{"id":17286,"date":"2020-03-01T12:07:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T12:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/microsofts-cortana-drops-consumer-skills-as-it-refocuses-on-business-users.html"},"modified":"2020-03-01T12:07:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T12:07:18","slug":"microsofts-cortana-drops-consumer-skills-as-it-refocuses-on-business-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/microsofts-cortana-drops-consumer-skills-as-it-refocuses-on-business-users.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s Cortana drops consumer skills as it refocuses on business users"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the next version of Windows 10, coming this spring, Microsoft\u2019s <\/a> Cortana digital assistant will lose a number of consumer skills<\/a> around music and connected homes, as well as some third-party skills. That\u2019s very much in line with Microsoft\u2019s new focus for Cortana, but it may still come as a surprise to the dozens of loyal Cortana fans.<\/p>\n

Microsoft is also turning off Cortana support in its Microsoft Launcher on Android by the end of April and on older versions of Windows that have reached their end-of-service date, which usually comes about 36 months after the original release.<\/p>\n

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As the company explained last year, it now mostly thinks of Cortana as a service for business users. The new Cortana is all about productivity, with deep integrations into Microsoft\u2019s suite of Office tools, for example. In this context, consumer services are only a distraction, and Microsoft is leaving that market to the likes of Amazon and Google <\/a>.<\/p>\n

Because the new Cortana experience is all about Microsoft 365, the subscription service that includes access to the Office tools, email, online storage and more, it doesn\u2019t come as a surprise that the assistant\u2019s new feature will give you access to data from these tools, including your calendar, Microsoft To Do notes and more.<\/p>\n

And while some consumer features are going away, Microsoft stresses that Cortana will still be able to tell you a joke, set alarms and timers, and give you answers from Bing.<\/p>\n

For now, all of this only applies to English-speaking users in the U.S. Outside of the U.S., most of the productivity features will launch in the future.<\/p>\n

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Cortana wants to be your personal executive assistant and read your emails to you, too<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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