From PC Mag: So long, Cortana. Microsoft is retiring the voice assistant’s Windows app this month.
The company is now rolling out an update for some Windows users that effectively disables the Cortana app. The update causes the software to only show(Opens in a new window) a page that says the voice assistant has been “deprecated,” meaning it’s no longer in development and could be retired.
In an updated support page(Opens in a new window), Microsoft adds: “Starting in August 2023, we will no longer support Cortana in Windows as a standalone app.”
The company initially announced it was ending Cortana support for Windows in June. But at the time, Microsoft merely pegged the date to “late 2023.” So it looks like Redmond decided to sunset the software a little sooner than expected.
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