CORTANA UPDATE: She finally works fully while phone is locked!

[thaman04]

As part of Update 1, Cortana now fully works while the phone is locked! Previously, you were only able to ask her to play/shuffle your music while the phone was locked, and for everything else she would ask you to 'unlock your phone' (even for a simply query like "how are you today?" or the weather), which was SUPER annoying. NOW, she works 100% when the phone is locked.

And if you're wondering about privacy, the "phone" search pivot (for searching files on your phone) is disabled and prompts you to enter your PIN in order to search your phone.

Awesome!

 

[Chris Sandiford]

Re: CORTANA UPDATE: She finally works fully while being locked!

NOW, she works 100% when the phone is unlocked.

What?

 

[Torcher Death]

Re: CORTANA UPDATE: She finally works fully while being locked!

Unlocked or locked - please make up your mind before posting !!

 

[thaman04]

Re: CORTANA UPDATE: She finally works fully while being locked!

Unlocked or locked - please make up your mind before posting !!

Sorry corrected the OP. I accidently typed 'unlocked', but the tip is everything now works while the phone is PIN-locked.

 

[thaman04]

They also seemed to have corrected the issue where the phone screen stays on when you launch her in your pocket. Yay!

 

[Tiaxx]

They also seemed to have corrected the issue where the phone screen stays on when you launch her in your pocket. Yay!

Doesn't seem to be fixed for me, but then again the 630 lacks a proximity sensor - how would it know it's in my pocket :eck:

 

[thaman04]

Doesn't seem to be fixed for me, but then again the 630 lacks a proximity sensor - how would it know it's in my pocket :eck:

Oh that sucks. On my 920 is works great now.

 

[Theo_andravida]

Oh and what if you speak and its in your pocket?

 

[HansTj]

How do you trigger Cortana while the phone is locked? Turn on the screen and long-press and search button? I personally have never noticed that limitation even before Update 1. Does this only work when you password-protect the lockscreen?

 

[eusty]

Doesn't seem to be fixed for me, but then again the 630 lacks a proximity sensor - how would it know it's in my pocket :eck:

Glad its not just me!

 

[Tiaxx]

Another interesting fact with my 630: Holding search button does not seem to trigger Cortana while it's locked - phone just stays locked - but holding the button on my headset/earbuds does...

 

[TaichiSurface]

granted it's one step less...but still lots of work to trigger Cortana....can't u simply say Hey Cortana to activate it on lockscreen?

 

[mjyumping]

Cortana's voice tone has changed too when she speaks that "you got a text from..." When someone texts you..

 

[naveen felix]

So wen my phone is locked & if i want my cortana to show up then shd i just pop up questions just d way tat is done wen the phone is unlocked..???

 

[Shobin Drogan]

Another interesting fact with my 630: Holding search button does not seem to trigger Cortana while it's locked - phone just stays locked - but holding the button on my headset/earbuds does...

Huh most likely a software issue, they'll definitely fix it.

 

[steppyhen]

I assume this is just a US Cortana thing? I keep getting 'you just need to unlock your phone first' here in the UK...

 

[HTC13]

How do you trigger Cortana while the phone is locked? Turn on the screen and long-press and search button? I personally have never noticed that limitation even before Update 1. Does this only work when you password-protect the lockscreen?

I think the originator of this post corrected this to pin locked vs. Locked. It's always worked for me pre update 1 when locked by holding down the search key.

 

[HTC13]

Another interesting fact with my 630: Holding search button does not seem to trigger Cortana while it's locked - phone just stays locked - but holding the button on my headset/earbuds does...

In Cortana settings under speech, do have enable speech above lock screen set?

 

[chezm]

Honestly, it would work nicely if you could just hold the search button even in idle state (not even in lock screen) to open...the lockscreen for me is just a swipe up its not a big deal but while im driving it would be nice to be able to access Cortana by simply holding the search key for 5 sec or something.

 

[Tiaxx]

In Cortana settings under speech, do have enable speech above lock screen set?

Of course.