For some time now, users outside of the US using Cortana could get the weather but it was always in Fahrenheit. To get around this US-based temperature system, users had to use the voice assistant to request the temperature in Celsius specifically each time. It worked, but it was also cumbersome.
This morning, Windows Central began receiving numerous reports that their weather is now showing up in their Cortana stream in their regional preference aka Celsius.
From Greece to Denmark to the Netherlands, it looks like the Cortana team has successfully deployed Celsius weather support to match users' weather settings. A small, but very welcomed change for the many people residing outside of the US.
Users are encouraged to head into our busy Cortana forums to discuss more.
Have you noticed the change? Let us know in comments and which country you hail from.
Thanks, Enufstyle, Alex S., Stefan N., and Florin A., for the tips!
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Cortana finally gives weather in Celsius based on your weather settings
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It was celsius in Kosovo and now it's back to Farenheight ... Wtf is going on !!! ... The weather settings show celsius as default but cortana seems to be syncing from another source ... It only gives me celsius if I ask for it in celsius .... Can anyone help me ?
Anothere reason not to use any Microsoft product including "your" mobile platform.
Here is how to make Cortana display your choice of weather units either in Fahrenheit or Celsius - (regardless of your MSN weather preference).
From Cortana weather forecast listing for the day in your city, there is an additional manage temperature preference that is hidden from view.
Once weather forecast is listed, after the option to hide weather forecast for this city:
Thank God for that!
I was really pissed at Cortana, and even wrote a couple of feedback messages requesting the team to let me view weatehr as per my choice. Finally they have heard.
That being said: I feel Microsoft, is probably the best when it comes to listening to user requests and making changes/updates. Good work MS, keep it up.
great!
Now they should do the same with lenghts. everything is in miles... and meters and kolimeters would be better for us in Europe :)
Yaaaaaaay! Finally! Works in the Netherlands!
Been telling this since last two weeks. Here in PHL.
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Nice
I use Cortana in Greece and she's great,I can't wait to see her being available in Greek!
Finally!!! It Was quite an annoying. A small but very nice update :)
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Nice!!
Finally!!! My brain wasn't wired to understand Fahrenheit. Good thing my weather updates automatically shows in Celsius. (Filipino in Saudi Arabia)
It is posible to ask Cortana for the weather in Celsius...
What about Kelvin! :)
Just ask for the weather in Kelvin... It Works..
Works in Australia. No need to change any settings.
I can see that Cortana on my device is now able to listen to music and find the track
Yes it has defaulted to Celsius for me - Malaysia
Many countries haven't receive Cortana
For me it's always shown Celsius.
Woohoo! Been using the US Cortana because i didn't want to install the DP yet. Now it's as if Canada exists now =)
Ok, I am in Australia, its always given me Celsius temperature readings..right from day one..
Finally! Now maybe they can work on her actually SAYING the time when I ask for it instead of bringing up some web clock...
Now let's wait and see if the calendar with US Cortana enabled will also get the dates in the correct date format instead of the incorrect US format when the date format is set properly
Maybe I will change my settings from Australia to USA as Cortana sucks here.
Yay, best news today! :)
I just updated my L920 O2 this week and it was great that they showed in Celsius. I tried the US Cortana before but there was no option to show temperatures in Celsius or change news to UK. The UK voiced is so realistic, it sounds like a real person behind the phone.
Anyone for Kelvin? :D
I'm in Canada using US Cortana. How can I make it show Celsius?
We should force the world to use Fahrenheit and mileage because 'murica. Leading the world in almost everything from education, warfare, and debt.
The only time I saw Fahrenheit was when I was force my phone to us... As soon as alpha for Canada became available temperatures were listed in Celsius
Great to see these improvements, even though it really should have been part of the package from the get-go...
In India weather was shown in Celsius always in cortana
Great! New for Denmark. Now it is only distance that are not show in local units
Hmmm really?
I'm only new to 8.1 (only just replaced my Lumia 800 with a 930 three weeks ago), but as far as I know, here in Australia with Cortana alpha the weather has always been in °C (and distances in km)
Good..to see more
Well since i started using cortana last year, it always shows in Celsius (canada)
its been a week since it started showing ºc but I wasn't paying attention, and it switches back to ºf if you keep asking weather related questions
Canada confirmed
I was really surprised this morning when I checked the weather and saw the temperature in Celsius. I'm from Croatia but I've set all settings to US so I could use Cortana so I guess its location based. I'm really happy I don't have to ask for conversion any more.
