30 great commands when using Cortana on Windows 10
In this article I will guide you in detail how to use Cortana on Windows 10 , in addition, I will summarize the most useful commands when using Cortana that you should try.
#first. What is Cortana?
Cortana is a 'virtual assistant' developed by Microsoft, supported on Windows 10 operating systems and on Windows Phone operating systems.
If you've ever used the Siri feature of the iOS operating system, you just understand Cortana it is similar.
The remarkable advantage of Cortana is that you can manipulate your mouth, meaning you just need to speak to tell the computer to do what you want.
For example as simple as you want to turn on / off Wifi, or turn on / off Bluetooth…. such as. You don't need to use your mouse to set it up anymore, but instead you can tell your computer to let it do it automatically. Sounds quite interesting, though.
#2. How to use Cortana on Windows 10
Normally, activating Cortana on Windows 10 is very simple, if you do not know how to activate and use Cortana, you can review this tutorial .
And in this article I will share with you a tip to help Cortana sound more sensitive.
Implementation: Right-click the LOA icon under the Taskbar => select Recording devices
to enter the settings.
Window Sound
appears => please click Microphone
=> choose Set Default
to set default for it. Next, double-click on the Microphone line to adjust the volume.
You switch to tab Levels
=> in line Microphone
and drag the slider to the right to increase the volume a little higher.
# 3. A list of 30+ useful commands when using Cortana
No. | THE COMMAND | MAIN FUNCTION |
---|---|---|
first | Turn on / off Wi-Fi | Turn on / off Wi-Fi |
2 | Turn on / off Bluetooth. | Turn on / off Bluetooth |
3 | Turn on / off Airplane Mode | Turn on / off airplane mode |
4 | What's the weather like? Or: What will the weather be like in two days? Or: Is it going to rain tomorrow? | Ask the weather |
5 | Launch Mozilla Firefox Or: Open Facebook.com | Command to run a program (for example FireFox) or open a web page |
6 | Take a note Or: Note it down | This is a command to make a note in OneNote |
7 | What's 35 times 16? Or: What's 23 minus two? | Perform simple calculations |
8 | What is five miles in kilometers? Or: How many teaspoons in a cup? | Unit conversion |
9 | What's the definition of 'table'? Or: Do you know what 'gargantuan' means? | Define a word |
ten | How's my schedule looking? Or: What do I have next week? | See your event schedule at a glance. |
11 | Add dentist appointment to Thursday at 3 pm Or: Schedule phone call with Lisa tomorrow at 5 am | Add an appointment to your calendar |
twelfth | Move my dentist appointment to Friday | Move an appointment |
13 | Remind me to call Timmy at 2 pm Or: Remind me to ask about vacation time when I talk to Hung | Set up reminders based on time, person, or location |
14 | Set an alarm for 9 am Or: Wake me up in an hour | Commands to set alarms |
15 | Show me my alarm | Review my alarm |
16 | What day is Christmas? Or: When is Labor Day? | Inquire about major holidays |
17 | Find pictures from last week. Or: Find documents from May 2015. Or: Find videos from yesterday | Search for photos, videos, documents . on your device from a specific time frame. |
18 | Can you find a document called Blog Chia Se Kien Thuc? Or: Can you find a picture called 'favicon'? | Search files by name |
19 | How tall is Harrison Ford? Or: Who is the CEO of Google? Or: When was the Lincoln Memorial built? | View basic search results, such as information about public metrics, companies, locations, and pop culture in Cortana's window (without opening a browser window) |
20 | How long will it take me to get to [Location / Location]? Or: What is traffic like on the way to [Location / Location]? Example: Show me a map of downtown Ha Noi | Show me a map of the Location |
21 | What was the score of the last Detroit Tigers game? | Look up sports scores? |
22 | Play [artist / song / genre / playlist / album] Or: Shuffle the music | Music control in Groove Music app. |
23 | Pause song Or: skip track | Music control |
24 | What is this song? | Identify which song is playing. |
25 | How do you say 'dog' in French? Or: How do you say 'how are you' in Japanese | Translate a word or phrase into a different language |
26 | What's 400 reais in Euros? Or: What's 1,000 yen in US dollars? | Currency conversion |
27 | What time is it in Los Angeles? What time is it in Thailan? | Find current time in a city or Country |
28 | What song is this? | Ask Cortana about the song title, the singer . |
# 4. Epilogue
Okey, so I have shared with you 30 very useful commands when using Cortana on Windows 10 operating system.
I will update to add new commands when available, if you know any other useful commands, please share them with everyone by commenting below this article.
You should read it
- The best setup guide for Cortana on Windows 10 (Part 1)
- Instructions to turn on Cortana and use this virtual assistant on Windows 10
- The best setup guide for Cortana on Windows 10 (The last part)
- What is Cortana? How to use Cortana on Windows 10
- Why is it disabled but Cortana still runs in the background?
- Completely disabling virtual assistant Cortana on Windows 10
- How to change the language for Cortana in Windows 10
- Addresses an issue where Cortana is disabled on Windows 10
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