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In this edition, we have a lot of news about Windows 11 Insider builds, some about Microsoft Edge, and a bunch about Microsoft 365 apps and Surface. You'll find some details about Surface Neo too.
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Microsoft announced the Surface Neo exactly 1000 days ago. The device never materialized, but some details about the Neo surfaced, revealing numerous hurdles Microsoft failed to overcome.
Over the course of 2020, Microsoft introduced some cool products, like the next generation of Xbox gaming consoles and its Surface Duo Android phone, but there's even more stuff that it missed.
While Microsoft's Surface Neo has been listed on its website for the last year as coming soon, the device listing has now been removed. The company has often said it's delayed, not canceled.
Microsoft officially delayed the Surface Neo some time ago, but it's finally getting around to updating the product's page today. The Surface Duo listing still says it's coming soon.
Microsoft is reportedly removing the virtualization technology that enables support for Win32 apps from Windows 10X. The OS is being repurposed for low-end devices aimed at competing with Chromebooks.
Originally planned for holiday season this year on dual-screen devices, Windows 10 apparently isn't coming for single-screen PCs until 2021, and dual-screen PCs the following spring.
A new rumor points to Microsoft delaying the launch of the dual-screen Surface Duo from later this month to "sometime this summer." It was earlier expected to go on sale before Samsung's event in Aug.
Today, Intel fully unveiled its Lakefield processors, which are meant for dual-screen and foldable PCs. Similar to ARM processors, they have big and little cores for better power management.
In a blog post today, Windows chief Panos Panay broadly described some plans for Windows 10 moving forward, including Windows 10X coming to single-screen devices before dual-screen ones.
Images have surfaced showing the Windows 10X emulator supporting a single, large screened device. This corroborates recent reports that the firm would release 10X to single screened form factors.
This week was packed with game news from Game Pass to xCloud and beyond, new Insider builds in the Fast and Slow rings, and even the first picture from Surface Duo's camera. Be sure to catch up below.
According to a new report, Microsoft's dual-screen OS, Windows 10X, has been delayed until next year, along with any new hardware for it. The firm is refocusing on single-screen devices.
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If you're looking to install Windows 10X on your own PC, there's now a guide on how to do that. It's not going to be easy though, and if it's not obvious, you're doing it at your own risk.
During the Microsoft 365 Developer Day yesterday, there were some failed demos, but the on-demand recordings of the event have been edited with new footage to show the device working properly.
For the first time, anyone can play around with Windows 10X, thanks to the emulator that was released following Microsoft 365 Developer Day. All you need is Hyper-V and a PC in the Fast ring.
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During Developer Day, Microsoft released the Windows 10X emulator and SDK so developers can start testing their apps for the dual-screen experience. The Surface Duo SDK has been updated too.
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Microsoft is hosting its virtual Microsoft 365 Developer Day event today, and this time the focus is on dual-screen experiences and Windows 10X. Here's where you can watch the event live.
A new listing has shown up on UserBenchmark for one of Intel's Lakefield processors. Lakefield is the CPU family that's going to ship in foldable and dual-screen devices like the Surface Neo.
Microsoft today announced new preview SDKs and emulators for its upcoming dual-screen devices, the Surface Duo and the Surface Neo. The Surface Duo emulator is available to install today.
Microsoft has a big year coming up. With the Xbox Series X, Surface Neo, Surface Duo, and Surface Hub 2X, there's a lot to look forward to. And those are just the things that we know about.
Microsoft today published a blog post to start sharing its plan for development on its two dual-screen Surface devices, the Neo and Duo, one of which runs Windows while the other runs Android.
Intel has officially revealed the CPU microarchitecture that will be inside its Lakefield chipsets, and it's called Tremont, with "significant" performance improvements over previous low-power CPUs.
This past week was Microsoft's October 2 event held in New York, where it announced both hardware refreshes and its dual screen halo devices, the Surface Neo and Duo, due out next holiday.
With one of Microsoft's biggest hardware events in years taking place this week, we talk about the new ARM-based Surface Pro X, the folding Surface Neo, and the Surface phone no one was expecting.
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Following its product announcements for 2019, Panos Panay took some time on stage to talk about the dual-screen Surface Neo. It won't be ready anytime soon, and it's only coming in late 2020.
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