Microsoft insider Tom Warren of The Verge has some screenshots of Cortana, the upcoming Siri competitor from Microsoft for Windows Phone 8.1. Cortana pulls data from Bing, Foursquare, a own Notebook, and mail users.
The now published screenshots show that Cortana, the name of which according to Warren is not yet determined, on the start screen, a bar has to search to type in and a button to put something in to speak. The suggestion that Cortana gives is: “Is it cold in Moscow?’, suggesting that Cortana uses natural language.
Cortana may, in addition to search queries also give suggestions such as Google Now does, claims Warren. This retrieves the information from the mails, as is shown in a settings menu. Also, Cortana, things like location and personal data in notes app Notebook users, that according to previous info can view and edit. As with Siri, the user can ask for a nickname to be referred to. Cortana would Bing have to replace under the search button of Windows Phones. Now leads the Search button to the front page of the Bing search engine.
The digital assistant is part of the forthcoming Windows Phone 8.1, which Microsoft last week on telecombeurs Mobile World Congress, the first details announced. Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 during his own ontwikkelaarsbijeenkomst Build in april want to present. In that update, sit next to Cortana, still a large number of changes, including the sharing of wi-fi access, themes, and a not-storenmodus.
Why Warren this information now to the outside, he is not clear. He left all of weeks ago on Twitter hinting that he has a build of Windows Phone 8.1.
