Cortana and alarms

[gwinegarden]

Cortana has been a bit moody, recently. Previously, I would say, 'set an alarm for 30 minutes from now' and all was good. Yesterday, I tried it and all I got was a Bing search for alarms. Tried 'set an alarm for 10 minutes' - Bing, 'set an alarm for 10 minutes, from now' - Bing, then just 'set an alarm' - again, Bing search. Today, she's back to 'normal'. Strange.

 

[gwinegarden]

Seems she's in a bad mood, again, today. Temperamental.

 

[jfa1]

Do you have a third party alarm app installed? I used to use 627am and it caused issues with cortana and alarms . I think I could have told cortana to open the app and set an alarm. It was easier to uninstall the app and just talk with cortana

 

[gwinegarden]

Nope. My daughter says she has the same problem. One day it's OK, the next, not. Not a big deal, but a bit annoying.

 

[paulsca]

best plan is say "wake me up at...." You don't have to be asleep! Though if it is afternoon / evening you will have to say "......pm" becuse her default is am. Works every time

 

[Racing Snake]

Setting alarms is just about the only thing I use Cortana for at the moment... (in the UK, and most things done via cortana goto bing.).

I use the command "Set alarm 5:45am". It hasn't yet failed to recognise that.