- Coming up, we take a closer look at updates
across the Surface product portfolio,
and we're gonna meet Engineering Leader, Jochen Siegl,
to see how the Surface Team is delivering it's goals
for performance, quality, and design
with the all new Surface Laptop 3,
now also available larger 15-inch display,
the updated Surface Pro 7 with the 10th Gen Intel Processor
and USB-C connectivity, and the Surface Pro X,
a new ARM-based device with built in LTE,
next generation Surface Pen, and more.
So, welcome Jochen, it's great to have you on the show.
- Thanks for having me.
- So, usually when we cover Surface announcements
on Microsoft Mechanics, we're only lucky enough
to focus on individual devices.
But today, we're gonna cover a few.
So, what are some of the things that we focused on
with these updates?
- Well, as I'm going to show you today,
there's a lot of shared innovation across our whole lineup.
The fit and finish is our signature,
and with every generation, we balance the battery life,
the portability, and the comfort with premium design,
so we can get the technology out of your way,
and get you back into your flow.
You will see that we have new color options
for more personalization, and new material options
that are more robust, and easy to keep clean.
The devices are significantly faster
than the previous generations.
You will also notice that we introduce
a new ultra-thin 15-inch Laptop.
And one of the biggest themes you will see
in this device lineup in chipset diversity.
The Laptop 15-inch also comes with a new AMD Ryzen
Microsoft Surface Edition for retail,
which is 2.5 faster than Surface Laptop 2.
This makes it a great all-around for work and play.
And for our 2.1 class of devices,
we're introducing the new Surface Pro X.
That features the new Microsoft SQ1 ARM chipset,
co-designed with Qualcomm,
to enhance mobility and connectivity.
- It's great to see that with this new generation
of Pro 7 and Laptop, we've stayed consistent really
wherever possible with previous generations of the device.
- Right, and with every generation,
we're listening to your feedback.
So, what you see with Surface Pro 7 and Surface Laptop
is that we focus on keeping them compatible
with your existing Surface peripheries and accessories.
Take Surface Laptop for example.
Where everybody loves the design, we made it much faster
than the previous generation without adding weight
or making it thicker.
For those of you using Surface in your organization,
we also wanted a device that is easy to repair.
Laptop 3 is all of that, but much more,
without compromising design.
- So, I'm sure a lot of engineering work
really went into retaining the aesthetics,
while making the devices more performant,
and also more serviceable.
Before we go there, you mentioned shared innovation,
so what are some of the changes we've made
to the connectivity and the internals
to make these a better generation of devices?
- Right, so these are the things
that many of you always ask for.
For example, it's connectivity as you're saying.
You will notice that we have replaced the Mini Display Port
in the same place with a USB-C 3.1 Port
to help with more options for periphery use and charging.
And now, you can connect a wider range of displays.
In fact, now you can drive up to two 4k monitors
at 60Hz via one cable.
People love the Alcantara fabric and it's luxurious feel,
and you will find this on our keyboards for Pro
and on the Laptop.
And, of course, we have faster processes.
So, Pro 7 and Laptop device line come
with our new Quad Core 10th Generation Intel Core
i5 and i7 mobile processors.
We force to standardize on faster,
more power efficient LPDDR memory across our Intel devices.
Surface Pro 7 is available with up to 16GB of RAM,
and you can get the Laptop with up to 32GB of RAM.
All of them have Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 support.
- These are some really great core generational changes
really across Pro 7 and Laptop, but can we dig deeper in
on the 15-inch Laptop?
- Oh, of course.
Let's start with our new and improved PixelSense Displays.
It's the same magic 3:2 aspect ratio
that is standard across our complete family.
It's a 2496x1664 resolution, and is color calibrated
for it's 100% RGB Color Space right out of factory.
It's even brighter than Laptop 2 while consuming less power.
And, supports the latest generation of G5 Touch Tip
with up to 10-finger Multi-Touch, and Inking.
We improved the logon experience, and when opening the lid,
the Laptop wakes up an logs in automatically
to Windows Desktop so you're right back
into your flow.
It was important to not break the line of the design
with the finger notch, and still be able
to open the Laptop with one finger.
This is also possible because of
the improved Windows Hello camera.
And this is also true for both Surface Pro products.
- Right, I'm going pause you there for a second,
because I know as we start to
approach the microphone and speakers,
I think that we should spend a moment
to talk about the work some of the team has done
with regards to audio.
- Well, from day one with Surface,
we made sure that audio's at the heart of our design,
so we can enhance collaboration productivity
from device to device.
We start our premium audio capture journey
with Surface Studio.
And now, on the Surface Laptop 3,
we have introduced a new dual microphone system
with active voice optimization
that we call the Studio Microphones.
This is also true for the other devices
we're introducing today.
This is our best microphone solution to date for voice.
It allows us to capture sound,
and blend out the background noise,
so team calls are much clearer, voices are crisp,
and it's easier to capture the voice when you dictate
in Word, OneNote, or PowerPoint.
And then, for the audio playback,
Omnisonic speakers fire through the keyboard
without showing visible ports or openings for the speakers.
This is a very complex setup, as audio translates
through the movable keyboard, keys, and the backlight.
And our new design is in fact much more efficient,
driving a more solid bass and a much richer sound.
As we have added Dolby Audio Premium processing,
it is also helping to widen the frequency response,
enhances the dialog, maximizing loudness
while controlling distortions, so you're having
definitely a much enhanced experience as before.
- Right, and it's really great to see the audio focus here,
because it's often overlooked,
especially on thinner devices.
But, why don't we continue on the device tour,
because I know that one of the really important things,
in terms of interacting with the device,
is also how you interact with the keyboards
to boost productivity.
What have we done there?
