On the Cortana page today there's a very different headline: Cortana is 'Your personal productivity assistant in Microsoft 365,' and the tasks are no longer about music and fitness and home automation. Cortana got recruited for a corporate job. If you look closely, you can see exactly what happened. Just like that.Ĭheck out these before-and-after shots from Cortana on a PC running Windows 10 version 1903 and from a just-upgraded installation of version 2004.Ĭompare Cortana from 2019 (left) with the 2020 corporate edition insurance?Ĭortana had a huge library of third-party skills in 2019, but they're gone nowĪnd now they're gone. She works with everything from your calendar to your music and smart home services.'Īlso, 'Cortana has skills and she uses them to help you.' I mean, just look at all these third-party skills for music services, home automation, and. Your intelligent assistant across your life.' The copy on the page emphasized that 'Cortana helps wherever life happens. In early 2019, Microsoft was still (at least officially) optimistic about its virtual assistant. It's 2020 and time no longer has any meaning, but even so I was surprised when I fired up the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine and looked at Microsoft's official page for Cortana from just one year ago.

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All those third-party skills are no longer operative, and Cortana's notebook has officially been tossed into the digital dumpster. Today, if you click the Cortana button on a Windows 10 PC, you still get the 'Ask Cortana' prompt, and you can click the microphone button to start talking. Oh, and a fearsome collection of dad jokes. See plans and pricing at įive years ago, Cortana was going to be Microsoft's answer to Siri and Alexa, an AI-powered personal assistant capable of responding to voice commands, armed with a collection of third-party skills and a notebook filled with your personal preferences. Make the most of your 365 with premium Office apps, extra cloud storage, advanced security, and more.

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