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The change seems to be imminent, as none of my colleagues can jump into the assistant anymore.

Interestingly, the assistant will remain available for Outlook mobile users.

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In June, Microsoft announced its plans tocut support for Cortana on Windows 10 and Windows 11.

The company was vague about this timeline, as it only indicated that it would happen during the fall.

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Microsoft later noted that the change would happen in August, though it didn’t provide a specific date.

As such, Cortana might not be deprecated for everyone immediately.

However, the update will gradually roll out to everyone.

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It’s worth noting that Microsoft is only deprecating Cortana on Windows.

Unless Microsoft decides to cut support for these versions, too.

As you might already know, Microsoft is currently testing the feature among Windows Insiders.

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Keeping this in mind, the tool is likely to hit broad availability soon and replace Cortana.

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