All the announcements from Microsoft’s Surface event on May 20

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Just a day before kicking things off with its annual developer conference – Microsoft Build – the software giant is holding a hardware event today, May 20th, to discuss its next Surface devices.

Recall that last September, Microsoft announced major upgrades to its Surface devices – including Surface Laptop Studio 2, its "most powerful" Surface ever, the Surface Laptop Go 3, the Surface Go 4, the latest iteration of its affordable 2-in-1 laptop series, and the Surface Hub 3, an all-in-one collaborative touchscreen device.

This year, the company is expected to reveal a new version of its Surface Pro tablet and Surface Laptop boasting Qualcomm chips based on Arm architecture, for the first time. Windows laptops and tablets currently run on Intel chips.

Stay tuned from 1PM ET (5PM GMT) as Techloy brings you the major announcements you should know about from the event.

Key highlights:

  • Microsoft has announced "a new category" of Windows PCs, built with Copilot+ to unleash the power of AI.
  • The company says it has rebuilt core components of Windows 11 to better support Arm-based hardware and AI.
  • According to Microsoft, the 'Copilot PCs' have an NPU that can run 40 trillion operations per second and are 58% faster than the MacBook Air M3.
  • Windows Recall, a new feature that uses AI to help you find everything you've done on your computer, using natural language, only available on the Copilot+ PCs has been unveiled.
  • Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm are working together for the Copilot+ PCs. For now, Qualcomm is ready with a Copilot+ chip right, while Intel and AMD's Copilot+ chips will come later.
  • The first of the new Copilot+ PCs are the Surface Pro and Surface Laptop, with the new Surface Laptop boasting nearly double the battery life of the Surface Laptop 5. The Surface laptop will be available in 13.8-inch and 15-inch displays.
  • Surface Pro is 90% faster than Surface Pro 9, and has an OLED display with HDR, and a quad-HD camera.
  • The Copilot+ PCs boast 16GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and an integrated NPU reaching 40+ TOPS (trillion operations per second) of performance.
  • Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Samsung and others will make and ship the Copilot+ PCs or AI laptops (if you like).
  • Pre-orders start today starting at $999, for the Copilot+ PCs with the first devices expected to hit stores on June 18.