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When you consider Windows alongside mobile operating systems, its antiquity becomes more apparent. Android and iOS, for example, can both accept a wide variety of voice commands and do many functions directly from search. Microsoft has been working on a voice assistant called Cortana that’s allegedly supposed to appear in Windows 10 before its released.
The feature is, unfortunately, not available right now. However, proof of its existence has already surfaced online, and other news sources have reported that they have seen it in action. Obviously you shouldn’t install the technical preview in the hopes of playing with it just yet, but it couldn’t hurt to make sure your computer has a microphone before the full version drops.