The Xbox One Preview Program is the console’s equivalent of the Windows Insider Program, and it’s been getting a lot of updates lately. Cortana’s been at the forefront of some of these, and she’s constantly getting improvements on the platform. Tonight’s update is a big improvement- if you’re in France, Italy, Germany, or Spain, you’ll have access to Cortana soon with no tricks required. The tag for tonight’s build is rs1_xbox_rel_1608.160824-1140, and it’ll be available around 6PM Pacific time/9PM Eastern time. You can check out the full changelog below.

NEW FEATURES

Cortana

• Cortana is now available in France, Italy, Germany, and Spain.

If you live in these regions and would like to begin using Cortana, just follow the steps below:

1. Launch the Guide and navigate to All Settings.

2. Navigate to System > Cortana Settings.

3. When prompted, select “I agree” to enable Cortana.

You can launch Cortana from My games & apps or snap Cortana from the Guide. To learn a few commands, just say “Hey Cortana, what can I say?” in your language.

If you decide to opt out of Cortana, just repeat the steps above to toggle Cortana On/Off. Opting out of Cortana will re-enable the Xbox legacy voice commands.

Fixes

Game Trials

• Resolved an issue which could cause game trials to be available for less or more than the intended amount of time.

System Update

• Resolved an issue which could cause system updates to fail while being applied.

Known Issues

OneGuide

• You may encounter an error when attempting to view the TV details page for Live TV content.

Posted: Aug 25, 2016 9:58 pm
Related Forum: Xbox Forum

Source: http://mspoweruser.com/cortana-comes-new-regions-tonights-xbox-one-preview-build/