Showing Celcius in South Africa, happy
US should get their shit together and move over to the metric system. :)
We still don't have Cortana here in Belgium :(
I definitly had Cortana show me the temperature in Celsius since it's available here in Germany.
any official version available india cortana
Finally. Always thought I might get burned when going out side by seeing the numbers currant showed me. All better now. :P
Yeah!
Still no Cortana on my country India..
Yuppie but cortana is not available in my country!
Y hasta cuando va a a estar disponible en Latino América???
It's working in Canada now. Before I found that I could say "In Celius" to Cortana and it would convert the dislayed weather to celius.
Cortana is in alpha since long time in india
On the flip side, asking Cortana to covert F to C was always entertaining, givenher predilection for specificity.
Now if only all of America would switch to Celsius and finally join the rest of the world
Would be interesting see how people gets with the metric scale
Not for the D.R yet!
Now all they can do is use km instead of miles..
Celsius Cortana, got it! Germany gave up on their homeboy Daniel Fahrenheit's scale back in 1901 & switched to Sweden's Anders Celsius more practical scale. Well at least they honored Daniel with a 20 Euro commemorative coin last November. Will the US & their former colony Liberia ever join the rest of planet Earth?
Nope!!!
that upgrade was working two weeks ago in fact suddenly started to show me In Celsius degrees the temperatures I am in Chile and was working in C degrees the weather in Cortana so good thing my only question is was needed to Microsoft cheat the system and ask them by temperatures in Celsius instead of stop of be so united states centered the company? For avoid misinterpretation if develop a software like weather think in both sides Fahrenheit and Celsius degrees, is ok have a centered software called Cortana but was so needed to cheat and push to Microsoft to makes get an insignificant upgrade to Celsius scale or metric scale when they should thought about the metric scale also if they wanted to make Cortana international
Sorry to disagree (if this article was supposed to target all European countries and not just the few listed) but in France, with Denim, I've always had it in Celcius...
Cortana was always Celsius
+Croatia
Just checked temp in Cortana here in Bangkok, Thailand and IT'S IN CELSIUS!! AT LAST!
I've always been using my phone with USA region setting (I'm from Bangladesh though). I remember suggesting this feature like a million times to see temperature in celsius by default. Yes I'm happy now.
Mine is still fahrenheit
Great! I'm form Mexico and I always had to ask her the weather in Celsius because the gadget showed it in Fahrenheit
Yes, finally Celsius in Moscow
finally! Russia
Saw it this morning. Ok.
For India not showing Celsius
I always had weather in C. What's ur setting? Cortana alpha India
Cool we never use f here.... This helps us...
Yyyeaaahh. In NL too on the 830 :D
Mandatory The Oatmeal strip: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/senior_year
I wonder how can I get the metric system, and keep the language in English. Does Canada work right?
I dont want to use side app, how to set Cortana show it in Celsius. I'm in the US
This Is Cooooooooool
Love the update! Even with MSN weather set to Celsius, it wasn't until this update that Cortana displayed Celsius on my phone in Canada. Also, only using interest set to "Weather near me".
Now they need to bump us alpha users to beta. Would be nice if Cortana could follow my favorite sports teams. The only thing listed in her interests are news and weather, and its been like that since she was released in Canada.
Yes that would be good. Cortana Alpha sucks. The quest thing is, a lot of the usa features work in Australia. They are just not enabled.
Finally! Yesss!
Works! Celcius: Grenada.
Yeah!
I noticed Cortana was showing me the weather in Celcius when I asked her. Till yesterday though, she was still giving me F. Now I see C. Good.
Confirmed for the Philippines.
I got this after the 8.1.1 update for my 920 Germany
British Cortana has always gave me the weather in Celsius.
I did not find Cortana , even after changing the region and language to English US .
previously could , why now I can not find Cortana ? Help me please :/
Now it's perfect... as far as weather goes.
Det virker i Danmark!
Yay :)
Portugal check
Got it worked in Vietnam also
We should all use Kelvin :D
Finally! India!
I'm sure Cortana has been showing temperature in C for about a month, in the UK.
now i only need cortana herself in the netherlands without changing region to supported regions like us or uk, even if it means she only speaks english, as i can speak english pretty well with a bit of a british or irish accent
Anyone knows when Windows 10 hitting Windows phone
Aaaaalready has in technical preview form
I Noticed it this morning. I thougt to myself "finally" haha.
Greetings from Spain.
