Cortana in the UK

[Anonymous]

Apparently Cortana should be here in the UK within the next two weeks

http://www.wpcentral.com/cortana-hitting-uk-less-two-weeks-china-soon-thereafter

Anyone else excited about this?

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I installed the WP8.1 Update 1 DP on my Lumia 920 yesterday, and found after some brief messing about that the UK Cortana is a lot less chatty than the US one, but mileage may vary...

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Marcus Ash stated on Twitter that the client bits rolled out quicker than the backend stuff so give it a while, she's very chatty for me.

[Anonymous]

It is a real shame that the Cortana we have will not be the same voice as that from the HALO games. I think thats for the americans only.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

It is a real shame that the Cortana we have will not be the same voice as that from the HALO games. I think thats for the americans only.

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I'm not really that disappointed, I'm just happy that we have Cortana in the UK. From what I gather Cortana was supposed to have a British accent anyway.

[L_W_Ward]

I have Cortana on my 635 now. Its good but I feel like a need a tutorial to get the best out of it, tips anyone?

[Anonymous]

I like the way it will pick up dates from messages and if you tap on the link it'll ask you if you want to add a reminder/calender item for it, found this out today totally by accident...

The forums over at WPCentral are full of hints and tips here.

It's quite fun just to ask random question and see what she/it comes back with. The beauty of it is you can ask in a completely natural way and most of the time Cortana seems to know what you mean.

[Toby]

Thanks for adding this Steve. Really helpful

If anyone gets to grips with Cortana and fancies writing a guide for this community in the near future, feel free!

What are your first impressions of Cortana L_W_Ward?

[L_W_Ward]

I'm impressed but not blown away. I think this may be due to me not using it to its full potential.

I'm going to do a follow up review on the 635 with this update later this week.

[Anonymous]

It's certainly a nice tool to use. Takes me back to when Siri was first released by Apple.

Some nice Easter eggs and the obligatory asking of off the cuff questions. I once asked if it had children. Response was it was unable to...., yet.

Enjoy.

[L_W_Ward]

I'm starting to use it more but i need to do a bit more playing with it.

[Anonymous]

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@L_W_Ward wrote:
I'm starting to use it more but i need to do a bit more playing with it.

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Have you set your inner circle and set up quiet hours yet?