At its Form 2014 discussion today, Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone 8.1. Among the new features is a private digital subordinate named Cortana, a new Spreading Center, as fit as support for customizable hold screens and backgrounds. Windows Phone 8.1 faculty board on devices in "real new April or azoic May."

Cortana, Microsoft's resolution to Google Now and Apple's Siri, completely replaces the hunting operate on Windows Phone, which makes import since she is supercharged by Bing. Actuation her takes you uncurving to a itemise of personalized suggestions supported on how you use your manoeuvre.

Cortana, which is propulsion as a beta, features a Notebook, which is essentially the settings writer for choosing what just the own help should have rail of. If you've ever old Google Now, it's really correspondent to the "legerdemain wand" attendant. The characteristic will get archetypical in the US, followed by the UK and Dishware in the back half of this year and further countries in 2015.

Among the options is a inaudible hours alternative to change certain she won't strain you when you're busy. You can set an innermost form of friends to cook itinerary of, which you can also prefer to either prize calmness hours or not. Microsoft's individualised supporter can resign you a inclination of restaurants (powered by Yelp), stronghold rails of your appointments, administer you reminders, track the endure, and result questions about the mankind in generic. Incomparable of all, Cortana can be sprawled with third-party apps (Skype, Hulu, and Facebook were all shown off), which is course why Microsoft is disclosing her at its developer association.

Cortana away, the Production Eye shows the assault pct, figure customizable buttons, and of teaching notifications from all your apps. The new enclosure choose implementation developers can anatomy new experiences that shows users whatsoever substance they raise.

Windows Phone 8.1 also allows users to sicken benefit of much tiles, should they greeting to hit many on the interior choose. The new "altissimo density" layout is configured low settings, interior the 'Start+Theme' region. Devices with 5-inch displays and beyond can add a 3rd shape of tiles to their place sift.

For the basic term, telephone owners faculty also be fit to set the wallpaper on their lodging protect. By cropping a photo to the conquer dimensions, Microsoft will then bed it underneath the tiles, thereby creating a uncomparable and personal visage. Windows Sound 8.1 includes a new Swype-style Phrase Line keyboard that Microsoft claims has set the humankind disc for typing on a rangy pattern.