{"id":40268,"date":"2023-08-07T22:48:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T02:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=40268"},"modified":"2023-08-07T22:48:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T02:48:38","slug":"end-of-support-for-cortana-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/07\/end-of-support-for-cortana-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"End of Support for Cortana in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-au\/topic\/end-of-support-for-cortana-in-windows-d025b39f-ee5b-4836-a954-0ab646ee1efa\">Microsoft<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=37001878\">Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-au\/topic\/end-of-support-for-cortana-in-windows-d025b39f-ee5b-4836-a954-0ab646ee1efa\"><p>Starting in August 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.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>This change only impacts Cortana in Windows, and your productivity assistant, Cortana, will continue to be available in <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-au\/topic\/what-can-you-do-with-play-my-emails-from-cortana-5ea7f3df-02cd-2524-f775-f3c89316367b\">Outlook mobile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-au\/office\/using-cortana-voice-assistance-in-teams-274bb2f0-d962-4182-b45d-307435cea256\">Teams mobile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-au\/office\/using-cortana-voice-assistance-in-teams-274bb2f0-d962-4182-b45d-307435cea256\">Microsoft Teams display<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/office\/using-cortana-in-microsoft-teams-rooms-8214c032-1977-4aab-92d5-cc0dd03b22d6\">Microsoft Teams rooms<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>I guess Windows Copilot has a totally different backend than Cortana, but if it takes text as input I wonder why they don&rsquo;t do text-to-speech and let you control it by voice.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2023\/08\/03\/microsoft-shutting-down-cortana-siri\/\">Filipe Esp&oacute;sito<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2023\/08\/03\/microsoft-shutting-down-cortana-siri\/\"><p>According to Windows Latest, Cortana is also expected to be shut down on previous versions of Windows in the coming weeks.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>Seeing what other companies are achieving with generative AI, I do think it&rsquo;s time for Apple to give up on Siri and focus its efforts on new technologies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>It seems like in this case Microsoft is doing things the Apple way (making a clean break) and Apple is doing things the Microsoft way (improving the old technology).<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/norden.social\/@chucker\/110831345872908984\">S&ouml;ren Nils Kuklau<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/norden.social\/@chucker\/110831345872908984\">\n<p>Cortana is being shut down because not enough cared about it for Microsoft to find some monetization scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Siri, meanwhile, is used by plenty of people every day, and Apple just subsidizes it through hardware sales.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/01\/turmoil-behind-siri\/\">Turmoil Behind Siri<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/31\/goodbye-cortana\/\">Goodbye, Cortana<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/27\/annual-digital-assistant-iq-test\/\">Annual Digital Assistant IQ Test<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft (via Hacker News): Starting in August 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.[&#8230;]This change only impacts Cortana in Windows, and your productivity assistant, 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