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Microsoft's Cortana virtual assistant is getting a facelift on iOS and Android aimed at making it more useful and brightening up its rather dour interface.
The app's biggest change is the launch of a button that lets users quickly choose between a suite of common actions, like viewing a calendar at a glance, checking reminders or getting a weather forecast. The app itself looks friendlier, with a purple gradient background replacing a stark black, white and blue color scheme.
On top of that, Microsoft announced on Thursday that the iOS and Android versions of Cortana are coming to the U.K. Microsoft has been slow to expand Cortana's geographic reach until the assistant has been set up to work with local social norms and other expectations.
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