Microsoft confirms Surface hardware event for October
Save the date: October 12
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What you need to know
Microsofthas announcedits annual fall Surface event next month, on October 12 at 10 am Eastern Time. The webpage says, “watch live to see what’s next,” which might suggest this is the company’s first live hardware event since 2019.
It’s currently unclear if the event will be in-person with press attendance or streamed live from a closed set location.
On the agenda, expect to see a new Surface Pro 9 that combines both Intel and ARM configurations under one umbrella, and perhaps even new colors, including Sapphire (blue) and Forrest (green), in addition to the Graphite and Platinum colorways we’ve had on Surface Pro for some time.
We also anticipate a new Surface Laptop, thoughrecent rumorshave suggested we’ll only be seeing an Intel variant this fall. It’s expected to ship with Intel 12th-gen chips, but no other details about the hardware are now known. Given that we might only be getting an Intel variant, maybe this fall’s Laptop update will be a Laptop 4+ instead of a Laptop 5?
Finally, the last big item we’re expecting to see is a new Surface Studio 3, the accessories for whichhave already leaked. Surface Studio is well overdue a refresh, with the last oneshipping in 2018with an outdated Intel 7th-generation chip. Hopefully, we’ll see a more recent Intel chip and NVIDIA GPU inside the Surface Studio 3.
Other smaller devices we may see include a new pair ofSurface Earbuds, updated Type Cover accessories with patterns, andProject Volterra, the Windows on ARM devkit announced earlier this year but is still yet to ship.
This fall marksten years of Surface, so we’ll be interested to see how Microsoft celebrates. Introducing new Surface Pro colors andcombining Surface Pro X with the main Surface Proline will be a great way to commemorate the occasion.
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