Microsoft's Cortana smart assistant comes to Xbox one console

Microsoft is adding its Cortana smart assistant to millions of Xbox One game consoles in a bid to take on Apple, Google and Amazon in the smart assistant market. The firm today launched the first test version of the smart assistant for beta users of its Xbox One, ahead of a full launch for it later this summer. It will allow users to talk to the assistant using either Kinect or a headset. The update, coming to all Xbox One consoles this summer, will allow users to access Microaoft's smart assistant simply by saying'Hey, Cortana'. Microsoft boss Satya Nadella touted the power of'conversational' computing at the company's annual Build conference for software developers in San Francisco earlier this year.