Cortana is easily one of the coolest new features of Windows 10.

Heres how to get information, manage your schedule, and even run a few Google commands.

If you choose the former, you may want to activate the Hey Cortana feature.

Heres how:

Search for Cortana configs in your Start Menu.

switch on the toggle under Hey Cortana.

(Optional) Under Respond best, you could choose to me to tailor Cortana to your voice.

Youll need to perform a couple quick exercises to teach Cortana your voice.

Otherwise, Cortana will work for anyone.

While Cortana works with voice commands, theyre not strictly necessary.

All of the commands well list here can be typed in as well.

Of course, typing whole sentences is pretty inefficient.

For example Whats on my schedule today?

What do I have going on today?

Cortana can offer a lot of personalized information based on what it knows about you.

you could also ask natural questions like What do I have going on this weekend?

to find out whats on your calendar.

This relies on Outlook or the built-in Calendar app.

You cansync your Google Calendar, though you wont be able to add new events.

This will open in Bing Maps.

At the moment, there doesnt seem to be a way to open it in an alternative app.

it’s possible for you to also filter it by date range.

For example Show me my notes from January 2015 to filter the results.

Fortunately, Cortana can actually take a more active approach to managing your time and productivity.

Move my appointment.you could also modify existing events with commands like Move my 2PM meeting tomorrow to 3PM.

Set a reminder.Cortana can set reminders like Remind me to take my lunch on time for once at noon.

Show me my reminders.This command will show you all of the reminders you currently have coming up.

Set an alarm.Just like reminders, you might set alarms for certain times in the day.

you might set these to occur only once, or recur on a regular basis.

Your reminders will pop up in your notification tray, and alarms will ring right when you need them.

Sometimes you have a simple question that needs a simple answer.

Better ask Cortana first.

How long is Age of Ultron?Cortana can quickly tell you the runtime of a movie.

Cortana can not, however, give you the extended edition that movie so badly needed.

Who is the CEO of Microsoft?Cortana can quickly identify a lot of important people.

Whats the theme song to Firefly?Cortana can get this right.

You should, too.

All of these (and plenty more) will typically pull up results directly in the Start Menu.

This is a handy way to get a quick answer without having to leave what youre doing.

Show me pictures of Mila Kunis.you could use Cortana to run a Bing image search for just about anything.

But mostly Mila Kunis.

For all other videos, Bing can take care of it.

I did eventually confirm that Bing can handle them.

In general, you could use Cortana to search the web for just about anything.

Theyre really good at it, too.

Naturally, many of us have a preference for Google over Bing.

Bing2Google works by redirecting your Bing searches to Google once they load in the online window.

It cannot tell you why your package went from Texas to Canada on its way to Oklahoma.

A quick search can get you recipes for a number of cocktails.

Its the best of both worlds.

As long as you use Chrome, of course.

Theres always a catch.