How to Enable “Hey, Cortana” in Windows 10

Windows 10’s great new feature is Cortana. Cortana is a Virtual Personal Assistant just like Apple Siri.

Cortana can be used to get the weather forecasts, sending emails, find files and folder, tell you jokes, set any reminders and yes to search the internet…

Cortana can be activated by Voice or we can type classic search box style. To activate Cortana by voice you need to tell “Hey, Cortana” in your mic. If there is no response, first you need to check whether Cortana is configured to respond voice commands or not.

Follow these easy steps to configure Contana to respond “Hey, Cortana” voice command.

  1. Click Search box in the Taskbar.
  2. Click the the icon in the upper left to get to Settings.
  3. Click the Settings to open the Settings.
  4. There will a option to enable “Hey, Cortana”.
  5. Slide it to On Position.

Now you can activate Cortana by saying “Hey, Cortana”