Cortana gets smarter with new `scenes` and `rules` for smart home setups
(Windows Phone Central)

Users can now pair commands together with Cortana to control their homes For those who use Cortana across Android, iOS, or Windows 10 and who also have smart home accessories like Ecobee, Hues, GLAS, Wink, Insteon, and more Cortana is starting to get more sophisticated. Two new areas have shown up under Cortana > Notebook > Manage skills > Connected Home dubbed `scenes` and `rules.` Scenes lets the user pair together various smart home functions like lights in the living room with the thermostat to work in tandem with one single command, e.g. `Arriving home` where the lights turn on, and thermostat goes to a pre-set temperature. There seems to be no limit on the complexity of the scene as Cortana walks you through the process asking if you want to add things in addition to naming the scene. Rules are more of a one-time command but with conditions. For example, I can tell Cortana to set my thermostat to X temperature in X minutes or at a specific time. The same applies...