A leaked version of Microsoft's very own digital personal assistant, Cortana, was released to Android devices earlier than planned.
The new Cortana app was not supposed to be available until July 29 at the earliest, but a leaked version of the app somehow made its way online over the weekend. As a result, the leaked version of Cortana has already been shared by various users and is already on at least a few Android devices.
So far, users who have gotten a chance to try out the leaked version of Cortana have reported no major issues with it. They have also said that it works very similarly to the one found in Windows Phones, according to BBC News.
For perspective users who have never been able to use Cortana before, as could have been expected, the app itself is largely similar to Siri. Cortana can be used to answer all kinds of queries, from determining what good places to eat nearby or even answering mundane questions seemingly coming out of thin air.
Aside from answering questions, Cortana can also be used as a kind of storage unit. Users can convey personal information to Cortana and have the app store it until they need to retrieve it in the future, according to The Verge.
As for the look of the app, users who have already interacted with it before will basically see just a miniature version of it on their phones. For those who have not seen it, the app utilizes a dark theme combined with a lighter space for entering queries, with a bright blue circle in the middle. As like before, users can communicate with Cortana either through text or by talking directly to it with their voices.
One slight change found in the Android version of Cortana is that users will not be able to bring up the app by simply saying "hey Cortana."
