Microsoft is holding a press event in New York City later today. The company is expected to make several announcements about new software and AI, but it will also likely introduce some new Surface PC products.
However, New report from Windows CentralCiting unnamed sources, it claims that Microsoft will reduce its lineup of Surface products, and that it will not move forward with new versions of its more “experimental” devices.
That means we won’t see new versions of the Surface Studio all-in-one PC, nor any new dual-screen Surface Duo Android smartphones, according to the article. He adds that the company had plans to release a new Surface Laptop SE 2 earlier this year, but that notebook, like many of Microsoft’s hardware devices in the past, was canceled at the last minute.
Another plan to launch an 11-inch version of the Surface Pro tablet was also canceled, according to the article, in favor of the Surface Go 4, which is expected to be officially unveiled today.
The article also claims that Microsoft has developed other products such as a foldable smartphone and tablet, along with a new mini monitor desktop PC, but it appears that none of these products will be moving forward at this time.
Microsoft will now reportedly focus on creating new versions of the following Surface tablets, laptops, and PCs going forward:
- Surface Pro
- Surface Laptop
- Surface Laptop Go
- Surface Laptop Studio
- Surface Hub
- Surface Go
The article claims that the downsizing of Surface products, including its more experimental devices, may have been a factor in the unexpected departure this week of the company’s Surface leader Panos Panay.
Panay may have felt that he would no longer have the freedom to launch different types of Surface devices, as Microsoft apparently decided to concentrate on products that make the company money.