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What's new with Cortana

Cortana is your personal productivity assistant in Microsoft 365. Cortana voice assistance in Teams, Play My Emails in Outlook, Cortana in Windows, and the Briefing email help you achieve more so you can focus on what matters.

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What you can do

Cortana voice assistance in Teams

Play My Emails in Outlook

Cortana in Windows

Briefing email from Cortana

Chat with Cortana

Learn more about Cortana

Upcoming changes to Cortana

Cortana's regions and languages

Cortana and privacy

What is Cortana

Stay organized

Manage Cortana settings

Sync your calendar with Cortana

Get reminders from Cortana

Create and manage lists with Cortana

Troubleshooting

Cortana can't hear me

Reasons Cortana doesn't talk to me

Cortana can't connect to the internet

Learn about Cortana

Cortana in Windows

Chat with Cortana

Cortana's regions and languages

Settings & privacy

Activate "Cortana" mode

Manage Cortana settings in Windows 10

Cortana and privacy

Stay organized

Where are my lists and reminders?

Use your Microsoft account with Cortana

Troubleshooting

Cortana can't hear me

Reasons Cortana doesn't talk to me

Cortana can't connect to the internet

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