Microsoft To-Do Integration in Cortana Rolls Out to Everyone

Microsoft has started rolling out Microsoft To-Do integration in Cortana to everyone. The company first started testing the new feature back in December, allowing users to sync their lists and reminders with Microsoft To-Do.

It has now started rolling out the feature generally, which means everyone should be able to use the new feature, as long as you are in the supported regions. The feature is automatically enabled, and syncs your Lists and Reminders in Cortana with To-Do. This means you can add things to your To-Do with your voice via Cortana now, or just see what’s in a list that you may have created while you were on your PC, for example. It’s pretty handy.

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There doesn’t seem to be a way of turning this feature off — unless you disconnect your Outlook.com account.

The feature is available in the United States, United Kingdom, India, and Australia. You can learn how to set it up here.

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  • ph-sth

    25 January, 2019 - 4:51 pm

    <p>Typo in the tag 'Crotana'</p>

    • nerdile

      Premium Member
      25 January, 2019 - 6:27 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#399553">In reply to ph-sth:</a></em></blockquote><p>Croatoan!</p>

  • bbold

    25 January, 2019 - 5:55 pm

    <p>YES!!! As a proud Invoke owner, I applaud such efforts. :)</p>

    • Tony Barrett

      26 January, 2019 - 5:00 am

      <blockquote><em><a href="#399571">In reply to bbold:</a></em></blockquote><p>I guess you're one of the <em>few</em> proud Invoke owners – you're part of a rare breed!</p>

  • nerdile

    Premium Member
    25 January, 2019 - 6:27 pm

    <p>I hope this works on Invoke.</p>

    • gregsedwards

      Premium Member
      26 January, 2019 - 6:09 am

      <blockquote><em><a href="#399586">In reply to nerdile:</a></em></blockquote><p><br></p><p>It does.</p>

  • gregsedwards

    Premium Member
    26 January, 2019 - 6:34 am

    <p>See, this is exactly why Cortana works better as an interface than as a platform. In the past, they tried to shoehorn too many functions into Cortana, so you ended up with a voice assistant that tried to manage its own reminders and lists, etc., which duplicated existing functionality and created confusion about where to find your information.</p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Remember back in the day, when you'd look at a software box to see whether or not it provided mouse support? Building Cortana as a platform is akin to building a mouse that only works with its own exclusive, bundled paint app. While that might be neat for a minute, what you really want in the long run is for the paint app that you already use (as well as your word processor, spreadsheet, etc.) to support the mouse as an input device alongside other tools (e.g., keyboard, etc.) you may have.</span></p><p>And I can see Cortana becoming another I/O device, like your mouse, keyboard, camera, mic, or speaker. And just like in the early days of those peripherals, some software applications will support it, while others may not. But t<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">his kind of integration makes a lot more sense moving forward. </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">To me, Microsoft beginning to position Cortana as an interface rather than a platform is really encouraging, because it means they feel the assistant doesn't need to rely on its own ecosystem as much. And hopefully, as more apps and services add Cortana integration, we'll see it become just as ubiquitous as those other peripherals we all use every day.</span></p>

  • OurManInNY

    27 January, 2019 - 11:00 am

    <p>Very Nice! Now, if we could just get a Siri Shortcut to ToDo….</p>

  • JoePaulson

    27 January, 2019 - 12:50 pm

    <p>so….now make it useful by allowing non-awkward integration into Google Assistant, Alexa, and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Siri.</span></p>

  • colmob

    Premium Member
    29 January, 2019 - 12:23 am

    <p>F$%*ing "supported regions" again; what is wrong with these people? Apart from lack of commitment, it's their fatal flaw.</p>

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