Here’s everything Microsoft announced at its Surface and Copilot event

Microsoft unveiled the new Surface computer during an event in New York on Thursday and revealed details of the release of this year’s version of Windows 11, including its embedded CoPilot AI assistant.

The company introduced the Surface Laptop Studio 2 and Surface Laptop Go 3, and unveiled enterprise availability for Microsoft 365 Copilot, its complementary AI tool to core productivity apps like Word and Excel.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella kicked off the event by talking about how the company’s Copilot AI tools will have a massive impact on its user base across consumers and enterprises.

“I mean, it’s crazy,” he said. “It’s kind of like it’s back to the ’90s. It’s exciting to be in a place where we’re bringing some software innovation and really enjoying this whole journey.”

like rivals Atlassian, Google And sales force They’re also rushing to update their existing products with generic AI this year.

The Surface Laptop Studio 2 starts at $1,999, while the Surface Laptop Go 3 starts at $799. Both will come with Microsoft’s modified Windows 11 operating system, which includes its CoPilot software. Microsoft said the new Surface models will be available on October 3 and will be available for preorder on Thursday.

Notably absent from the event was Microsoft executive Panos Panay, who introduced the Surface computer to the public for a decade. On Monday, Microsoft announced a series of leadership changes as it revealed that Panay is leaving.

Here’s a summary of Thursday’s news:

Microsoft said it will start releasing the next major update for Windows 11 on September 26.

The update will include the new Copilot in the Bing search engine and Edge web browser, and people will be able to summon Copilot by pressing the Windows key and pressing the C key.

Aaron Woodman, vice president of Windows marketing at Microsoft, said that bringing Copilot to the operating system would be important because it would make AI accessible to people who may not have worked with it before. Woodman said, “I think what we’ve seen so far is inside a tech bubble,” while “Windows is a product that reaches a significant portion of the planet.”

Some of the key features of the new version are:

• Boot to the cloud. If you’re running a cloud-based version of Windows, you’ll be able to log directly into the cloud as your primary experience on your PC, Microsoft said.
• Clever sarcasm. With Windows it is becoming easier to extract text directly from screenshots. When using the Snipping Tool app, you can copy text from a screenshot and modify emails or phone numbers instantly.
• Better backup. Microsoft will enable users to backup pre-installed apps on a PC to restore them, along with pinned app preferences, in the future.
• Paint with words. The long-running Paint app is being revamped with the help of Generative AI. People will be able to type a few words of text, choose a style, and Paint will automatically generate an image matching the description. It is similar to the tool from Adobe and other companies as well as Microsoft’s own image builder in the Bing search engine.
• More taskbar customization. Windows 11 introduces a brand new taskbar that places the Start button and a series of app icons at the bottom center of the screen. Users can now see app icons with labels, just like the way things looked in Windows 10. Even apps that aren’t running may appear with labels. Users will also be able to hide the time and date.
• Notepad with memory. Notepad will automatically save your position so that if you close the note-taking app and open it again, you can immediately get back to your work.

And over time, this will help automate the process of serving ads. Alphabet And meta Both have been active in this field.

“Using Copilot in the Microsoft advertising platform, you can tailor content, design and strategies to your branding and advertising goals, creating stunning and effective ads in minutes,” says Ky Sainsbury-Carter, corporate VP of advertising at Microsoft. has written in one blog post,

The Surface Laptop Studio 2 has the same look and feel as the original model that launched in 2021. It can be used like a traditional laptop with a keyboard, but customers can also lay it flat and use it as a tablet.

It offers the 13th generation intel Core chip, with some options NVIDIA Graphics processing units: GeForce RTX 4050 or 4060, or RTX 2000 Ada generation. Models with Nvidia graphics will come with a 120-watt power supply. Or people can choose integrated graphics with Intel Iris Xe.

The laptop starts at $799, up from the starting price of $599 Surface Laptop Go 2.

Microsoft announces the latest Surface Go 4 A miniaturized version of its Surface Pro tablet that is available exclusively for organizations. The company suggested in a release The new model could be especially useful for businesses and frontline workers.

The Surface Go 4 can be docked to a monitor, used as a laptop with a paired keyboard, or like a tablet using the touch screen.

It is powered by Intel N200 processor. The Surface Go 4 also has a 10.5-inch touchscreen display and supports up to 12.5 hours of battery life, which is more than the 11 hours of battery life offered by the Surface Go 3.

An 85-inch model and a smaller 50-inch option offer organizations an easy way to join Teams video calls. During a Teams call, the software will be able to remove the backgrounds of different participants and adjust their size, Microsoft product marketing director Frank Buchholz wrote in an article. blog post,

The smaller version can switch between portrait and landscape modes. The Surface Hub Pen or Surface Slim Pen lets two people draw or write on the device simultaneously.

Microsoft is claiming up to 60% better performance in the main processors of these devices and a 160% increase in performance for their graphics processing units.

Large organizations will be able to start paying for Microsoft 365 Copilot Starting from 1st November.