Any way to get Cortana to search Google?

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by negativeone, Jul 29, 2015.

  1. negativeone

    negativeone MDL Novice

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    #1 negativeone, Jul 29, 2015
    Officially, the word is no, but I know that if anyone figures it out, it will be someone on this community :)
     
  2. arifkarim

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    #2 arifkarim, Jul 29, 2015
    Isn't Cortana a failed version of Apple's Siri? :D
     
  3. dhjohns

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    #3 dhjohns, Jul 29, 2015
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    omgbbqit MDL Member

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    #5 omgbbqit, Jul 30, 2015
    Alternatively, Firefox Nightly now has a sneaky option to use whatever search engine it has set in Windows too.
     
  6. TCM

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    #6 TCM, Jul 30, 2015
    How can you even consider turning on this permanent audio spy?
     
  7. omgbbqit

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    #7 omgbbqit, Jul 30, 2015
    Because they are deeply stupid and fail to understand it even when it states flat out "we send voice and location and handwriting and all other personal info to ourselves".
    And this way, Google get to share in that lovely data too.
     
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  9. negativeone

    negativeone MDL Novice

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    #9 negativeone, Jul 30, 2015 (OP)
    thanks dhjohns. I highly doubt Microsoft is "always listening". They just got a patent for a microphone with a hardware killswitch. It would also be too much data. They do probably store the voice clips you submit, but that's necessary for the recognition engine to get better. I think that's fair.
     
  10. dScribe

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    #10 dScribe, Jul 30, 2015

    Wow, that's interesting considering Cortana is plenty fast and very useful on my PC. Sorry, your computer or internet must be slow. I do use and like 'Google Now' but Cortana is fine too, and will only get better.
     
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    #11 dScribe, Jul 30, 2015
    Thanks! I'll give that a look-see, I hadn't even thought to look for something that did that.