{"id":1138,"date":"2017-11-06T15:43:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T15:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2017-11-06T15:43:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T15:43:06","slug":"how-to-use-cortana-in-microsoft-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/06\/how-to-use-cortana-in-microsoft-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Cortana in Microsoft Edge?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just like the status enjoyed by <\/span><b>Siri<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the world of <\/span><b>Apple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Cortana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a virtual assistant for <\/span><b>Microsoft Windows<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It offers the users a wide range of assistance in just about any basic computing task such as to creating reminders, searching for files, updating the user with the latest news, checking the weather and so on. \u00a0It is not just a voice-controlled assistant; the user can even type in commands. There\u2019s a lot which can be accomplished with <\/span><b>Cortana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s assistance. Today we\u2019ll take a look at how we can put <\/span><b>Cortana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to good use in <\/span><b>Microsoft Edge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in <\/span><b>Windows 10<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cortana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> interacts with <\/span><b>Microsoft Edge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and helps simplify a great deal of tasks for the user in <\/span><b>Windows 10<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. For that to happen, it needs to be enabled in the first place. Here\u2019s how you can enable <\/span><b>Cortana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in <\/span><b>Edge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Click on the <\/span><b>Settings and more<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> menu (three-dotted icon on the top-right).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Select <\/span><b>Settings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scroll down and now click <\/span><b>View advanced settings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now turn on the slider for <\/span><b>Have Cortana assist me in Microsoft Edge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1139\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 188px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1139\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image1.png\" alt=\"Turning on Cortana in Microsoft Edge\" width=\"178\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image1.png 178w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image1-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>Turning on Cortana in Microsoft Edge<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the most useful features of <\/span><b>Cortana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is the <\/span><b>Ask Cortana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> option. When you are reading an article on a web page and if you wish to know more about a word or a phrase, <\/span><b>Cortana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> can prove to be of great help. All you have to do is highlight the word or the phrase of interest and right click it. Now select <\/span><b>Ask Cortana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and all the relevant information about the selected text will appear on your screen instantaneously.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can also get <\/span><b>Instant answers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> using <\/span><b>Cortana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Since <\/span><b>Cortana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is combined with <\/span><b>Bing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, it provides the answer once you type out an item in the <\/span><b>Bing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> search engine. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the following circumstances, <\/span><b>Cortana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will provide handy suggestions via the address bar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>When You\u2019re Shopping Online<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Everyone gets into a good mood when they\u2019re getting big discounts while shopping from the comfort of their home. On certain websites, <\/span><b>Cortana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> might assist you by offering discount coupons for selected items. Surely nobody would want to miss discounts!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>When You Need the Lyrics for Music Videos<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Isn\u2019t it annoying at times when you want to sing along while watching the music video but you don\u2019t know the lyrics? <\/span><b>Cortana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> understands your needs and bails you out by providing the lyrics of the song. In addition, it also provides links for you to listen or even buy the song.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>When You\u2019re Visiting a Restaurant\u2019s Website<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Cortana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> helps out the user big time by providing the contact details, business hours, the menu, reviews and directions to get there if the user is visiting a restaurant\u2019s website. Hence, <\/span><b>Cortana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> can be safely dubbed as a true virtual assistant of all weathers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What needs to be remembered is that some of the features of <\/span><b>Cortana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> would not be available in some countries. For an example, the discount coupons might only appear in certain countries when the user is shopping online. However, <\/span><b>Cortana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is indeed of great assistance and more features are expected to make an appearance soon.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just like the status enjoyed by Siri in the world of Apple, Cortana is a virtual assistant for Microsoft Windows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[741,742,740,738,739,736,737],"class_list":["post-1138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solutions","tag-cortanas-usefulness-while-im-looking-for-a-songs-lyrics-online","tag-cortanas-usefulness-while-im-visiting-a-restaurants-website","tag-cortanas-usefulness-while-shopping-online","tag-guide-on-turning-on-cortana-in-microsoft-edge","tag-help-on-switching-on-cortana-in-microsoft-edge","tag-help-on-turning-on-cortana-in-microsoft-edge","tag-how-to-turn-on-cortana-in-microsoft-edge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1140,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138\/revisions\/1140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}