Microsoft's digital assistant Cortana is one of the major additions to Windows 10 — and it's a winner.
Turn it on and Cortana alerts you to upcoming meetings; searches your PC and the web; tells you about the weather, news and sports; and a lot more.To help you get the most out of Cortana, I've put together some of my favorite tips for using it — including using Cortana to manage your Google Calendar, identify the music you're listening to, and track packages and flights.Notes:This article assumes that you're already familiar with the basics of Cortana.
If you want help getting started, see theCortana section of Computerworld &Windows 10 cheat sheet.&Keep in mind that there have been five major updates to Windows 10 since its initial release in July 2015.
This article reflects how Cortana works if you&ve installed the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, so if you haven&t installed that update, what you see and read here may vary slightly from what you see in your version of Windows 10.[ Further reading: Cortana explained: How to use Microsoft's virtual assistant for business ]Get a direct answer to your questionWhen you ask Cortana a question, it will typically show you the answer via a listing of web links; you then open the search results in your browser.
That's what happened, for example, when I asked, "What was the coldest day of the year in 2015 in Boston"