Microsoft is ending support for Cortana in Windows. On a support page spotted by XDA Developers And Windows Centralthe company says it will “no longer support Cortana on Windows as a standalone app” later this year.
Cortana’s discontinuation on Windows isn’t too much of a surprise. At the Build conference in May, Microsoft announced its new Windows Copilot tool, which will sit in your taskbar and use AI to help you do everything — and more — that Cortana does once it’s widely released . That includes summarizing content, rewriting text, asking questions, adjusting your computer’s settings, and more.
It’s not clear when exactly Microsoft will remove Cortana from Windows. But it is clear that Microsoft’s growing suite of AI tools, including the Bing chatbot and Microsoft 365 Copilot, is the number one priority. While Cortana is disappearing in Windows, Microsoft says it will still be available in Outlook Mobile, Microsoft Teams Mobile, Teams Display, and Teams Rooms, but who knows for how long.
