Once it’s all up and running, users simply have to speak into the mic on their Band to get Cortana to take actions for them, be it to run a quick search, add reminders, make appointments, and more. Previously, this support was available to Band 2 users who had it paired up to a Windows Phone handset, but arguably there will be many who would rather just use the Band with their Android smartphone. ![]() The app received a major redesign with version 2.0 in December, and added lockscreen support in March. It has taken several months after that for Microsoft to ultimately follow through, and now it has. Microsoft has been working on Cortana for Android quite a bit recently. The app arrived in December last year but it didn’t feature support for the assistant. The Band 2 was released in October 2015 and that’s when Microsoft said that its digital personal assistant will work with the Band on both iOS and Android users once it was out of beta. The company has certainly taken its time to release this feature but now that it’s here, users will be rejoiced to find out that they too can use Cortana with Microsoft’s wearable fitness tracker.Ĭortana first arrived on Android as a public beta in August last year. ![]() ![]() ![]() The update finally brings Cortana support which means that Microsoft Band 2 users can now tap into Cortana on Android. Microsoft has released an update for the Microsoft Health for Android application.
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