You can even summon
Cortana on a Skype call.
The addition of
Cortana on Skype is part of Microsoft way of making sure that conversations aren't interrupted.
To start using
Cortana on Skype, users will only have to start a chat with one of their friends.
Another great thing that
Cortana on Skype can do is that it can help users organize their schedule.
Not exact matches
Skype has also been integrated into the messaging and phone apps in Windows 10 Mobile build 10572; while
Cortana has been improved to give movie and event reminders, with the ability to book Uber rides to ensure you're
on time.
You can ask
Cortana to help you make a video call in
Skype, watch a TV show in Hulu Plus, look up a news feed
on Facebook or send a tweet using the Twitter app — all of which we demoed during this morning's keynote.
Microsoft has been
on a long journey with
Cortana, first
on Windows 10 PC, then
on Android and iOS, as well as embedding the
Cortana experience in
Skype on Xbox, spanning 148 million active users.
With just your voice and
Cortana, you can play your music, stay
on top of your reminders and to - do lists, make and receive
Skype calls, get your questions answered, and more.
While Facebook is working
on a proprietary personal assistant called M to enhance its Messenger,
Skype will get the same
Cortana power that already available
on Windows platform.
Microsoft has so many apps
on Google's Play Store that it built an app just to discover other Microsoft apps for Android, including
Cortana, Office, LinkedIn, Outlook, OnDrive,
Skype, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, the Groove music app, and Minecraft.
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Apparently, Invoke will rely entirely
on Cortana and it will have built - in microphone for voice commands and
Skype calls.
What's interesting about
Cortana's integration in
Skype is how it has a larger understanding of everything you're chatting about and doing — it's not just focused
on the single task at hand.
If you're tied into Microsoft's services (
Skype, Outlook or use Sticky Notes
on a Windows 10 PC), you'll find that
Cortana has a lot of wonderful tricks up its sleeve.
In addition,
Cortana might also show some other kinds of information based
on your
Skype chat responses, such as a review of a movie or restaurant you might be discussing.
If you have something
on your schedule that you are chatting about with a friend in
Skype,
Cortana can also recommend setting up a reminder for that event.
At the moment, the
Cortana feature in
Skype for Android and iOS is only available in the US; there's no word yet
on when it might expand to other countries.
Lastly,
Skype users can actually have one -
on - one conversations with
Cortana herself.
If a user can create a Word document
on their personal phone, continue it
on their PC at work, embed photos from OneDrive that they had stored
on their home PC, share the document through
Skype or Microsoft Teams
on a work phone, and then check off an item
on their to - do list using
Cortana or Microsoft Launcher, will they care how many OSes were involved or what code was used?
Microsoft has brought a little bit of
Cortana magic to the
Skype Preview app
on Android.
It's the apps that are different — users will get access to a range of Microsoft's apps, like Excel,
Skype,
Cortana, and so
on, right after setting up the phone.
Also,
Skype for Business certification ensures that the V15 and V17 can work as professional communication devices, providing lag - free audio with exceptional
Cortana with Voice
on Windows 10.
If you use
Skype Preview and you're a US user, you should see
Cortana as a chat option
on the main screen.
Cortana for
Skype is rolling out
on iOS and Android in the USA and will be coming to other countries in the months to come.
Alongside
Cortana and translation, Microsoft is also adding cloud recording for meetings with automatic transcription and timecoding, background blur
on video, mobile sharing for meetings, and the ability to find and add
Skype Room Systems into any meetings.
Xiaomi will be pre-installing Microsoft's Office suite of apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and
Skype on its smartphones and now we have seen the company is also pre-installing
Cortana on its bezel-less Mi MIX.
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