Why is cortana missing from my Lumia icon with 8.1?

[WPCentral Question]

why is cortana missing from my lumia icon with 8.1?

Just powered on new phone. Going through setup. No Cortana app in settings/sytem/applications.

 

[Lance_WPCentral]

Re: why is cortana missing from my lumia icon with 8.1?

What is your region, language and speech settings ?

 

[scarll]

Re: why is cortana missing from my lumia icon with 8.1?

I am having the same problem. Purchased yesterday, set up for USA, English. Can anyone help?

 

[Funky Cricket]

Re: why is cortana missing from my lumia icon with 8.1?

Icon with out Developer preview is only running 8.0. Verizon has not updated the phones yet.