Microsoft has announced that it will hold digital events for Surface, Windows, and its AI assistant Copilot later this month.
The event, titled “A New Era of Work,” is scheduled to take place on March 21 and targets corporate clients.
It is expected to include the new Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 devices dedicated to business, with a focus on Microsoft's upcoming artificial intelligence improvements for the Windows 11 operating system.
The March event focused on minor tech improvements to the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 commercial models, and consumer models of both devices are scheduled to receive a major overhaul this spring.
While the commercial Surface Pro 10 has a modern Intel chip with a well-known design, Microsoft is relying on OLED displays for the consumer Surface Pro 10.
The March event will focus on updates to existing Surface models for small businesses.
The Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 are expected to feature Arm processor options, allowing Microsoft to update the design of both devices.
According to reports, the Surface Laptop 6 could feature significant design updates thanks to slim bezels, rounded corners, a touchpad, two USB-C ports, and a USB-A port.
The Surface Pro 10 models feature anti-glare OLED displays, support HDR content and are said to have a new ultra-wide front-facing webcam and an NFC reader.
Microsoft plans to release Core Ultra versions of the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 in April, followed by Snapdragon X Elite versions in June.
The professional and consumer versions of the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 feature Microsoft's new Copilot switches, part of the broader AI efforts in Windows.
Microsoft has yet to detail its big plans for AI features in this year's Windows 11 update, though the company is likely to do so at the upcoming Build Developer Conference.
Microsoft is dramatically improving the Copilot experience in Windows 11, and is also developing a new experience called AI Explorer.
AI Explorer is an AI experience that distinguishes computers with AI from computers without AI.
The new experience is described as an advanced co-pilot that indexes everything you do through your computer and turns it into searchable moments using natural language.
Microsoft previously tried to do the same thing with the scheduling feature in Windows 10, although this time the feature is powered by artificial intelligence and can be run from any application.