I’m learning to like Cortana on Xbox One

Microsoft is dumping the voice interface that it uses for the Xbox One in favor the Cortana assistant it already uses on PC and smartphones. And after hating the way it works at first, I’m starting to get the hang of it.

Cortana is out now on Xbox One as part of the preview program that enables console owners to test out new features before they roll out to everyone. The new voice-control program will hit every Xbox One this summer. I tested it out and have found that it has quite a few annoying quirks, but it may also still end up as a significant improvement over the previous Kinect voice interface that gave headaches to so many people.