Cortana has been available on Windows 10 and the Xbox One for a while, but Microsoft has ambitions for its virtual assistant that go beyond traditional computers. And at the Build 2017 developer conference, the company gave us our first look at how Cortana works away from a computer in devices like the recently announced Harmon Kardon Invoke speaker and a demo car.

Similar to its biggest competitors, Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant, Cortana is able to perform the usual gamut of daily schedule reminders, travel plans, and simple queries. But Microsoft also showed how Cortana skills can be used to tie into office tools and apps, like a corporate timesheet system, allowing the assistant to more seamlessly hook into the services you…

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