Xbox Music now works with Cortana voice assistant
Little by little the update of the operating system Windows Phone adapts to the different applications and platform tools. And it is that many changes and services have arrived with it, such as the voice assistant Cortana, a utility that not only serves to resolve all kinds of doubts by making a simple question, but now you also have control over the music on the terminal.At least through the Xbox Music app after the last update of this tool.
This is Xbox Music version 2.5.2842, an update currently available for United States and that it is to be expected that it will gradually expand throughout the rest of the world. Several novelties arrive in it, among which the presence of Cortana stands out, as well as various solutions to errors and bugs found. Undoubtedly, a first step towards the improvement of this tool to manage the user's music and in which Microsoft affirms that it is making an effort to improve soon.
In this way, and although for now only in USA, users can give commands by voice to Cortana to listen to your music. Quite a convenience when you don't have time or patience to search your music library, or when you don't have your hands to touch the screen.All you have to do is access this voice assistant and give the order to listen to this or that song But not only that. It is also possible to demand to listen a playlist by mentioning its name, thus forgetting to choose one song after another if you have already taken the time and trouble to create one previously. A couple of conveniences offered by the presence of a voice assistant. But there are more important things in this update.
The rest of the news focuses on problem solving, such as the black screens that occurred previously and prevented the normal operation of Xbox Music, something that seems to have come to an end with this update. The error messages and alerts or that report the impossibility of playing content have also been improved.Finally, the visual aspect of the application has been improved. More specifically its transitions and animations, now showing a more fluid and attractive operation when moving through different menus.
However, this update is only a small first step for what is to come, and that is that Microsoft has already advanced some of the improvements you are working on. Among them the initial synchronization between the cloud and the terminal to have all the music available when accessing the application, advanced gestures to control playback, support for Kids Corner and more.
In short, an update that is more than necessary to integrate and combine the services and possibilities of Windows Phone 8.1 The new version ofXbox Music has already been released free via Windows Phone Store
