It’s time for another Microsoft live streaming event, the first since last September. Festivities begin on Thursday, March 21 at 12:00 PM ET. The best way to keep track of how everything is happening official Microsoft stream; looks like they won’t be streaming on YouTube this time. This is Microsoft’s first live event without former product director and longtime keynote speaker Panos Panay. which left for Amazon last year.
What to expect from Microsoft
The event is being touted as a “new business era,” so the commercial space will be the main focus. There are many rumors that Microsoft will take advantage of the opportunity is introducing a range of new Surface devices. Windows Center claims that a The OLED Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 will headline the event.
The Verge offers both devices it will show only minor specifications compared to the previous generation. There are also conflicting reports as to whether these Surface devices will have a more comprehensive design to suit non-business consumers this spring. We won’t know until Thursday.
There is one safe bet. Microsoft will continue its commitment to artificial intelligence. Surface Pro 10 and Laptop 6 are rumored to be powered by Intel Core Ultra and Snapdragon X Elite silicon CPUs with next-generation neural processing units (NPUs) specifically designed for advanced AI tasks. There is such information for this purpose these devices will be called “AI PC” and will contain a custom button to train the company’s Copilot digital assistant. The Intel variants are expected to launch in April, while the Arm-based Snapdragon versions are expected to launch in June this year.
AI, AI and more AI
The rumor mill grinds long for this event. Reports also indicate that Microsoft will introduce a new set of AI features that could come to Windows PCs, including real-time captions and translations, upscaling and frame rate smoothing for games, and improved Windows Studio Effects.
There may also be something called AI Explorer announced at the event. It is rumored to be a built-in graphical feature that can be searched through natural language. It will reportedly live on your device and record everything you do and see. So you can ask AI Explorer to “find what I’ve seen before about dinosaurs” and it will search every moment in your computer’s history to find relevant content. This might be a privacy nightmare, but it could ultimately make digital assistants really useful. We fully expect Microsoft to offer security safeguards when it comes to AI Explorer.
These AI features won’t be exclusive to the Surface Pro Pro and Surface Laptop 6, as they will reportedly be part of the company’s annual feature update for Windows 11, which is expected this fall. Engadget will provide full coverage of the event and highlight all the exciting news.
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