Found something new today

[Aryan Salooja]

Hi,
I discovered something new today. I turned off my location services and tried starting Cortana but it didn't open and a Bing screen appeared. However, I thought of holding the search button for some more time and after a vibration, the old listening controller ( which was in WP 8 ) appeared. It's interface was the same as of Cortana but no interests, news, etc. You can try it too and have fun....

 

[Laura Knotek]

Thanks for the tip! That is useful.

 

[Kaushik Banerjee]

Yea its very useful as I reverted back region settings to India for purchasing apps via my gift card..hence very useful in the absence of Cortana....

 

[Aryan Salooja]

You are right

 

[misfitpierce]

Yes its the Bing engine that Cortana runs atop of. If you disable Cortana in settings you'll also hit the same thing. Some still prefer it.