At the end of this year, Microsoft will stop making the Cortana app for Windows. This news comes just days after the release of Windows Copilot, an advanced AI assistant powered by OpenAI’s GPT language model.
At the Build conference in May, Microsoft showed off its new tool, Windows Copilot. It’s on the taskbar, where Cortana used to be, but it can do a lot more than the old Windows assistant. Once it’s widely available, it will help you do things like summarize material, edit text, run queries, and manage your computer settings, among other things.
“We are changing some things in Windows that will affect people who use the Cortana app. Starting in late 2023, we will no longer offer Cortana as a standalone app for Windows… This change only affects Cortana on Windows. Its productivity assistant, Cortana, will continue to be available in Outlook mobile, Teams Mobile, Microsoft Teams Display, and Microsoft Teams Rooms,” the blog post reads.
“We know this change can affect the way you work in Windows, so we want to make it as easy as possible for you to switch to the new options. Now, you don’t have to click the Cortana icon and open the app to use your voice. Instead, you can use your voice and meet your work needs with different tools.
The ‘End’ Began in 2020
Microsoft first showed off Cortana in 2015 as part of Windows 10. Users could use mouth commands to set reminders, open apps, and ask questions.
But Microsoft has slowly removed Cortana from the Windows experience over the years. With the release of Windows 11, the digital assistant lost its place on the desktop and was no longer part of the first boot experience. In 2020, Microsoft stopped supporting the Cortana app on iOS and Android and other devices, like Surface headphones, that used Cortana.
Although Cortana will not be available on Windows, it will continue to be available in Outlook mobile, Microsoft Teams mobile, Teams display, and Teams groups.
Microsoft hasn’t said when Cortana will be removed from Windows, so that date is unknown.
It’s clear that Microsoft is putting a lot of effort into its suite of AI tools, such as the Bing bot and Microsoft 365 Copilot.
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Source: vtt.edu.vn