Microsoft’s intelligent, personal assistant is already integrated in the “New Xbox Experience” (NXOE). Users were unable to connect their controllers to the console wirelessly after they updated their console to the new dashboard.
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One of the key features missing from the NXOE is that of Cortana. The new system software update is now available in its unfinished form to members of the Xbox Preview Program and will be available to all users of the Xbox One later this year. Cortana floats at the top left, allowing you to say “Hey Cortana” to enable voice commands.
Aside from the Xbox One, Cortana will also be launched on other Microsoft-manufactured devices powered by Windows 10 such as PC, tablet, Lumia and Windows smartphones, as well as the Microsoft Band 2 wearable device.
Meanwhile, Cortana’s release was not expected before the early 2016.
This Cortana preview feature and the steps were found by a Xbox One enthusiast named Jeffrey Grubb and he said that the app misses lots of options like adding things in a to-do list or the inability of setting a reminder. It doesn’t look like accessing Cortana through this method adds an icon or easier access and you’ll have to go through this process each time you want to access Cortana – at least for the time being. As the Xbox One version of Cortana is identical to Windows 10, you do get access to your calendar appointments, news, stocks information, and everything else you track in Cortana.
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Again, this is all early stuff, and Cortana doesn’t really have numerous functionalities that it has on PC.
