Microsoft teases ‘major’ Surface business announcement for January 30th

Microsoft is gearing up for a “major” Surface announcement later this month. The software giant began teasing “a major announcement from Surface for Business” this week in a LinkedIn posts spotted by Windows Central. The announcement will be made during Microsoft’s AI tour in New York City on January 30.

Microsoft is rumored to launch Intel-powered variants of its Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 devices soon, and a prototype of a Surface 7 laptop with Intel’s Lunar Lake chips appeared on a Chinese second-hand market in October. It is likely that Microsoft will announce the Lunar Lake versions of the Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 that are designed for businesses.

U Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 both shipped with Intel Meteor Lake processors before 2024, before Microsoft began rolling out refreshed Surface Copilot Plus devices with new designs and Qualcomm chips.

The Surface Laptop Studio is also for an update from the current model’s 13th Gen Intel chips, but this is less of a business-focused device, so it’s unlikely to be part of this event. There are also rumors of an 11-inch Surface Go / Surface Laptop Go hybrid device powered by a Snapdragon X Plus processor, but again it’s unlikely to be aimed at businesses.

We’ll be following Microsoft’s AI tour live at the end of the month, so stay tuned for details on Surface’s “big announcement.”