[Schnuffi]

When will Cortana come to Germany? My phone is set to English but Cartana claims she doesn't speak my language. I assume because my location is Germany.

[xandros9]

Your speech language is probably what needs to be changed.
Make sure Region is set right too. (US originally, but now Cortana is available in a few more regions)

But as for when it comes to specific regions, we can't say as we don't know their internal plans for sure.

[Harrie-S]

Cortana is available in Germany if you have Denim or Cyan + preview for developer.
See below for settings
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...e-3fde582aecd4

[T Moore]

With an up to date phone set up the Alpha version of Cortana for Germany
Cortana alpha for Windows Phone 8.1 | Windows Phone How-to (United States)

[Schnuffi]

Thanks for the replys.

[Schnuffi]

Guys still waiting for Cortana on a English phone ( WTF )

[Schnuffi]

Guys still waiting for Cortana on a English phone ( WTF )

[Schnuffi]

Guys still waiting for Cortana on a English English phone in Germany.
Apparently she still does not speak my language. Will she be available for the rest of us when win 10 launches?
I am getting sick of waiting!!

[Quhi]

You have to change both country and language to USA/English OR Germany/German. Don't mix them if you want Cortana to work.

[Marlon Bu]

Guys still waiting for Cortana on a English English phone in Germany.
Apparently she still does not speak my language. Will she be available for the rest of us when win 10 launches?
I am getting sick of waiting!!

Vielleicht verstehen Sie es besser, wenn ich es Ihnen auf Deutsch erkläre: Sie müssen Ihr Lumia komplett auf Deutsch stellen, damit Sie mit Cortana auf Deutch sprechen können. Wollen Sie mit Ihr Chinesisch sprechen, müssen Sie es komplett auf Chinesisch stellen usw.

[Schnuffi]

Vielleicht verstehen Sie es besser, wenn ich es Ihnen auf Deutsch erkläre: Sie müssen Ihr Lumia komplett auf Deutsch stellen, damit Sie mit Cortana auf Deutch sprechen können. Wollen Sie mit Ihr Chinesisch sprechen, müssen Sie es komplett auf Chinesisch stellen usw.

my wife's Lumia 630 is completely in German and she does not yet have Cortana either.

[Schnuffi]

So Cortana is now going to IOS and Android and I still don´t have it why should I stay with windows phone?

[Harrie-S]

So Cortana is now going to IOS and Android and I still don´t have it why should I stay with windows phone?

As already explained before you can get Cortana in Germany if you use the proper settings.
But getting Cortana on IPhone or Android does not mean that it will work in all languages on these devices.

Anyhow I am from the Netherlands and really can not get Cortana in Dutch. That, however, does not mean that I therefore think Cortana should not go to android and iphone, untill I can get it in Dutch.

[Schnuffi]

My wifes 630 is in German and and she does not get Cortana. My phone is set to English USA. While Cortana is on both of our phones she says
"I'm sorry,but I can`t speak you language yet."

[Harrie-S]

That is indeed not as it should be.

We had some posts were Cortana also did not pop up with the correct settings and only after a hard reset she came. (Not sure if you willing to try a hard reset)

PS
I found below post but do not think it should matter and I found no conformation about it but just have a look. Cortana disabled by company policy Lumia 930

[Schnuffi]

Will a hard reset format my sd card?

[msirapian]

Mate, do the following :

a) set your region and language to Germany and German
b) go to settings, voice, and check that German is downloaded. Beware, it could show "German", but click on it and make sure it's downloaded (if not, it will be mentioned)
c) enable location and cortana

I'm not sure you want Cortana to speak English or German, but I think that if you region is set to Germany, Cortana can only speak German.

My father had not the French voice downloaded on his (FR) 630, which prevented Cortana from working.

If this doesn't work, yes, hard reset may be the solution. It won't erase your SD card, but you won't able to recover your apps: you'll have to reinstall them. But music/photos/etc will be preserved.

[Schnuffi]

For now I have reluctantly set my phone to English U.S. and will wait till windows 10 to see if I can get English while living in Germany. It seems I can´t have English in Germany only German.

[LOLWOWJason]

OK,i have a 830 and I almost donot use cortana...
I think it is not very sensitive for daily work.

[Wolfseye]

Cortana in Germany sounds like 10 years ago when there were still early computer voices that sound terribly artificial. When I listen to videos with Siri, she sounds so nice. But Cortana sounds like a damn machine, not a female voice (if one chooses that). Is that going to stay that way ?

[xandros9]

Cortana in Germany sounds like 10 years ago when there were still early computer voices that sound terribly artificial. When I listen to videos with Siri, she sounds so nice. But Cortana sounds like a damn machine, not a female voice (if one chooses that). Is that going to stay that way ?

She used to be like that in English too so I'd imagine they'd improve her voice eventually.

[Wolfseye]

Look on the right in that Video how sexy Siri sounds, compared to Cortana.

[xandros9]

Well Cortana came out a year ago right? Well how old is Siri? (and US Cortana isn't bad compared to that, maybe better)

[msirapian]

Cortana in Germany sounds like 10 years ago when there were still early computer voices that sound terribly artificial. When I listen to videos with Siri, she sounds so nice. But Cortana sounds like a damn machine, not a female voice (if one chooses that). Is that going to stay that way ?

Is it Cortana on WP8.1 or W10/W10 Mobile? In France, Cortana on WP8.1 uses the basic Microsoft female voice, except for trivia, jokes, etc. On W10 or W10 Mobile, it's always the more humane voice which is used.

[Wolfseye]

In my case the questions was about WP 8.1 And it sounds worse than the Cylons on Battlestar Galactica ^^