Eeeeeeeeee it's in Celsius indeed!! Thanks Daniel! I thought that I would have to wait until Cortana come to my country to get temperature in celsius.
Edit: And I also just grab the Fitness Routine!! Nice day!
She's been giving me the temperature in Celsius for a long time when I ask her cuz she learnt she has to give me the temp in Celsius.
Also noticed in my area, Cortana started telling you the time instead of displaying it when you ask her what time is it. Useful when your using Bluetooth headsets.
My weather has always been in Celsius here in Canada
So I could use the USA version of phone again.... But I can't buy apps then. I'll stick with Canada alpha.
Can't buy apps?
Nope. If you live in Canada and set your region to US you can't buy apps since your purchasing site is Canada.
I have an L830 with w10 preview and Cortana alpha disappeared (in Calgary, Canada here)... only way to get Cortana back, and quiet hours which is important for me, was to set region to US, which makes me feel disgusting. I am an American emigrant but 18 years in Canada has me used to celsius!
In India it showing already in Celsius from months.....i guess you you're late.
There is more to the world than just India, like for instance, the countries I list in the article where this is new. You could also read the comments here from others who are just noticing this change.
In my area this feature is new, also "we have noted in the past numerous times, new Cortana features do not go out all at once to all users. Instead, it is a slow rollout until it finally goes wider.".
The weather has not changed here much though.
Cortana wont talk to me, if said "hi" "whats your name" etc, it shows me the web search. Help!
In Brazil working in Celsius too
Finally !!
I think things like this should be tied more to user preferences than automatically applying regional settings based on your current location. It would be much more useful for people who are travelling or living outside their home country.
Daniel y some of the common interests yet available in India like world cup cricket India...food section etc....i don't think it have to do something with us
hey cortana not working under lockscreen for my lumia 930.. can anyone tell me why?
i have to unlock my phone and then say "hey cortana"..
i have checked settings- allow speech above lock.
I check the weather every morning via Cortana and this feature is new for me. Yep, finally in Celsius: 10 ºC Now (with) Hazy Sunshine!
It's going to be 32 C for me for the next 5 days :P
It's a perfect beach weather! ;]
Yeah!! Im in the dominican republic and it shows and read it without me having to especifically ask her to say it on Celsius
Why there's no Cortana in Indonesian language? I would love to help to make in my language, is there any way?
Or you could just use Fahrenheit?
Why should we? It's ONLY used in the US, and makes way less sense than Celsius
How does it make less sense?
In Celsius, 0 is freezing point, and 100 is boiling point, Fahrenheit is just random.
Oh so you have trouble with things that aren't simple?
I have an issue with pointless things
Those who hav a problem with celcius why dont they convert it to Fahrenheit by this formula:
(C*(9/5))+32=F..that's if u know math.. :P
You are a bit of an idiot aren't you?. So, people in countries who go by Celsius, shouldn't find it easier if the app is in Celsius? Because you have grown up and used Farenheit your whole life? I think you are just being an ahole for the hell of it here. Noone can be this dumb.
Yeah my life will be so complete because 0 is freezing and boiling is 100. We're good with Farhrenheit here.
Most people in the world don't understand Fahrenheit.
Sounds like a problem
I better choose a better measurement system.
Or you could just use Celcius and join the rest of the world
No thanks I'll stay with the U.S. and continue being the better country ;)
With the worst measurement system in the world. ;)
and great 2nd amandment :D
Better country?!? My ass! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_pw8duzGUg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMqcLUqYqrs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9FpH_t06ww
Damn, you are SO ignorant and fucking stupid!!!
One insult wasn't enough to make your point? Moron.
No, 100 isn't even enough
Did u watch the vids on the links btw?
Totally, I'm glad you have such free time to post them.
lol. such a pancake.
BETTER country? Really? Using what metric? It cant be education, quality of life, or financial stability? Cos it sure as hell aint number 1 for any of those. American exceptionalism at its most delusional! Enjoy your Farenheit. http://www.businessinsider.com.au/here-are-25-more-signs-that-america-is... Its an old article, but feel free to go double check all of the stats for this year. Guarantee US isn't doing much better
Celsius is tremendous for science and engineering, but Fahrenheit is almost twice as expressive without getting bogged-down in fractions. For this reason I like it when discussing things like cooking or weather. Especially since it makes more sense to the rest of the world I'm glad it's finally an option on the phone. :)
New features are great. But would love to see Cortana itself being rolled out to more markets. I mean some of the biggest WP markets do not have their own version of Cortana, which is kind of disappointing. With WP8.1 nearing the end of its journey- update wise, I hope Win10 brings about these changes!
