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Latest Win 10 Insider Preview Focuses on Cortana

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Microsoft’s Gabe Aul, corporate Vice President of the Engineering Systems Team, today announced the release of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14279. This build was dumped into the Fast Ring for Insiders this week, providing an updated logon experience, the March update for the Xbox app beta, and a number of bug fixes. This release also seemingly focuses on Cortana, adding more languages and reminders.

For starters, Microsoft has added Spanish (Mexico), Portuguese (Brazil), and French (Canada) languages. Aul said in today’s blog post that the team works to provide a custom experience that is relevant to each language and market. As a result, Cortana users in Brazil will find that the Windows 10 assistant is “fond” of pasteis, a Portuguese custard tart that can be commonly found across the country. For Mexico, the team added “local flavor” so that Cortana matches the local accents and language.

As for reminders, Cortana now saves useful information when users need to remember something but don’t have time to create a detailed reminder. For instance, users can have Cortana remember the name of a book, telling Cortana to “remind me to read [insert book name here].” Users can also have Cortana  remember tasks that don’t have a specific date, like washing the car or to do a load of the kids’ laundry that’s scattered across the floor before the “boss” gets home.

“You have the option to set specific details like location, time, and people at a later time so that Cortana will surface it when its most relevant,” Aul said in the blog. “You can always view and edit all of these in the same place you see your reminders in Cortana today. In future builds Cortana will be able to retrieve these upon request, just like a real personal assistant would.”

Cortana will also see a few fixes in this release. Aul said that Microsoft has resolved an issue regarding Microsoft Edge, Cortana, and users with roaming profiles. The company also fixed an issue in which Cortana would constantly show reminders that were already completed. There are other non-Cortana fixes in the mix as well, including a bluescreen problem caused by downloading certain drivers from Windows Update. A problem with copying/moving a file to the desktop and having it display correctly was also fixed.

Microsoft has updated the Windows 10 logon experience, providing a single background instead of two (logon screen, lock screen). The change isn’t monumental, but allows the user to have the same custom background in both instances. However, for those who use Microsoft’s ad-infested platform, aka Windows Spotlight, this change won’t be available until a future update is released. The company is also tweaking the transition between logon and lock screens to provide a “smoother” experience.

For PC and Xbox One gamers, the beta version of the Xbox app for Windows 10 sports an updated “Featured” section and the addition of a Gamerscore Leaderboard. Windows 10 users will also see a change in the Photos app, as it now features Sway integration. That means users can click on the “Tell your story with Sway” button to produce an interactive web-based photo album. They can then add text, captions, and other details to tell the story.

This latest build of Windows 10 also arrives with a few known problems, so Insiders should take note here. One issue revolves around hibernation, as some Insiders are reporting that their device will freeze or bluescreen when resuming from the hibernation state. There’s also a known bug related to Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Internet Security, or the Kaspersky Total Security Suite.



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