Microsoft is ending assist for Cortana in Home windows. In a assist web page spotted by XDA Developers and Windows Central, the corporate says it is going to “now not assist Cortana in Home windows as a standalone app” beginning later this yr.
Cortana’s discontinuation on Home windows doesn’t come as a lot of a shock. Throughout its Construct convention in Might, Microsoft announced its new Windows Copilot tool, which is able to dwell in your taskbar and use AI that can assist you do every little thing — and extra — that Cortana does as soon as it’s broadly launched. That features summarizing content material, rewriting textual content, asking questions, adjusting your pc’s settings, and extra.
It’s not clear when precisely Microsoft will take away Cortana from Home windows. However it is clear that Microsoft’s rising suite of AI instruments, which additionally contains its Bing chatbot and Microsoft 365 Copilot, is taking first precedence. Although Cortana goes away in Home windows, Microsoft says it is going to nonetheless be obtainable in Outlook cell, Microsoft Groups cell, Groups show, and Groups rooms, however who is aware of for a way lengthy.