Microsoft expands Cortana availability in three new languages

On Friday, software giant Microsoft announced the rollout of a major update to the beta build of Windows 10 operating system, expanding the availability of its Cortana virtual assistant to three new languages.

About the expanded availability of Cortana to new countries via the recently-updated Windows 10 beta build, Microsoft said that Cortana – which is already available in 11 languages – will now be available in three more languages: Spanish (Mexico), Portuguese (Brazil), and French (Canada).

To try out the new languages supported by Cortana, Windows 10 users will have to run the Windows 10 Insider Preview in the three languages. For each of the new languages, like the 11 already-available ones, the Microsoft Cortana team has built a custom experience for users.

Meanwhile, as a result of the release of the new update, the Windows 10 build number currently available to testers has bumped up to 14279, from the previous build number 14271 which was rolled out to testers a few days back --- on February 24, 2016.

Microsoft’s steady announcements of new builds of Windows 10 OS imply that the company is still building Windows 10, and is releasing new preview versions to Windows Insiders, even despite the official launch of the operating system in July 2015.


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