Using Cortana without data connection?

[Ritesh Bhatia]

Can we use Cortana without any data connection?

Because whenever i try using Cortana offline it says, sorry i am not able to connect to the internet - even when i am asking her to send text or remind me of something.

I am from India and using US version.

 

[Live2Deliver]

no. cortana needs internet connection to decide what you've said

 

[OrangeBerry02]

I wonder if this is true. My Ford can understand what I'm saying without an internet connection.

No, I think it is to ensure everything is reported back to Big Brother in real time!

 

[mijacs]

It allows upgrades to be done and also let them do better speech detection.

 

[OrangeBerry02]

It allows upgrades to be done and also let them do better speech detection.

That would be the official line, anyway!

I am not proposing that Cortana should never contact the internet ... I live in a part of the world, England, where a decent signal is often hard to find in the countryside ... I am merely suggesting Cortana "wings it" from time to time until she can re-connect and update.

... and "better speech detection" ... I would argue some speech detection is better than none when, for example, driving in the country and one merely wants to respond to a text message without stopping/pulling over.

 

[mijacs]

Microsoft seems to be doing an all or nothing type of approach. You even need to have location on for Cortana when a large portion of her abilities don't need it. I agree that it would be nice to have an offline limited feature.

 

[xandros9]

I wonder if this is true. My Ford can understand what I'm saying without an internet connection.

No, I think it is to ensure everything is reported back to Big Brother in real time!

 

[Heav3n]

Microsoft has cortana on the cloud for the most important reason of all. So that it cannot be reverse engineered and stolen by other companies.