Microsoft to Remove Cortana From Windows 10 Search Bar

From PC Mag: Heads up, Windows 10 users: Search and Cortana are breaking up.

The latest Windows 10 preview build, released today for Windows Insiders in the Fast ring, moves Microsoft's digital assistant out of the Search bar, where it currently resides.

"Going forward, we'll be decoupling Search and Cortana in the taskbar," Microsoft's Dona Sarkar and Brandon LeBlanc wrote in a blog post. "This will enable each experience to innovate independently to best serve their target audiences and use cases."

Cortana isn't going far: Microsoft has moved it just to the right of the Search bar, as you can see in the image above.

"When it rolls out to you, you'll find clicking the search box in the taskbar now launches our experience focused on giving you the best in-house search experience and clicking the Cortana icon will launch you straight into our voice-first digital assistant experience," Sarkar and LeBlanc explained.

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