Cortana, the virtual assistant in Windows 10, sometimes gets lumped in with Siri and Alexa, thanks to the personality and speech recognition capabilities they all share.
But Cortana in Windows 10 is capable of doing all sorts of search-related tasks that can return instant results right in the Start menu.
In this gallery, I show you how to enter specific search terms that unlock these results, displaying stock quotes, currency conversions, and fast facts about people, places, and things. In some cases, you get an interactive panel; in others, you get an easy-to-read summary.
Note that the tricks I describe here have been tested only in the U.S. I'm not able to confirm that these capabilities work in other markets.
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