Microsoft’s Cortana is now available in France, Italy, Germany, and Spain

Microsoft is bringing its Cortana digital assistant to a number of new countries today. Windows Phone Preview users in France, Italy, Germany, and Spain will all be able to access an alpha version of Cortana, alongside similar previews that are currently active in the UK and China. Microsoft is rolling out an update to the Windows Phone Developer Preview program later today to enable the additional languages for Cortana.

"Alpha means that Cortana is new to these countries," explains Microsoft’s Marcus Ash. "Most of the features in the beta version are available but some are missing or coming soon." Features like flight tracking won’t be available initially, and transit data is limited to big cities only. Microsoft is also holding back...

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