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Microsoft’s continued mishandling of Cortana will see the company offer Xbox users more personal assistant choice. Good for openness, but bad for Microsoft’s virtual assistant.

A new report suggest Cortana won’t become a wisecracking personal assistant as Microsoft is shifting focus to productivity and seamless integration with Windows.

Cortana is coming to LG TV's via Amazon Alexa integration, giving her a seat in a vital place in the home. However, with Alexa also coming to PCs, it's unclear how much she will be utilized.

The Microsoft Speech Service combines various technologies into a single SDK and API to provide easier access to developers of all skill levels. It includes speech-to-text, translation, and microphone technologies across a number of platforms and programming languages.

Cortana will focus on its integration with Microsoft's ecosystem, rather than with third-party devices. Rather than acting as a smart home control, she will assist productivity proactively.

Build 2018 marks a powerful display of Cortana-Alexa integration, showing the careful thought needed to avoid confusion. However, Amazon and Microsoft have yet to announce a release date, instead allowing users to sign up for a beta.

Microsoft Translator is getting a major update that also includes Windows Ink support, Offline language packs, and more.

An updated support article suggests that Cortana-Alexa integration is coming soon, but doesn't give any finite deadlines. Other information corroborates this, suggesting the feature is now in internal self-hosting.

Available in beta, Cortana can now read incoming SMS messages back to Android users, with the choice to enable or disable the feature.

Users on Windows 10 Pro are unable to disable Cortana's Bing Search integration, with concerns of a deliberate change by Microsoft.

Windows 10 Skip Ahead users are getting some new features as focus shifts from the Spring Creators Update to Microsoft's next release.

Users on the Invoke smart speaker can simple say “Cortana” to interact with Microsoft’s voice assistant. The change will come to Windows, iOS, and Android soon.

Currently in internal testing, Cortana in Outlook would allow Android and iOS users to get emails read to them, surface information, and dictate emails to send.

Javier Soltero has found a new position on the Cortana team, where he will focus on making Cortana trustworthy yet feature-full and accessible. He now reports to Microsoft AI head Harry Shum.

At MWC today, Lenovo announced the Yoga 730 and Yoga 530 laptops, mid-range Windows 10 devices with Cortana and Alexa support.

Cortana Skills Kit developers can now use Adaptive Cards in their cross-platform creations. Ironically, both services were introduced on the same day last year

Microsoft is continuing its recent love in with Cortana by expanding smart home support and adding powerful IFTTT support for the first time.

For the first time, Cortana is available on iPad and gets a UI tweak to handle the larger screens. The app has been available on iPhone for some time.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has quashed rumors of Cortana being phased out and said he believes in the assistant and thinks it will surpass rivals such as Amazon’s Alexa.

A new Cortana update in the App Store allows the application launch 20% faster, an improvement Microsoft says is noticeable when opening the virtual assistant.