Microsoft could seek a boost for Cortana by integrating the assistant into a future version of Outlook

Commendable are the efforts that Microsoft is making to convince us how interesting it is to use Cortana And that effort is striking as when It seems that they could offer as an alternative in Windows the use of another virtual assistant other than Cortana.

Having Alexa on the same computer is quite a problem, we don't know if it could end up playing for or against Microsoft's blue assistant. The last step to trying to convince ourselves of Cortana's usefulness will be to associate and integrate it to be able to be used with Outlook.

A functionality that they describe in Windows Central, could come to Outlook Mail soon, but limited to the application that can be used on _smartphones_. It would mean the possibility of access to our mail via voice.

The integration of Cortana in Outlook will allow us to read our emails without having to look and interact almost with the screen We can ask Cortana to read our emails and listen to them through the mobile speaker or the Bluetooth device to which it is connected.

Very useful in cases where our hands are full or we simply cannot be distracted, driving being the environment that comes first to the head.The problem in this sense may be the invasion of privacy at any given time, but that is left up to the user.

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What is certain is that integrating Cortana into Outlook may be a wise move. And it is that Cortana will make a summarized and intelligent reading of our mail offering after each _mail_ a small pause to interact and issue the appropriate order that can be to continue, delete or respond by citing just three examples."

They also warn that in the case of emails that contain multimedia content in the form of audio or video files, Cortana will notify the user warning that there is a lot of visual content" and will recommend viewing.

This is an enhancement whose arrival in Outlook on mobile is still up in the air There is no set date for its arrival in the terminals with iOS and Android, but doing so can be a breath of fresh air for an assistant who needs it like water in May.

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