The Surface Go 4 and the Surface Laptop Go 3: Towards Artificial Intelligence-powered features in Windows Devices and Devices, as seen by Microsoft
Microsoft hasSurface,Silicon and devices, now under Pavan Davuluri, which will be important for future client and cloud experiences. Mehdi says this is the chance to change the way devices and systems operate. Our vision here has been clearly communicated with our partners and they were very enthusiastic about it.
Images of the Surface Go 4 haven’t leaked yet, but it’s expected to maintain a similar design to the prior Surface Go 3 model. Images of the Surface Laptop Go 3 have appeared on the internet. The new model is expected to ship early in October and has similarities to the Surface Laptop Go 2.
I’m expecting Microsoft to detail more than just Copilot, though. We’ve begun to see more AI-powered features appear in Windows apps, with the test versions of the photo and text app updated with useful features for copying text from screen shots and adding background blur.
It has been said that Paint is getting the Artificial Intelligence treatment soon and will be able to generate images automatically. According to a rumor, photos is going to be getting a feature to identify people in photos and cut and paste them, like on Apple’s mobile operating system.
AI “will have a potentially profound impact on how you use your computer and how it will essentially evolve in regards to its form,” said Steven Bathiche, the head of Microsoft’s applied sciences group, in an interview with The Verge last year.
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The Surface team has been focused on AI for years now with features like Windows Studio Effects. The Surface ProX has a feature that adjusts your eyes during a video call so that you don’t have to look at the camera.
The neural processing unit that is used in these features is only available in Arm-powered Surface devices so far. Windows Central reported that Microsoft shipped the Surface Pro 9 Arm version with a dedicated NPU last year, and that the Surface Laptop Studio 2 may have its own dedicated NPU.
Copilot in Office apps will allow businesses to instantly summarize documents, generate emails, and speed up Excel analysis. It’s Microsoft’s chance to try and brush off the competition of similar AI-powered features for Google Workspace, Zoom, and Slack.
Microsoft started to offer a preview of Bing chat, essentially the same thing that is available to consumers but with added commercial data protection. I would expect to hear some new features for both the consumer and enterprise version of Bing chatted when it comes out of preview.
Mehdi finished up his internal memo to Microsoft employees by rallying the troops after Panay’s departure, in a sign that Microsoft will need its various businesses to work closely together if it wants to execute its ambitious AI goals:
Shilpa Ranganathan, head of Windows product management, and Jeff Johnson, who leads Windows client engineering, now report directly to Parakhin — who is only one of a handful of Microsoft leaders who have a CEO title. The Windows team will now integrate web technologies and services into Microsoft’s operating system. During the FTC v Microsoft case, we heard that Microsoft wants to take Windows to the cloud.
We are in the lead in this race to get Al in service of businesses around the globe. We have the best and broadest product offerings across software, services, and devices. The most compelling vision for delivering the advantages to customers through our partners is what we have. Now is the time for us to step up — as a collective team — to deliver on this vision.
This Thursday is only the beginning. We have more experiences and capabilities coming soon in the weeks and months ahead. It’s an exciting time to be at Microsoft.