Cortana for Android now in an open beta for those in the USA

25 Aug 2015

Steve Wright

Cortana for Android is now entering an open beta stage in the United States.

Formerly a closed beta, the ported personal assistant is described as “the companion to your Windows 10 PC, extending Cortana’s functionality across any device you carry.”

There’s a couple differences between Cortana on Windows devices on Android, however. The “Hey, Cortana” voice activation doesn’t yet work on Android as yet.

Microsoft plans to bring Cortana to other regions — including Australia — in the future.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.