anyone have invites to the beta program ?
You're also supposed to be able to issue commands in many ways, so you don't need to use perfect syntax. For instance right now you have to say, "Xbox, go to Netflix", where with cortana you should be able to say, "... start netflix," or, "... play netflix," or, "... Netflix" etc.
Currently in the preview, you have to say "Hey Cortana" before everything. So you can't say "Xbox, on" You have to say "Hey Cortana, Xbox on" "Go to Netflix" doesn't work, you say "Hey, Cortana" (wait five minutes while cortana snaps to the side and flashes and then declares herself ready) and then say "Go to Netflix) at which point she'll do a bing search for driving directions to Netflix.
Moving voice commands from the system-level built in ones to the contextual web-based ones with Cortana have significantly slowed down their activation and have led to situations like the Netflix one above. Which is an example of something that has actually happened.
Currently in the preview, you have to say "Hey Cortana" before everything. So you can't say "Xbox, on" You have to say "Hey Cortana, Xbox on" "Go to Netflix" doesn't work, you say "Hey, Cortana" (wait five minutes while cortana snaps to the side and flashes and then declares herself ready) and then say "Go to Netflix) at which point she'll do a bing search for driving directions to Netflix.
Moving voice commands from the system-level built in ones to the contextual web-based ones with Cortana have significantly slowed down their activation and have led to situations like the Netflix one above. Which is an example of something that has actually happened.
So......you are jerking off on Cortana....Personally, I like the old xbox commands, but they've always been mediocre. "Xbox, On," "yes," "pause," and "back" have never worked well for me. The on command is pretty spotty. Always takes multiple attempts. "Pause" during videos will sometimes report, "Cannot go slower here." Ok ... The hit rate on back is relatively high, but not nearly perfect. The most annoying one is, "Yes." The simplest word to select. It has a hit rate of 0%. I cannot turn my xbox off without the controller. Tried recalibrating Kinect many times. Just doesn't work.
So the way forward, to me, is Cortana. They cannot dedicate more resources to local processing. Some people want the old "xbox" commands back for the simple voice commands, but I don't, because they're the ones with the higher fail rates. I still use the commands anways, I prefer it to controller navigation. I can sit and jerk off while I'm navigating and it works fine. Other people gave up on the local commands a long time ago. Cortana has more potential to improve over time, so it's the only way it'll ever get better.
Explains why he likes it and is so defensive.So......you are jerking off on Cortana....
Explains why he likes it and is so defensive.
If that did it for me, I would love it as well. Although I would probably be jealous she was cheating on me with Scott.
Or you just say, "Hey Cortana, go to Netflix" and it opens after a couple seconds ...
You don't have to wait for Cortana to snap to issue the rest of the command. Cortana will snap if you say, "Hey Cortana" and don't follow it up with anything else. Some people have an issue with "warming up" but that's because of various crashes in the preview build, which forces Cortana to reload before accepting more commands. Cortana should stay loaded once the bugs are worked out.
So what was the point in opting-in to the new os update, which was not forced on you, if you think it's a forgone conclusion that it's going to suck because you already think it sucks on your surface pro 3? So you could complain about it?
Because the new OS update does more than just add Cortana? Why do you think?
Stop being an ass because other people aren't having the apparently flawless experience with Cortana that you are having.
I have no doubts that people are having serious issues with Cortana. When NXOE was in beta I couldn't use party chat for nearly a month. That's the kind of thing you can expect when you sign up for this.
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Stop being an ass because other people aren't having the apparently flawless experience with Cortana that you are having.