Hello, WP7.5 veteran here, recently upgraded to 8.1

[azcruz]

Hello,
If you have the notification center then you do have wp 8.1 . Congrats ! For cortana to work set the settings like the other members said but also delete the other countries if you have them added. US must be the only one for cortana to appear ( I don't know if adding other countries/ keyboard languages after having cortana makes any modification) . So .. for example at the keyboard settings if you have US and UK , delete the UK one . Good luck !

Nah... I have my local language and Cortana still works.

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[zdentonz]

Do you have the developer's preview installed and update through it twice? The second update is where you get cortana.

 

[jleebiker]

From Settings>About, what is the "OS Version" reported on your phone?
There are actually a number of dependencies you need to take care of first before you can finally get Cortana. In your list of apps, do you actually see an icon for "Cortana"?

 

[shmsnh]

It would really help if OP posted his OS version. Or verified it himself. Cortana appears with all settings set to English (US) irrespective of where the phone was manufactured or bought.

 

[Reflexx]

Check for updates again. There are two updates.

 

[Shankar chandran S]

some of my friends have the same issue . i think they have not set the location and time zone before installing DP. I am the only one that in know how has 8.1 and Cortana.
In my case when i started Cortana from app List , it refused to start saying that it donot know my language . I have to install US English , then every thing worked