What is Cortana?
{{Infobox software | name = Cortana | logo = Microsoft Cortana transparent.svg | screenshot = Windows 11 Cortana.png | caption = Cortana on [[Windows 11]] (before discontinued) | developer = [[Microsoft]] | released = April 2, 2014; 10 years ago | discontinued = Yes | replaced_by = [[Microsoft Copilot]] | operating system = [[Windows 10]]<br>[[Windows Phone 8.1]]<br>Microsoft Band<br>[[Windows 10 Mobile]]<br>Windows Mixed Reality<br>Amazon Alexa<br>[[Windows 11]] | language = English, Spanish, Chinese(Simplified), Portuguese, French, German, Japanese, Italian | language count = 8 | website = https://microsoft.com/cortana }} '''Cortana''' was a [[virtual assistant]] developed by [[Microsoft]]. Microsoft made Cortana and released it on April 2, 2014 at the [[Moscone Center]] in [[San Francisco]]. Cortana can do many things, like showing the weather and news. Cortana was released three years after [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s [[Siri]], which was released in 2011 on [[iOS]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=CNN|first=Doug Gross|date=2011-10-04|title=Apple introduces Siri, Web freaks out|url=https://www.cnn.com/2011/10/04/tech/mobile/siri-iphone-4s-skynet/index.html|access-date=2021-05-29|website=CNN|language=en}}</ref> == Development history == Microsoft showed Cortana on April 2 and April 4, 2014 at the Microsoft Build in [[San Francisco]]. [[Bill Gates]], [[Steve Ballmer]], and [[Joe Belfiore]] made the announcement. They said Cortana was virtual helper for the Windows Phone, starting with a video launch on April 6, 2014. On July 15, 2015, Microsoft launched Cortana on Windows (Update version -1507), which was available to consumers on July 29, 2015. Cortana was released for Microsoft Band and Windows Mixed Reality on August 2, 2015 and for [[Android (operating system)|Android]], IOS, iPhone and iPad in December 2015. === Discontinued === On June 2, 2023, Microsoft announced they will be no longer support Cortana standalone app on [[Windows 10]] and [[Windows 11]] and will be ended on late 2023. After Cortana ended support, Micr