How to Set up Cortana alpha ( India, Australia, Canada)

Yesterday, Microsoft has pushed the Windows Phone Update 1 (GDR 1) for all the Windows Phones that have been registered with the Developers Preview program. This update includes a lot of new features like Live Folders support, Live Store Tile, Cortana (for China, UK, India, Australia and Canada), IE enhancements and a lot more.

READ ALSO: Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 (GDR1) rolling out for Developer preview users

For China and UK, Cortana is released as a beta version while India, Australia and Canada get her as an “alpha” or an “early preview”. This post will help Windows Phone users who have updated their phone to Update 1 (GDR1) setup Cortana alpha.

NOTE: Make sure that you have installed Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 (GDR1) on your Windows Phone before proceeding with any of the below given steps.

1. Swipe left on the Start screen to go to App List.

2. Go to Settings -> Language

3. select one of the below based on your language preferences:

 - English (Australia)

- English (Canada)

- English (India)

When you select a language different to the previous on your Windows Phone, you may need to restart your phone.

4. The go to Settings -> Region.

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Official Facebook app for Windows Phone updated to 8.3.1.0, gets the latest beta features

The official Facebook app for Windows Phone has now been updated and is now on par with the Facebook beta app for Windows Phone, except the support for additional languages hasn’t been added.

READ ALSO: Facebook Beta app for Windows Phone updated to v8.3.0.5

The changelog of the update includes:

- Updated Design

- Improved performance

- Video upload

- Messenger Support

- Post detail page

The Messenger support is a feature that adds a new icon to the top right corner of the app screen. When tapped on it, the user is redirected straight to the Facebook Messenger app from which he can continue messaging.

Post detail page is a feature that opens up a new page that shows the complete details of the post including all the comments.

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Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 (GDR 1) rolling out for Developer Preview users

Last week, Joe Belfiore of Microsoft made the Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 (GDR1) official while also revealing Cortana’s arrival to China, UK, India, Australia and Canada. He also mentioned that this Update 1 (GDR 1) of Windows Phone 8.1 will be rolling out this week to Windows Phones with Developer Preview installed. It seems that the time has arrived and the Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 has been rolling out to the devices registered with Preview for developers.

READ ALSO: Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 to bring Cortana to China, UK, India, Australia and Canada

This update for Windows Phone 8.1 brings in a lot of new features including Live Folders support, Live Store Tile, Cortana for many new countries and more. Read the article below to check the coverage of the new features that arrive with Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 (GDR 1).

READ ALSO: Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 to roll out next week to developer preview devices, brings many new features

So, those of you who registered your Windows Phones with Developers preview, download the Update 1 right now and let us know what you think!

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Google to give Nexus devices customized cases through ‘Workshop’

Google is reportedly to launch a new tool called “Google Workshop”. Wondering what that is? Well, Google Workshop helps users get a customized cases for their devices, like the ones shown above, and that service is currently being confined only to Nexus 5 devices.

The news came out from Android Police who reported that users of devices such as Nexus 5 smartphones and Nexus 7 tablets are soon going to get the facility of customizing the back covers and cases  in a variety of colors and of various options of their own devices. Currently there are two options- MapMe and Moments – for the users to choose what their back covers or cases would be.

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