In a support document today, Microsoft announced its ending support for Cortana on Windows in late 2023. “Cortana continues to live on in Outlook mobile, Teams mobile, Teams display, and Teams rooms,” notes XDA Developers. From the report: In the support document announcing the end of the Cortana era, Microsoft notes that you’ll still be able to access AI experiences in Windows 11, and calls out Windows Copilot by name. Alongside that, there’s the new Bing, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and voice access in Windows, the last of which lets you control your PC with your voice.
The writing has been on the wall for Cortana for some time now. It was first introduced as a virtual assistant for Windows Phone 8.1, back in 2014, competing with the likes of Apple’s Siri. In 2015, it launched on the desktop with Windows 10, and then it started to feel like Microsoft was