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Cortana requires Kinect on Xbox One (duh.)

23 Jun 2015
Steve Wright

A recent trailer for the new Xbox One experience confirmed that Kinect will be required to use personal assistant Cortana.

Cortana, named after the AI in Halo, is a Windows 10 feature that functions much like Apple’s Ciri. Cortana will be available on all Windows 10 devices, including Windows Phone, Windows PC and the Xbox One.

As Cortana is activated by voice command, Kinect and its microphone are required with the console.

Cortana may not work immediately in Australia anyway, if the Windows 10 Preview Program has shown us anything. We’ll keep you posted.

Windows 10 is expected on PCs and tablets from 29 July and by the holidays on Xbox One. We’ve previewed the new Xbox One experience at E3.

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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.