{"id":343238,"date":"2017-06-10T01:11:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T17:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1501731"},"modified":"2017-06-10T01:11:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T17:11:35","slug":"cortana-can-now-do-price-comparisons-when-youre-shopping-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/cortana-can-now-do-price-comparisons-when-youre-shopping-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Cortana can now do price comparisons when you\u2019re shopping online"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Microsoft\u2019s digital assistant Cortana will now be able to save you money when you\u2019re shopping online. The company announced<\/a> today that it will begin a pilot test of a new Cortana feature that will pop up the best price and availability of similar products, when you\u2019re shopping the websites of over a dozen top retailers in the U.S., including Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Best Buy, Home Depot, and others.<\/p>\n

The savings feature will only work when you\u2019re shopping online using Microsoft\u2019s Edge web browser, and have the Windows 10 Creators Update installed.<\/p>\n

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Above: Cortana finds better prices<\/em><\/p>\n

The way this works is that when you\u2019re viewing a product detail page on one of the supported retailers\u2019 websites, Cortana will alert you if there are better deals to be had via the browser\u2019s address bar. This is similar to other discount-finding functionality Microsoft introduced in the past<\/a>, including the ability to check if there are coupons or other savings available on the site you\u2019re shopping. In those cases, a click on Cortana would pull up the latest deals in a sidebar on the right of the page, and provide the coupon code to use, if needed.<\/p>\n

With the new shopping assistant functionality, the focus is not on deals but rather, price comparisons. Cortana will search across supported retailers\u2019 pages to find if that same product is available for less elsewhere. And it will only alert you if there is, in fact, a lower price to be had.<\/p>\n

To see the deals, you\u2019ll click the Cortana icon in the address bar, as before. And again, the deals will appear in a pane on the right side of your window, with links to buy the product from the other website.<\/p>\n

Of course, lower prices alone may not determine your decision of where to purchase. You may feel more comfortable with one retailer\u2019s return policies over another, for example, or there may be better shipping deals to be had. And it doesn\u2019t appear that Cortana takes other factors beyond the list price into consideration here, but it\u2019s still a handy addition.<\/p>\n

Microsoft says there are 14 retailers supported in the U.S. at launch. It didn\u2019t provide the full list, but the screenshot shows Best Buy and Home Depot are in the running. The company says the number of supported retailers will increase in the months ahead.<\/p>\n

The feature is just now starting to roll this out to everyone on Windows 10 Creators Update, in order for Microsoft to get user feedback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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