- [Jochen] This track pad is 20% larger
than the previous generation, and it most importantly
provides a very satisfying click.
Listen to this, please.
(keyboard clicking)
The typing experience on the backlit keyboard
is optimized for readability
in various lighting conditions, too.
And it's much quieter and more comfortable
than it was ever before.
This is our most accessible Laptop ever.
We have added accessibility bumps on keys
including the F4 and F8 function keys,
and the power button, so that you don't
accidentally turn off your machine.
- So all these improvements that you've mentioned,
they're true for both the 15-inch and 13-inch, right?
- Oh, yes, they are, and the other exciting thing
that you probably have noticed,
now we're having a full metal cover
on the 13-inch Laptop, as well.
And, to personalize the experience even further,
the addition to the two Alcantara color options,
there are now three full-metal color options
available for Laptop, as well.
- So, you mentioned before that the Surface Laptop
has been really redesigned from the inside out.
But, from the outside, the device looks pretty consistent
with the Laptop 2.
- Yes, and there are a few things that you will see,
and few you might not.
Moving to the sides, there is where you can see
we have moved the antenna windows,
and made the design much more cleaner than before.
The Laptop has both USB-C and USB-A ports,
a Surface Connect, and a 3.5mm
audio microphone jack, as well.
But as we move into the device, you will realize
we have completely re-architected the device:
the motherboard, the enclosures, the battery,
everything is different and new.
And, we made the Laptop 3 more easily repairable.
An authorized repair technician can now remove the top
to access the inside to replace or remove the SSD.
And this is one of our top enterprise requests,
and we are on the start of a new journey
with our new Laptop.
The drives are M.2 NVME SSDs, and available in 128GB
up to 1TB options.
- This is gonna be really great news
having that removable SSD for IT departments
that are really looking to preserve
their hardware investments for their organizations.
But, switching gears though, we have a brand new member
of the Surface family, called the Surface Pro X.
How does this raise the bar for
how ARM-based Windows devices are built?
- Oh, well, Jeremy, we have re-engineered the Surface Pro X,
and we started from a complete new slate.
It's our re-imagination of the 2.1 form factor,
and we're innovating everywhere.
And at 7.3mm, it's our thinnest Surface Pro ever.
And, the first thing you will notice is an all new keyboard
with a Doc Surface Pen.
The backlit keyboard is specifically designed
for this device.
The new pen is sleek and slim.
It has wireless charging, so that the pen is accessible
and always ready for use.
And the best thing is, now in the pocket,
you can never lose the pen.
We were also able to introduce and even larger track pad
on the keyboard.
It's our largest display in the 2.1 category.
It is 13-inch, but yet in the some footprint
of the previous generation.
It features our 2880x1920 pixel screen,
a beautiful 450-nits brightness screen,
and of course, the magic 3:2 aspect ratio.
As you would expect, you also have 10-point Touch
and Inking support.
You will also notice that despite being so thin,
we managed to allow for two USB-C ports,
and our Surface Connect.
- So, can you explain more about this ARM-based chipset?
- Oh, of course.
We've worked with Qualcomm for the last three years,
and developed this chip to make it optimized
to run around the way with our operating system
and the firmware.
And, first off, our goal was to make it
the fastest out-processor running Windows.
The CPU's clock speed is 3Ghz,
it's TPU runs at a crazy 2.1 teraflops
to meet demanding graphics workloads.
It also let's you drive two 4k 60Hz monitors
from a single USB-C cable.
We've used 21 and 23MHz LPDDR 4X memory,
and it features a built-in 4G LTE Advance Pro Modem,
and it works with both a Nano Sim and an eSim.
And you remember the removable SSD we just looked at before?
Well, we've got this on Surface Pro X, too,
as well within the two NVME options up to 512GB.
All this combined makes it one of the best performing
portable devices in the market,
so we are giving you the Laptop level of performance
with Surface Pro X.
- So, this looks like a really great mobile device,
and for the IT Admins that are watching,
these Windows 10 and ARM devices,
they're using Windows 10 Pro, so you can domain join,
or Azure AD join them and manage them,
and then also run 32-bit Windows App.
So, some really great updates really across the board.
So, now you mentioned earlier, we've done a lot of work
in terms of battery life across the whole lineup.
Can you tell us more about what the team's done there?
- Oh, of course.
It's always important for us to create the right balance
for a device, but we don't want to cut corners
on our display, and we use some of the best displays
available in the market.
For example, the new Laptop displays
have the same resolution and pixels-per-inch as before,
but they are brighter, and yet,
they are more power efficient than the previous generation.
And, one important, often overlooked aspect of battery life
is how quickly you can charge it.
All of the devices you see here today
support fast charging to allow you to charge the battery
up to 80% in about an hour.
That's great when you're in between meetings,
or when you're in the airport and you need a quick charge
to hop on the plane.
- And something also, for our device admins specifically,
it's worth mentioning that we've also
made significant enhancements and investments
in how you can manage Surface devices
all the way down to the UEFI Firmware
using Surface Enterprise Management Mode Tools.
Now, this also means you can manage firmware
and device level controls on these managed devices
while they're running.
And, of course, you can provision new Surface devices
with the latest Windows autopilot options.
So, Jochen, when can we start expecting
to see these in market, and what can we do to learn more?
- This lineup will be ready for the holiday season,
and for businesses, you can start working
with your Microsoft Surface Representatives today.
Chances are we will be able to let you go hands-on
with one of these beautiful devices.
Also, check out microsoft.com/surface to learn more.
- So, really great tips, and I'm also looking forward to it.
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So, thanks one more time, Jochen,
for introducing us to all the updates
across all the new Surface devices.
And here, from the Microsoft Technology Center
in Bellevue, Washington, thanks for watching.
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