Microsoft is gearing up for its yearly Surface autumn event, with this twelvemonth being a peculiar milestone arsenic the institution celebrates the 10th day of Surface. As we ever bash present astatine Windows Central, here’s a roundup of everything we're proceeding and expecting to spot Microsoft denote astatine this year’s Surface event.

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Surface Laptop

First connected the docket is the adjacent Surface Laptop, which is good overdue for an update, arsenic it’s been a twelvemonth and a fractional since the Surface Laptop 4. I cognize the slightest astir this caller Surface Laptop, truthful we're going disconnected reputable reports from different vendors. 

According to recent reports, the adjacent Surface Laptop volition lone beryllium disposable with Intel 12th-gen U bid chips, with nary AMD Ryzen options.

This would beryllium the archetypal clip since the Surface Laptop 3 that Microsoft has shipped a Surface Laptop without AMD options. This is possibly owed to the ongoing constituent shortage. My sources archer maine that internally, Microsoft has designed caller Surface Laptops with AMD Ryzen 6000 bid chips, but we'll person to hold and spot if those extremity up shipping this fall.

I expect Surface Laptop to vessel successful the aforesaid 13-inch and 15-inch sizes arsenic past clip and successful the aforesaid colors. But we whitethorn besides spot the caller Sage greenish colorway arsenic was seen connected the Surface Laptop Go 2 earlier this year. 

There should besides beryllium Thunderbolt 4 in the Surface Laptop bid for the archetypal time. 

Here are the SKUs I americium expecting to spot ship:

13.5-inch:

• Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD
• Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD
• Intel Core i5, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD
• Intel Core i5, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD
• Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD
• Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD

15-inch:

• Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD
• Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD
• Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD
• Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD
• Intel Core i7, 32GB RAM, 256GB SSD
• Intel Core i7, 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD
• Intel Core i7, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD

Surface Pro 9

I’m besides expecting a caller Surface Pro this fall, with important changes coming to the merchandise enactment successful the silicon department. According to my sources, Microsoft is readying to merge the Surface Pro X with the mainline Surface Pro marque this fall, meaning the Surface Pro “9” volition beryllium disposable to bid with either Intel oregon Qualcomm chips.

The Qualcomm variant (codenamed Arcata) is expected to diagnostic the Microsoft SQ3, a customized Snapdragon 8cx Gen3 SoC that volition importantly summation show implicit the existing Surface Pro X. The Intel exemplary (codenamed Zaca) volition vessel with 12th-gen chips, though I'm unsure if this volition beryllium of the P-series oregon U-series variety.

P-series successful the Surface Pro enactment would beryllium huge, arsenic it would connection a large show summation implicit the Surface Pro 8 and presumption it head-to-head with Apple’s iPad Pro. That said, P-series chips tally blistery and are little vigor businesslike compared to U-series chips, truthful possibly U-series makes much consciousness for a instrumentality similar Surface Pro.

Another headlining diagnostic for the caller Surface Pro volition beryllium the inclusion of 5G LTE for the archetypal clip successful a Surface PC, specifically for the ARM models  (which conscionable passed done the FCC). I don’t expect determination to beryllium immoderate large outer plan changes implicit the existent Surface Pro design, but for caller instrumentality colors and, possibly, caller Type Cover patterns.

Here are the SKUs I americium expecting to spot vessel for some Intel and ARM models.

Surface Pro 9:

• Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD
• Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD
• Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD
• Intel Core i5, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD
• Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD
• Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD
• Intel Core i7, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD

Surface Pro 9 with 5G

• Microsoft SQ3, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD
• Microsoft SQ3, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD
• Microsoft SQ3, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD
• Microsoft SQ3, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD

Surface Studio 3

I’m besides expecting to spot Microsoft yet vessel a caller Surface Studio (codenamed Chehalis), featuring humble updates to its plan and much up-to-date specs nether the hood. We’ve already looked astatine its refreshed accessories, which diagnostic an updated colorway and a somewhat caller plan connected the Surface Pen.

Notably, the pen plan is of the thicker assortment and not an updated Slim Pen design. This suggests the Surface Studio 3 won’t person a dedicated wireless charging bay for the Slim Pen 2, arsenic immoderate had expected. It’s worthy noting that the Surface Pen and Surface Slim Pen are 2 antithetic merchandise lines, with 1 not being a replacement oregon successor to the other.

Like erstwhile Surface Studios, I'm told this instrumentality volition beryllium powered by an Intel chip, though I've not been capable to confidently corroborate whether that volition beryllium 11th-generation oregon 12th-generation series. I had heard implicit a twelvemonth agone that the Surface Studio 3 would vessel with a Tiger Lake processor, but hopefully, the instrumentality has been updated since then. 

I expect lone 1 SKU of the Surface Studio 3 to ship, though it whitethorn beryllium purchasable without a keyboard, mouse, and pen for commercialized customers.

What is believed to beryllium Surface Studio 3 has conscionable been filed done the FCC. 

• Intel Core i7, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD

Project Volterra

Project Volterra (codenamed Black Rock) was announced earlier this year, but I expect Microsoft volition beryllium gearing up to vessel the archetypal units astir the aforesaid clip arsenic the different caller Surface devices. Project Volterra features a Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 nether the hood and is Microsoft's archetypal mini-desktop PC, though the institution lone plans to merchantability it arsenic a developer kit.

Fun fact: Project Volterra was built by the Surface squad and is simply a Surface merchandise successful everything but its name. So adjacent though it isn't branded arsenic a Surface, it's inactive a Surface astatine heart. 

Accessories

As is the lawsuit each year, we're besides expecting to spot a fistful of caller accessories motorboat alongside caller Surface PCs. Refreshed versions of the Surface Keyboard, Surface Pen, and Surface Mouse are expected, which volition apt beryllium included in-box with the Surface Studio 3 but besides purchasable standalone for radical who don't privation to fork retired implicit $3500+ for a computer.

We whitethorn besides yet spot Microsoft's caller Adaptive Accessories statesman shipping. These were announced earlier this twelvemonth but haven't yet gone connected sale, and they did precocious walk done the FCC, truthful their motorboat should beryllium imminent.

There is besides a accidental Microsoft could denote the new Android 12L update for Surface Duo and Surface Duo 2.

Finally, I person heard that we whitethorn beryllium getting a second-generation brace of Surface Earbuds (codenamed Ella). Unfortunately, I person nary thought what's going to beryllium caller with them. Still, it's been implicit 2 years since the archetypal Surface Earbuds launched, truthful we're good overdue a refresh.

What not to expect

There's ever a database of Surface devices we don't expect to marque an quality this fall. This year, those include:

• Surface Laptop Studio 2
• Surface Go 4
• Surface Duo 3
• Surface Neo
• Surface Laptop SE 2
• Surface Laptop Go 3
• Surface Headphones 3

Of course, determination whitethorn beryllium 1 oregon 2 surprises, but I'm assured we won't spot a successor oregon caller versions of the Surface Laptop Studio, Surface Go, oregon Surface Duo this fall.