Why Microsoft is splitting Cortana from Windows 10 search

Search and Cortana might split up in a future version of Windows 10. This is a good thing, as it allows for both experiences to improve without affecting each other

Many months ago, I wrote an article detailing Microsoft's plans to split up Cortana and Search in Windows 10, and preliminary work for the split is now starting to show up in the latest Insider Preview builds. While nothing is guaranteed to ship, it's time to revisit these plans and talk a little about the reason behind splitting up Cortana and Search in the first place.

Why Microsoft is splitting up Cortana and search is rather simple: it allows Microsoft to develop both experiences without affecting one another. Many will remember when Windows 10 first launched, the Cortana and search experience was dominated by Cortana. It was a Cortana centric feature, with search integrated into it. Users hated this, and just wanted search to be ... well, search. So, over the last several Windows 10 feature updates, Microsoft has worked to de-emphasize Cortana in Windows Search, opting to prioritize the search experience instead.

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