How to use cortana to find your smartphone

The preview of Windows 10 was one of the topics discussed at the annual conference, but other information that was released was the new tool of the personal assistant of Windows 10 to locate mobile phones from the PC that have a system Windows 10 operating, for this both teams must have downloaded the Cortana application even Android devices can acquire the Apps from the PlayStore.

How to use Cortana to find your mobile device?

The first thing to keep in mind is that the device must have the Cortana application and of course the PC that will be the search engine must have the Windows 10 operating system installed.

Now start typing “find my phone” in the text entry field of the Windows wizard and click “can I help you with this”, another valid way to start is using voice recognition through the microphone icon and you should clearly say "Find my phone".

Then the team will take a few minutes, for Cortana to display a map where selecting it will open the Windows Maps Apps to better detail the location, in parallel to the device, an announcement will arrive that is trying to locate through the application.

Once the Windows 10 wizard finds your mobile phone you can give the option "I have it" which will automatically end the Cortana action, or instead you can select "Ring" which will make the device emit an alert sound without matter that you are in silent mode.

The application will let the device ring for a long time until you find it and then select "I have it" to end the application.

It will seem like a simple tool but in the end it can be very useful especially if you are one of the people who misplaces your phone often and does not have another mobile to call to find it.