January is already shaping up to be a good month for new tech. Samsung’s first Unpacked is, not surprisingly, scheduled for 22 Jan. Microsoft is also expected to add to its Surface portfolio before the first month of 2025 concludes.
That’s according to a LinkedIn post discovered by the folks at Windows Central. It’s not your traditional event — Microsoft is actually punting its AI Tour in New York City, but there’s supposed to be a “major announcement from Surface for Business”. It’s not out of the question that the two are related.
Beyond the Surface of AI
Snapdragon-powered versions of Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 7 and Pro 11 devices are already on the market. This event is expected to introduce the Intel-powered editions of the same hardware, though it’s difficult for us to consider the announcement “major”. Intel Lunar Lake processors aside, there doesn’t seem to be much to justify Microsoft’s hype here.
It’s equally possible that the company will unveil an upgraded version of its Copilot system for PCs, to debut on its upcoming Intel hardware. That could more effectively fulfil the ‘major’ portion of this announcement but this possibility is purely speculation on Stuff‘s part. An AI system that performs a few novel functions would cause excitement, but we’re not holding our breath.
For one, 30 January is three weeks away and we haven’t been practising. But we’ll check out the announcement when it happens. Whether it’s a version of a Surface computer we’ve already seen or something entirely unexpected, you can read about it here as it happens.
