You’ll soon be able to tell Cortana to shut down and restart your Windows 10 PC
December 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Microsoft is delivering a new beta build of Windows 10 to testers this week, packed with a lot of small additions. Chief among them is some interesting changes to Cortana, Microsoft’s digital assistant. In build 14986 of Windows 10, available now for Fast Ring testers, Cortana will now let you turn off your PC, put it to sleep, or restart by using your voice. Cortana also supports the ability to lock a PC and change the system volume.
Microsoft is also adding some music playback controls to Cortana, allowing Windows 10 users to play tracks from services like iHeartRadio and TuneIn Radio even when a PC is locked. You can even ask “Hey Cortana, what song is playing?” to find out what song is currently playing. Microsoft is also tweaking…
