The Waiting Room (WP8.1 Dev Preview)

[Arya Satya]

In an event like this, i really hate time differences. I stayed up all night just because its already monday 14th here, and if 'check for update' is a physical button i believe it will be broken by now.

 

[anon(5579515)]

In an event like this, i really hate time differences. I stayed up all night just because its already monday 14th here, and if 'check for update' is a physical button i believe it will be broken by now.

Wait what?! Where're you at? It's like only edging the 14th here in the UK!

 

[SwimSwim]

In an event like this, i really hate time differences. I stayed up all night just because its already monday 14th here, and if 'check for update' is a physical button i believe it will be broken by now.

Hahaha, get some sleep! Likely won't be out for at least 16 hours. Go to bed and rest thy weary head, so you'll have enough energy to enjoy 8.1 when it comes out.

 

[Wietse-0803]

It is still 13-04 here in the Netherlands. It's now 23:20 PM, I think we have to wait until 14-04 19:00 PM (Dutch time)

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[SwimSwim]

It is still 13-04 here in the Netherlands. It's now 23:20 PM, I think we have to wait until 14-04 19:00 PM (Dutch time)

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Yeah, unfortunately: it'll be a global rollout, so some will get it later on the 14th than others. That's how time zones work. :/

 

[SamiHanna]

It is still 13-04 here in the Netherlands. It's now 23:20 PM, I think we have to wait until 14-04 19:00 PM (Dutch time)

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I know that feel bro!

 

[pLUSpISTOL]

Hey lads, hopefully not too long a wait now!

I'm in the UK at the moment and I've switched my phone's language+region settings to United States so I can hopefully take advantage of Cortana.
Anyone else done this? :excited:

Edit: Enabling Cortana thread (didn't see this sorry!)

 

[SwimSwim]

Hey lads, hopefully not too long a wait now!

I'm in the UK at the moment and I've switched my phone's language+region settings to United States so I can hopefully take advantage of Cortana.
Anyone else done this? :excited:

This is confirmed to work, and can be done at anytime (even after you update).

 

[Arya Satya]

Wait what?! Where're you at? It's like only edging the 14th here in the UK!

Southeast Asia GMT+7 is already 4.28 AM, my friend

 

[kenzibit]

Microsoft will be an EVIL company if it were to postponed the much anticipated date (2moro) to a latter date.

People are just going crazy on twitter

 

[DennisvdG]

It is still 13-04 here in the Netherlands. It's now 23:20 PM, I think we have to wait until 14-04 19:00 PM (Dutch time)

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how are you so certain it will release at that time?

 

[Dustin Hodges]

Hey lads, hopefully not too long a wait now!

I'm in the UK at the moment and I've switched my phone's language+region settings to United States so I can hopefully take advantage of Cortana.
Anyone else done this? :excited:

Change your speech language too. Some suggest a region change alone is not enough, and Cortana being US only, its likely that your speech settings (which affect voice commands and TTS currently) needs to be set to US as well.

And warning, WP doesn't adapt to accents. It uses the accent of the selected speech setting. So if you have an accent that is different from American English, it will have trouble recognizing things (though Cortana may be better than TellMe).

 

[peachy001]

Update 3 Dev. Preview was made available on Monday October 14th, 2013. If Windows Phone 8.1 comes out tomorrow, then it will be released exactly 6 months since the original Developer Preview.

sweet....

 

[pLUSpISTOL]

Change your speech language too. Some suggest a region change alone is not enough, and Cortana being US only, its likely that your speech settings (which affect voice commands and TTS currently) needs to be set to US as well.

And warning, WP doesn't adapt to accents. It uses the accent of the selected speech setting. So if you have an accent that is different from American English, it will have trouble recognizing things (though Cortana may be better than TellMe).

I just discovered that as you posted.
I never realised under phone language "English" was separate to "English (United States)".
Usually it's differentiated as "English (International)" or whichever country.

My accent is certainly not American of any variety lol but it's okay because I'm just wanting to try it out for fun rather than everyday tasks.

 

[SwimSwim]

Change your speech language too. Some suggest a region change alone is not enough, and Cortana being US only, its likely that your speech settings (which affect voice commands and TTS currently) needs to be set to US as well.

And warning, WP doesn't adapt to accents. It uses the accent of the selected speech setting. So if you have an accent that is different from American English, it will have trouble recognizing things (though Cortana may be better than TellMe).

Just confirmed it with the emulator. Region MUST be set to United States and language MUST be set to English (United States) for Cortana to work. Anything else, and Cortana will vanish and be replaced with the standard Bing Search we currently know and (perhaps) love.

 

[unstoppablekem]

Just confirmed it with the emulator. Region MUST be set to United States and language MUST be set to English (United States) for Cortana to work. Anything else, and Cortana will vanish and be replaced with the standard Bing Search we currently know and (perhaps) love.

Until Cortana goes outside the US.

 

[Arya Satya]

Until Cortana goes outside the US.

2015 if I'm not wrong? I hope I am

 

[SwimSwim]

2015 if I'm not wrong? I hope I am

It will begin rolling out to other regions (starting with the UK, then China) in mid to late 2014, and should be available in nearly all regions by early to mid-2015.

 

[unstoppablekem]

2015 if I'm not wrong? I hope I am

I think so.

Just that Cortana in Halo speaks English, not other languages. And it's good for Microsoft to have one just for now, so when they release it for other languages, it will be good.

 

[Nitesh Tilwani]

I'm desperate to see my custom background with Paralax effect. Well honestly am not so excited about Cortana as much as i am for background and swype keyboard.
Also i would like to mention that the INDIAN users here who are waiting for Cortana may actually not find it up to the mark as it understands only US accent. We have a different style of pronouncing everything and there it might fail as ASSISTANT app fails...

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