Cortana in UK

[Painkillerhu]

Since us, who are using HTC 8X can't have Cortana, I'm curious about the release date of Cortana in UK. Does anybody know anything?

http://forums.windowscentral.com/cortana/275052-5.htm

 

[Pete]

No, we don't know for certain.

 

[foaf]

No, but just perform the work around and give it a go.
There are niggles in changing your language and region settings, and Cortanna doesn't like my English accent. But it's worth it if you're the type of person who just has to know what she's like

 

[Painkillerhu]

Wasn't Cortana promised to roll out in UK in mid-june?

 

[stickyshocker]

No, but just perform the work around and give it a go.
There are niggles in changing your language and region settings, and Cortanna doesn't like my English accent. But it's worth it if you're the type of person who just has to know what she's like

Did you not know that most 8x's cant change their settings as for me the UK settings cant be deleted and Cortana will not enable because of this

 

[neo158]

Wasn't Cortana promised to roll out in UK in mid-june?

Nope, mid-July at the latest.

 

[Painkillerhu]

Nope, mid-July at the latest.

?*%&, I'll have to wait then...

 

[adrian1338]

Nope, mid-July at the latest.

pretty sure they said till the end of june

 

[Pricey_2k]

@evleaks leaked an image from Nokia about the release date schedule for Windows 8.1 (Windows Phone 8.1 Release Schedule for Nokia Lumia Devices Revealed via Leaked Roadmap).

This shows as late June/early July for most devices. I would imagine taking into account the tweet from @marcusash saying that 'Making #Cortana available in the UK and China will happen very soon. Weeks not months.' https://twitter.com/marcusash/status/477959992650117120 (June 15th) I would guess the two will come near enough hand in hand (usually Nokia release there updates for most regions at once).

With the guess work above, I'd predict that HTC wouldn't be too far behind Nokia with 8.1/Cortana so I would think that we can all look forward to Cortana in the UK on the stable update channel very soon!

I might be wrong though, just trying to make a square fit through a triangle hole!

 

[Painkillerhu]

@evleaks leaked an image from Nokia about the release date schedule for Windows 8.1 (Windows Phone 8.1 Release Schedule for Nokia Lumia Devices Revealed via Leaked Roadmap).

This shows as late June/early July for most devices. I would imagine taking into account the tweet from @marcusash saying that 'Making #Cortana available in the UK and China will happen very soon. Weeks not months.' https://twitter.com/marcusash/status/477959992650117120 (June 15th) I would guess the two will come near enough hand in hand (usually Nokia release there updates for most regions at once).

With the guess work above, I'd predict that HTC wouldn't be too far behind Nokia with 8.1/Cortana so I would think that we can all look forward to Cortana in the UK on the stable update channel very soon!

I might be wrong though, just trying to make a square fit through a triangle hole!

Oh god, may your words be true!

 

[neo158]

pretty sure they said till the end of june

Talderon, who works on the Cortana team, has said they are aiming for a mid-July launch in UK and China at the latest.

 

[Victoroos]

At least..not today, i think ;(. I WANT TO HAVE U.S. LANGUAGE HTC!!!!!!
And I don't think the rom/os has to be updated to have Cortana available.. I would say it is a server side switch.. correct me if I'm wrong though.

 

[neo158]

At least..not today, i think ;(. I WANT TO HAVE U.S. LANGUAGE HTC!!!!!!
And I don't think the rom/os has to be updated to have Cortana available.. I would say it is a server side switch.. correct me if I'm wrong though.

That and, possibly, an update to make the feature available on devices in the UK and China in a similar way to adding languages to the keyboard.

 

[adrian1338]

No Update needed. Cortana will just start when you hit the search button rather than the search page. was the same with Bing Smartsearch after changing to US Region.

 

[neo158]

No Update needed. Cortana will just start when you hit the search button rather than the search page. was the same with Bing Smartsearch after changing to US Region.

There's a couple of major differences with Cortana:

1. The phone needs to know that Cortana is available in the UK and China otherwise
2. You can't launch Cortana from the Live Tile.

The phone needs to be told that it has an updated feature set as Cortana is disabled along with the ancillary functions like Quiet Hours.

 

[Victoroos]

There's a couple of major differences with Cortana:

1. The phone needs to know that Cortana is available in the UK and China otherwise
2. You can't launch Cortana from the Live Tile.

The phone needs to be told that it has an updated feature set as Cortana is disabled along with the ancillary functions like Quiet Hours.

You think? It would make sense.. Isn't the info not passed through the web.. Because only a restart is required to get it..

 

[neo158]

You think? It would make sense.. Isn't the info not passed through the web.. Because only a restart is required to get it..

A restart AFTER changing the region to US. Remember, in the rest of the world Cortana is disabled.

 

[Victoroos]

A restart AFTER changing the region to US. Remember, in the rest of the world Cortana is disabled.

I don't understand, but ow well, I just hope it will be upon soon

 

[neo158]

I don't understand, but ow well, I just hope it will be upon soon

Try installing another keyboard language and you'll see what I mean.

 

[Victoroos]

Try installing another keyboard language and you'll see what I mean.

I get it . So, now we have to wait for an ota to official 8.1.. And another for UK Cortana..