Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. You use both Alexa and Cortana as voice assistants, but ...

A year ago, Amazon and Microsoft pledged that their digital assistants, Alexa and Cortana, would become friends. That future has now arrived: Beginning today, you’ll be able to invoke Alexa from ...

Cortana, the cloud-based personal assistant, works on all your Windows devices, but the range of features depends on the version of Cortana and the device you are using. Cortana, the virtual assistant ...

Microsoft has always had lofty ambitions for itself with users. Never content with just being a productivity powerhouse, the company experimented in music, reading and even smartwatches before finding ...

Cortana is the virtual assistant built into Windows 10. Even with minimal setup, it’s still a useful tool. However, by tweaking settings, you can get even more benefits out of it and simplify your ...

All versions of Windows 10 come with Cortana, a cloud-based “personal assistant” that works across various Microsoft devices (PC, phone, Surface tablet, etc.) as well as any third-party services with ...

Thanks to new controls and settings in Windows 10, you can finally disable Cortana completely without much effort. What if you don’t want Cortana scanning your emails or tracking what you’re working ...

So long, search. Windows 10’s file-scouring functions have been assumed by Cortana, Microsoft’s smart, sassy digital assistant, which debuted with roaring success on Windows Phone 8.1. But Cortana ...

Cortana the personal assistant Windows comes with, and its used for many things apart from using it for search. That said, Microsoft also collects data from Cortana to improve the user experience. It ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. Even though Cortana can't match most of Google Assistant's ...