Cortana no longer sing for me already!
Finally Cortana's weather in Greece is with Celsius (USA settings)
Finally!
Slowly but surely will make the transition back to the original version of Cortana lol. I so cannot stand the voice used for the UK.....
Yup. Me too
Finally happy that Marcus Ash listen my opinion '' Love to use in my all Lumia's
WOOOO !!!
http://imgur.com/mG6Xiuc
Yes it is working perfectly on my AT&T Lumia 920 US Cortana in India so now I can shift my Lumia 720 to US Cortana for all the additional benefit we get in US Cortana in compare to Indian Cortana which has only to Features i.e news and Weather but I like the British accent in Indian Cortana , now I am confused what to do as 720 is my main Phone.
It is Great to have this feature :)
Its always been in °C on my UK Lumia 930, I think? How odd.
This is for US version of Cortana.
Celcius now for Philippines regional format.
Still no Cortana for Slovenia or Central Europe! I mean WTF MS? Mybe in 2060 we'll get it.MS supports only those Indian MOFOS.Very dissapointed!!!!
What is MOFOS ? can u plz tell me what is the full form of it ?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mofo
abe mc , bc , teri maa ka chut , bhosdike nati , jaha se aaye hai wahi wapas gused denge
Dude.... Chill... They're gonna ban u... If anyone knows or be able to translate Hindi...
Don't you think Uros G should be banned first?
(@Mohit)Yeah..you've used the right words to express yourself..lolz
Hell yeah, just need her to speak my language now
I'm very happy now. :)
Still Fahrenheit :/
Funny thing is that I sent this in a while ago
As we have noted in the past numerous times, new Cortana features do not go out all at once to all users. Instead, it is a slow rollout until it finally goes wider. Single reports of a new feature make it hard for us to report since the majority of people will then chime in say 'um, no, I do not have this'.
Today is different because we are getting a flood of tips on the matter, suggesting a critical mass of sorts has been reached with this feature.
Provided this feedback via user voice on Windows Phone and Windows 10 as I'm sure others did too. Good to see these updates being made incrementally!
Yes, Cortana has been showing me the weather in Celsius for about a week.
Over four weeks for me actually
Sugoi!
I noticed it today, finally I can get weather info in a language I understand more
It's a unit of measurement, not a language
His first language isn't English. Don't be a rude prick.
Me neither, but sorry anyway
And btw, you can't just assume that I was being rude, and not just helping/correcting his english
I meant I understand better Celsius than Fahrenheit
I think that you replied to the wrong person
Maybe he speaks celcius in binary? 01100011 01101111 01101111 01101100
You never know
Yeah it's awesome... Still no Cortana on my country ;(... I don't think Cortana will ever come to my country.
What's ur country?
Seems like Pakistan/Iran.
Wqm1q, how would u know??
Because of the name Nizam...
Dude wtf, there are over 20 middle eastern/north African countries, so it's really rude/ignorant to guess Iran or Pakistan. U probably don't even know what languages they speak there
I live in the Middle East. :) And I am not saying that in a derogatory way. I have the languages people speak in this region on my fingertips. So you cannot judge me as some Westerner who is ignorant about the Middle East.
Whatever, this is how I guessed: Although the name Nizam has an Arabic origin, it is more popular as a name in other Arabic-influenced languages like Persian, Urdu and Turkish. The choices were Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, India and Bangladesh. Since India already has Cortana and Bengalis would be using the Indian version of Cortana, that leaves Pakistan, Iran and Turkey. I simply chose the most populous countries for the final educated guess.
Ok fine, sorry for assuming that you were assuming. It just really pisses me off when ignorant people assume things like that. (have you seen this US vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_pw8duzGUg)
Wow... That video was interesting. I didn't know American students were that dumb in geography. No doubt so many Americans here consider everything outside the US as the Scum of the Earth and the multitude of budget devices as junk from Microsoft.
Yeah, (almost all) americans really overestimate themselves and the US, it's such a shame
A theory of mine: Assumptions are dangerous... assumptions about assumptions must be exponentially dangerous (assumption * assumption). Not a good basis for flaming. ;)
When you ASSUME .... You make an ASS out of U and ME
Nice. :)
Boom goes the hammer...good job , wam1g!
I'm not from middle east.. I'm from Malaysia.
Timing!!
It's 12 o'clock in the morning, what do you want me to do??
In India it was in C itself
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