Microsoft finally and officially has taken the wraps off Windows Phone 8.1, codenamed "Blue."
The new features demonstrated during Microsoft's April 2 Build 2014 keynote mirror the features that have leaked over the past month-plus.
As expected, Cortana, Microsoft's new personal assistant that will compete with Google Now and Apple Siri, is part of the new operating system. Cortana is going to be designated as a beta when it arrives with the Windows Phone 8.1 update. It will be powered by Bing and replace the current Bing search functionality that's built into Windows Phone.
Cortana, which takes its name from the Cortana assistant in Halo, looks like an orb, or halo. (See the sample screen image from Microsoft at right.) The voice of Cortana is provided by Jen Taylor, who is the voice in the Halo game. Users can interact with Cortana either by speaking or typing.
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