As for what’s ahead for Cortana in the US, the team’s planning to add future updates on a twice-per-month cycle. That’s not to say Microsoft won’t make exceptions for special events. Hendrich said they’re working on ways to throw in off-cycle updates “for things that are timely, urgent or especially badass.” This would come in handy for trending topics like the Olympics, breaking news or even sports. And since updating Cortana is a server-side affair, Microsoft can easily upload these batches of data strings and voice recordings directly to Bing, meaning users won’t have to refresh their hardware every time new features are added.