Tomorrow, September 21, 2023, Microsoft will hold a “special event” in New York City, where it looks like he will present three new Surface devices e features based on artificial intelligence for a wide range of Microsoft products, including Windows, Office e Bing. Here’s everything we know about this new event.
Microsoft, what to expect from the Surface and AI 2023 event
The event comes just days after the surprising resignation of Panos Panay, the former head of Windows and Surface at Microsoft. So we don’t yet know who will announce the new Surfaces at the event (it looks like Yusuf Mehdi will accompany CEO Satya Nadella) – but we do know that there are new devices. And also several AI features for Office, Windows and Bing.
When will the event be and how to follow it?
The event will take place tomorrow, Thursday 21 September at 10:00 local time (4pm in Italy) and will take place in New York City. This represents the first live Surface event after the pandemic period. The event will not be live streamed to the public, but I will tell you everything Microsoft will announce.
Furthermore, Microsoft will publish a recording of the event a few hours after its conclusion, at 7pm Italian time, on the company’s event website.
The new Surfaces that Microsoft will announce at the 2023 event
Microsoft is expected to announce three different devices at the event, according to what several industry experts report (including Tom Warren of The Verge). Among these, the Surface Laptop Studio 2which should have truly top technical specifications.
Let’s talk about processors 13th Generation Intela GPU Nvidia RTX 4060. Additionally, it should have a microSD card slot and a USB-A port. The design of the Surface Laptop Studio 2 seems to maintain a resemblance to its predecessor, with a display that can be pushed forward to transform the device from laptop to tablet.
Surface Studio, of which we will soon see a new version
Previously, WinFuture reported that the Surface Laptop Studio 2 would be the first Surface device to offer 64 GB of RAM. Microsoft is expected to ship the Surface Laptop Studio 2 starting October 3.
Even though the Surface Laptop Studio 2 seems to be the main protagonist among Surface devices, there should be no shortage of announcements related to it Surface Go 4 e al Surface Laptop Go 3. Surface Go 4 will be equipped with a processor Intel N200, although it seemed like he was aiming for an Arm device. The design should remain almost unchanged, even if there are few sources about it.
Should Even the Surface Go 3 has changed little in design. However, it should have 12th Generation Intel CPU and will arrive soon in Microsoft stores.
AI features for Surface
The Surface team already uses several AI innovations, such as Windows Studio, which they use a dedicated neural processing unit (NPU) for AI tasks dal Surface Pro X nel 2020.
But Microsoft will introduce new features. It is expected that the upcoming Surface Laptop Studio 2 may also include a Dedicated NPU. AMD introduced processors Ryzen 7000 mobile with a dedicated AI engine. And future Intel Meteor Lake chips should also support similar features. This suggests that Microsoft is working to implement additional AI experiences in Windows 11 and later.
The new AI functions
In addition to the new Surfaces, Microsoft is about to unveil a number of new AI-powered features during its special event. An update of Windows 11 (23H2) will include Windows Copilot, an AI-powered personal assistant. This update, expected by the end of September, will bring several new features for Windows 11.
Some Windows applications are already incorporating AI-powered features, such as the Capture tool and Photos app, which now allow you to copy text from screenshots and add background blur to images. Other new features include the integration of artificial intelligence into Paintwith the ability to Convert text instructions to images automaticallyas well as a function for identify people or objects in photos and crop them or move them elsewhere.
While Microsoft is not expected to tease plans for AI-based features in Windows 12, expected next year. Although perhaps it could confirm the arrival of the new operating system.
Microsoft’s special event will not only focus on Surface and Windows, but we are also expected to learn more about Microsoft’s plans for app Microsoft 365 e Officeparticularly regarding Copilot. Copilot should offer AI-powered features to simplify document review, email generation and Exce analysisL. For businesses, Microsoft is also working on Bing Chat Enterprise, of which we should see some news.
To confirm this news, we should wait until tomorrow: we will keep you updated.