Xbox One's dashboard update now includes Cortana voice commands.
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Microsoft brings Cortana to the Xbox One in latest dashboard makeover

Microsoft is announcing today that it will soon bring its Cortana voice-recognition system from Windows to the Xbox One. It is also tightening the integration between Xbox One and Windows 10 and creating a fresh makeover for the Xbox One dashboard.

The integration is all in the name of unifying the technologies behind both Windows 10 and the Xbox One, and improving the experience for console users by adding the battle-tested recognition capabilities that Cortana has picked up from tons of usage on both mobile phones and the PC.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.