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Cortana login screen on Windows 10 version 22H2, from 2022. On June 2, 2023, Microsoft announced the Cortana standalone app on Windows 10 and Windows 11 which would shut down later in the year. [47] In its support article, Microsoft listed several alternatives, most of which have since been rebranded as Microsoft Copilot.
Windows 11 is the latest major release of the Windows NT operating system and the successor of Windows 10. Some features of the operating system were removed in comparison to Windows 10, and further changes in older features have occurred within subsequent feature updates to Windows 11. Following is a list of these.
Windows Cortana was replaced with Windows Copilot, later rebranded as Microsoft Copilot, an AI assistant based on the same technology stack as Bing Chat and Microsoft 365 Copilot. Windows Backup was re-introduced with a new look and feature set for Windows 11. Passkey support on the OS level was implemented via the biometric Windows Hello system.
Microsoft announced in July 2020 that they would end support for Cortana on the Invoke speaker in January 2021. The speaker received an update in 2021 to make it into an ordinary Bluetooth speaker. Microsoft offered a $50 gift card to Invoke owners who had used the Cortana feature after July 31, 2019 and before its end-of-life announcement. [12]
Windows 11 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft that was released in October 2021. Starting with Windows 10, Microsoft described Windows as an "operating system as a service" that would receive ongoing updates to its features and functionality, augmented with the ability for enterprise environments to receive non-critical updates at a slower pace or use ...
Windows 10 has brought the Cortana assistant from Windows Phone 8.1 to Windows 10. By default, Cortana appears as a search pane on the taskbar, but can be changed into a button, like in tablet mode, and can be activated by voice using the command "Hey Cortana", when a user searches the Start menu, or when a user searches the Cortana search pane.
Though a support document listed October 4, 2021, as the initial release date, [64] Microsoft officially released Windows 11 on October 5, 2021, [8] [65] as an opt-in, in-place upgrade through either the Windows 11 Installation Assistant application (which can perform the upgrade, or generate an ISO image or USB install media), or via Windows ...
The Windows 11 2024 Update [1] (also known as version 24H2, codenamed Hudson Valley [2] [3] [4]) is the third and current major update to Windows 11. It carries the build number 10.0.26100. It carries the build number 10.0.26100.