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We will be posting snippets, quotes, and images from the speakers.
The event will begin at 10 am PT (1 pm ET) and last about an hour.
Surface Pro and Surface Laptop with Arm are expected.
What are we expecting to see?
New Surface hardware is a Surface Pro and Surface Laptop powered byQualcomm’s new Snapdragon X Serieschips.
We’re just one day away from Microsoft’s big event.
Surface Pro and Surface Laptop with Arm are expected.
Tomorrow, we’re expecting Microsoft to unveil its vision for a new era of the Windows PC.
Microsoft isn’t the only company we’re expecting to see new Qualcomm-powered hardware from today.
Windows on ARM is going to be a big focus today.
The leaks ahead of today’s expected Qualcomm onslaught started early.
But what the heck does it all mean anyway?
Especially when it comes to using their regular applications.
Will they work OK?
Will you gotta make any changes to how you work?
The good news is that you don’t need to worry.
Even Google Chrome is native for ARM now.
We’ve got anexplainer that’ll tell you everything you should probably know.
Want to catch up on what Microsoft should be announcing today?
We first sawleaks of a new Snapdragon powered Surface Proback in April.
Just getting seated in the venue.
Where the magic happens…
30 minutes until kick off.
We’re expecting a new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop, both powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X chips.
Looks like we’re about to begin!
Satya Nadella now on stage
Satya is setting the stage.
Telling us that PCs will soon be able to anticipate what we want, and our intent.
And it starts with Copilot.
“It’s pretty early still on this platform shift.
The fundamental driving force behind this AI wave are these scaling laws.”
Today, we’re going beyond the cloud, to the machine.
AI functionality on your PC is happening.
Microsoft announces “a new category” of devices.
An entirely new class of Windows Pcs, engineered to unleash the power of AI: Copilot+ PCs!
Copilot+ PCs are the combination of Windows, Systems, and Silicon coming together to deliver unique AI experiences.
Yusef Mehdi now on stage to talk more about what makes a PC a “Copilot+” PC.
“We’ve made a huge leap forward in technology with these PCs.
They are the most powerful PCs ever built.”
Copilot PCs have an NPU that can run 40 trillion operations per second.
58% faster than MacBook Air M3!
Copilot PCs have batteries that can last “all day.”
Copilot is being integrated across Windows.
In File Explorer, Edge, Notifications, configs, and more.
Microsoft is now demoing a “phone call” between you and Copilot.
you might ask Copilot to help you out in a task.
In this example, the user is playing Minecraft and is asking how to create a sword.
Copilot is able to see what’s in his inventory.
Copilot here is contextually and visually aware.
you’ve got the option to ask it to help with whatever is on-screen.
Microsoft announces Windows Recall.
Recall leverages the power of AI to make it possible to access anything you’ve seen on your PC.
Windows Recall is exclusive to Copilot+ PCs.
Windows watches everything you do, but it’s all handled on unit.
Nothing is sent to the cloud.
Recall is able to bring up snapshots based on your specific search criteria.
Everything Recall does is handled locally on the machine.
Microsoft will not use any of the data it’s captured to train its AI models.
It’s all yours, and nobody elses.
Pavan Davluluri now coming on stage, likely to talk about Surface.
“We’re weaving AI through every layer, from chip, to system, to cloud.”
We’re now getting another Recall demo, this time with a break down of how the technology works.
There are a number of different models built into Windows 11 to make this happen.
These are deeply integrated, not bolted on, Pavan Davuluri says.
There’s an incredibly robust approach to privacy.
you might pause, stop and delete captured content.
it’s possible for you to even filter out specific apps or websites so Recall can’t see it.
There are more than 40 AI models here that bring Recall and the Windows Copilot Runtime together.
The Windows Photos app can now understand what it’s seeing.
It will suggest things to edit based on the photo you have open.
Now getting a demo of Copilot being able to help during gaming.
“Intel, Qualcomm, and AMD are all in.”
16GB RAM minimum on these Copilot+ PCs.
Notably, only Qualcomm is ready with a Copilot+ chip right now.
Intel and AMD’s Copilot+ chips seemingly won’t be here until later.
Microsoft says it’s rebuilt Windows 11 inside out for Arm.
Now touting incredible performance, beating the MacBook Air M3.
Microsoft is highlighting how most of the apps you probably use are now natively compiled for Windows on Arm.
Announcing Prism, a new emulation layer for Windows on Arm that is 20% faster.
Brett Ostrum now on stage.
It’s Surface time.
New Surface Laptop and Surface Pro announced.
As expected, the new Laptop has a new design.
Thinner bezels, haptic touchpad.
It’s 80% faster than Surface Laptop 5.
The new Surface Laptop beats the MacBook Air in battery life benchmarks.
Now getting a demo showing how the Surface Laptop beats the MacBook Air in pretty much all tasks.
Adobe is bringing more of the creative cloud to Windows on Arm soom, including Premiere Pro.
Curiously, no time spent with Surface Pro yet.
Now it’s time for Surface Pro!
Surface Pro is 90% faster than Surface Pro 9.
Confirmed: The new Surface Pro has an OLED display with HDR.
And a quad-HD camera!
The keybord is now called Surface Pro Flex Keyboard.
It can be used attached or detached.
Now talking about image generation on Windows.
Cocreator, lets you “explore the full range of your imagination.”
you could use Cocreator to bring to life a sketch.
Just as an aside, the new Surface Pro still has that venting gap around the chassis.
Quick demo of CapCut, using the NPU to remove the background in a video.
This is now three times faster on the new Pro compared to Pro 9.
Surface Pro and Surface Laptop are just the start, says Brett Ostrum.
Although it doesn’t appear we’re getting any more Surface hardware today.
All the major Windows hardware makers are on-board with Copilot+.
Many shipping new hardware this summer with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X chips.
Copilot+ PCs start at $999.
And that’s a wrap!
This is the era of the Copilot+ PC.
We’ll have hands-on with the new Surface devices shortly.
There’s been a lot to digest, here’s a breakdown of some of the major announcements!
