Microsoft is planning to launch its newest Surface Pro 8 pill tomorrow. Sources accustomed to Microsoft’s plans inform The Verge that the brand new Surface Pro 8 will ship with the most important {hardware} design and specification adjustments because the Surface Pro 3 launch greater than seven years in the past. The Surface Pro 8 seems to be just like the Surface Pro redesign I’ve lengthy waited for.

Microsoft is planning to carry many of the modern design components of the Surface Pro X to the Surface Pro 8. The pill itself will likely be extra rounded on the edges, and a brand new Surface keyboard will home a brand new slim Surface Pen inside similar to the Pro X does. While the show bezels on the prime and backside of the Surface Pro 8 gained’t be absolutely eradicated, they are going to be rather a lot smaller and practically edge-to-edge on the edges. The Surface Pro 8 will nonetheless be barely thicker than the Pro X, although.

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I’m additionally anticipating Microsoft to interchange the Surface Pro 8 show with a 120Hz panel that can make use of Windows 11’s new Dynamic Refresh Rate function. Dynamic Refresh Rate is just like how Apple’s excessive refresh-rate ProMovement shows function, permitting the show to fluctuate between completely different refresh charges relying on duties. Microsoft is primarily utilizing this new Surface Pro 8 show to spice up inking efficiency on the gadget, and make scrolling in internet pages and sure apps rather a lot smoother.

Inking enhancements on the Surface Pro 8 will likely be vital because of this new show, and an up to date Surface Pen. The similar slim stylus design discovered on the Pro X will likely be obtainable on the Pro 8, and Microsoft is making some stable enhancements right here. The new Surface Pen will help haptic suggestions so that you get the refined sensations from drawing, and the tip has been improved for higher stress sensitivity.

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Microsoft can also be transferring to Thunderbolt on the Surface Pro 8, ditching the USB-A port and transferring to 2 USB-C ports that can help high-speed information transfers. Again, that is just like the Surface Pro X which additionally ships with twin USB-C ports.

When I reviewed the Surface Pro 7 two years in the past, I mentioned “I wish this looked like a Surface Pro X,” and the Pro 8 delivers on many of the Pro X enhancements. Microsoft is sticking with Intel’s eleventh Gen chips inside, which implies the massive variations between an everyday Surface Pro and the Surface Pro X will likely be right down to battery life and efficiency.

If the Surface Pro 8 can ship stable battery life, this may very well be one of the best Intel-powered Surface Pro ever. After years of refining the design of the Surface Pro 3, the Surface Pro 8 is ready for a design overhaul simply in time for Windows 11 with its refreshed UI.

The Verge will likely be protecting all of Microsoft’s Surface information tomorrow. We’re anticipating the Surface Pro 8, a brand new Surface Book design, Surface Pro X updates, a Surface Go 3, and the Surface Duo 2. Microsoft’s occasion kicks off at 11AM ET on September twenty second, and we’ll be protecting all of the information reside.