As some may know, Cortana, the popular AI character from the Halo series, made her way to Windows Phone 8.1 as a Siri like personal assistant. Using a mixture of Jen Taylor’s voice, who actually voices Cortana in Halo, and Simulated voice, which Siri uses, Microsoft has shown a strong commitment to their Personal assistant. Recently, Marcus Ash, the group program director for Cortana, took to posting on Windows Phone Central. He had this, among other things, to say.
“We are actively thinking about what it takes to expand Cortana to Windows devices. Nothing official to report but we want our Windows device customers to experience Cortana at some point in the future. And we want the experience to be fantastic which means you have to start thinking about how Cortana should work across multiple devices. Working fantastic and being the best end-to-end experience for customers that have all Microsoft devices will be the natural first step. Our ideal future state is going to be that a customer that has a Windows PC, Windows Tablet and Windows Phone has the absolute best Cortana experience. Period.”
With this, we can definitely expect Cortana to arrive on Windows PCs sometime in the future, but this also shows that a likely next step would be to bring Cortana to the Xbox One. This is backed up by the above quote, and Microsoft’s commitment to bring their personal assistant across multiple Windows devices. But, on top of all of this, a user by the name of “Talderon” hit the Windows Phone Central forums and claimed that he was an employee over at Microsoft. He then went on to say that Microsoft will be bringing Cortana to the Xbox One at some point, as well a Windows 8.1 and up, which would support recent rumors that Cortana will be bundled in with Windows 9 on it’s release. Talderon has also claimed that he is currently testing Cortana on his Xbox One while playing Halo.
Though there is no way to validate these rumors, or if Talderon really is the person they claim to be, this definitely seems like a likely future for both Cortana and the Xbox One. As of this point, rumor are really the only thing we have to go on concerning Cortana and Xbox One, as Microsoft has yet to comment with specific details of Cortana’s future in their line of products and devices. But, just from Marcus Ash’s post over on Windows Phone Central, we can see that Microsoft is definitely serious about Cortana and her future on Windows Phone, as well as the many Windows Tablets, PCs, and yes, even the Xbox One. And, on top of support from Ash’s posts, we already know that the Xbox One is indeed running it’s own version of Windows, so it is definitely considered a Windows Device.
So, what do you guys think about the possibility of Cotana making her way to Xbox One? In what ways could she be implemented in a useful way? Be sure to share your thoughts in the comments below, and stay tuned at Gamer Headlines for more news in the world of gaming!