About personal assistant technology from Apple and Google, Cortana will be integrated into all flavors of Windows in the future.
Back in June, screen shots of an early Windows Phone operating system build leaked (via a Lumia phone allegedly purchased on eBay).
But that Cortana app (with the "z" indicating it was a test build) is central to what Microsoft is doing to compete with Apple's Siri and Google Now.
Steve Ballmer has promised a "service-enabled shell" for Microsoft's devices, and Foley claims Cortana is central to this new shell for Windows Phone, Windows, and Xbox One.
The screenshots show an early test version of the app, and Microsoft's Cortana UI and features are likely much more advanced now. The software will likely ship with Windows Phone 8.1, an update that's also set to include a notification center and several UI changes
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