Microsoft to Bring Android Phone Notifications on Your Windows 10 Desktop

Microsoft also shared all new tools for bringing apps to Windows 10 from any platform.

Apart from India, the other countries where the Windows 10 Anniversary Update will be available include the U.S., the UK, China, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Mexico and Brazil, Cortana's Group Program Manager Marcus Ash said during a session on the sidelines of the ongoing annual developers" conference "Build 2016' here. This is something very interesting and foreseen by the company and might tilt more users to upgrade from older Windows variant.

Microsoft wants you to talk more with your computer - and have more useful conversations.

There are those that would say Microsoft should have a revamped file explorer with tabs and a decent mail and calendar client, rather than one that is shipped with Windows 10.

Gizmodo reported that the Seeing AI uses the intelligence APIs from Microsoft Cognitive Services that allow the systems to see, hear, speak, understand and thus interpret people's needs using natural methods of communication. But by trying out this feature, you'll help us figure out what we need to work on in order to greatly improve our reliability, coverage, and reach.

Microsoft is now releasing programming tools for developers to build bots that will interact with Cortana. Kevin Gallo, director of Developer at Microsoft, showed off the Linux Bash shell at the opening keynote of Build 2016 in San Francisco. The update will bring a lot of improvements to Windows 10, including merging the Xbox One Store and the Windows 10 Store, improved ink sensors, additional HoloLens features, and more. According to the press event, Windows 10 has outpaced the adoption rate of Windows 7 in its early months with flying colors. While Cortana does exist on iOS as a beta, it cannot send notifications to the aforementioned hub in the cloud and then push them to a Windows 10 PC because Apple doesn't specifically provide the permissions for it to do so.

Integrating Cortana with other companies' bots could increase the use of Microsoft's services, and make them more valuable, said analyst Ross MacMillan, who follows tech companies for RBC Capital Markets, in an email on Wednesday. To enable the feature, the Android version of the digital assistant Cortana is used. The Windows 10 Anniversary Update will be free to all existing Windows 10 users. Microsoft's Windows Hello feature allows users to sign into Windows via fingerprint, iris, or facial recognition, and with the forthcoming update, it will also support Windows apps and Microsoft's Edge browser.