Cortana, your personal help in Windows 10, is becoming more and more useful every day. She learns new things and can answer all sorts of questions or orders. That’s why we thought it would be a good idea to gather in one place the most useful commands and questions that Cortana can answer. As you will see in this article, Cortana is not only able to understand what you are saying in writing, but is talented and understands commands or questions spoken.
You should also remember that she learns new things every day, so the list of orders we’ll show you in the next section of this article may not cover everything Cortana can do.
What are the most useful commands and questions for Cortana?
Cortana can do a lot of things for you. Here are some of the most useful commands and questions for Cortana, which you can ask her or from her:
1. Cortana can open applications. Do you want to open a specific application? Tell Cortana to open it. For example, say “Open Camera”.
2. She can search for files. Tell Cortana the name of the document you want her to find for you and she will immediately start looking for it, both on your computer and on your cloud storage – OneDrive. If you do not know the name of the document, Cortana can also do contextual searches, such as “documents from last month”. When the search is finished, it will show you a list of all the documents that match the search terms.
3. Cortana can search the internet. If you want to search on the internet, Cortana can help. All you have to do is ask for it. Any request like “Find me [anything you want] on the web” will work. Even more, if Cortana can not answer a question or can not do a specific thing you asked for, she will automatically search Bing and show you the results.
4. Cortana can modify certain settings in Windows 10. Whether you want to disable Wi-Fi or you want to activate Airplane Mode, order it to Cortana and she will listen to you. All you have to do is saying something similar to: “Hey Cortana, turn WiFi off!”.
5. Cortana can increase the volume. When listening to music or watching a movie on your PC, one of the most useful things that Cortana can do for you is to change the volume. You can say something like “Hey Cortana, turn the volume up!” without the need to get up from your favorite armchair.
6. Cortana can tell you what the weather is like. You can ask about the weather and immediately tell you the forecast from your location. You can even ask her to tell you how the weather will be in a particular city or on a particular day. Say something like “What’s the weather Cortana?”.
7. Cortana can tell you what the latest news is. You can ask Cortana to show you the latest news, whether local, national or even international. Use an order like “Show me the latest news!”.
8. Cortana can monitor your calendar. Do you want to know what’s next in your agenda? Cortana can check and tell you every event you have scheduled. Use your own words to ask her something like “Hey Cortana, what’s my schedule tomorrow?” or “Hey Cortana, what do I have on Sunday?”.
9. Cortana can add events to your calendar. All you have to do is tell Cortana to schedule an event and add it to your calendar.
10. Cortana can add reminders for you. Cortana can remind you something. To do this, tell her what you want to her to remind you something and when you want her to do it. She will remind you and tell you when that moment comes. Use commands such as “Hey Cortana, please remind me to drink two liters of water per day”.