Who’s cortana? /snark

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Another Microsoft feature that faltered and is now going to disappear.

I suggest Microsoft provide an update to (the regular versions of) Windows 10 to remove Cortana completely now that it has been rendered irrelevant.

Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst.

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Strangely enough, Siri still works. Maybe because it’s not Microsoft?

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Next on the line, Bing.
Bing has been announced 14 years ago, on June 3, 2009.
Bing’s market share still close ~8%

*Apple will change tomorrow at WWDC 2023 ‘Hey Siri’ to just ‘Siri’

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Alex5723 wrote:

Next on the line, Bing.
Bing has been announced 14 years ago, on June 3, 2009.
Bing’s market share still close ~8%

*Apple will change tomorrow at WWDC 2023 ‘Hey Siri’ to just ‘Siri’

I can see unintended consequences on-screen from that change when sportscasters discuss this baseball player in the presence of one of those Apple devices…  😉

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Microsoft just killed the Cortana app on Windows 11 in favour of AI

While casually looking for updates in the Microsoft Store, I noticed a new update for Cortana after a long time. But, instead of improving things, the latest update caused the app to stop working on Windows 11. This shouldn’t surprise anyone, considering that Microsoft’s assistant hasn’t received a single feature update in the past two years.

As we first spotted, and you can see in the screenshot above, Cortana no longer works on Windows 11.

The app now opens with the “Cortana in Windows as a standalone app is deprecated” alert and has a link to a learn more page, which opens Microsoft’s support documentation.

End of support for Cortana in Windows

We are making some changes to Windows that will impact users of the Cortana app. Starting in August 2023, we will no longer support Cortana in Windows as a standalone app.

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Cybertooth

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Does that mean I can remove it using Revo Uninstaller?

Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 22H2
Installed on ‎10/‎19/‎2022
OS build 22621.2283

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