Microsoft Rolls Out Cortana Collection To Help You Save Your Favorite Item

Cortana is an intelligent personal assistance created by Microsoft for Window 10, Window 10 Mobile, Window Phone 8.1, Microsoft Band, Xbox One, iOS, Android, Window Mixed Reality and soon Amazon Alexa. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortana)

Microsoft's Cortana assistant can now remember what you've searched for on your device like books, TV shows, movies, recipes, and places you plan to visit (restaurants and movie theater). As stated on the official web page of Contana: "Because life isn’t limited to one device, neither is she. Set a reminder on your PC and have it pop up on your phone, or home speaker and vice versa." So AI is really taking over

It will pops up whenever a user is on a webpage that might have content worth saving, like on a page to buy a book. Cortana can set reminders, recognize natural voice without the requirement for keyboard input, and answer questions using information from the Bing search engine. It is currently available in English, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese language editions, depending on the software platform and region in which it is used.

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