Microsoft Unveils Refreshed Surface Pro and Laptop with Snapdragon X2 Plus

Microsoft has introduced refreshed versions of its 12-inch Surface Pro and 13-inch Surface Laptop, both featuring Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Plus chips. The new devices start at $1,149 and will begin shipping on October 13 in select markets.

Brett Ostrum, Corporate Vice President of Surface Devices, said that the Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch are 'two of our most versatile Surface devices,' designed to deliver performance and battery life. The new generation brings up to 18% more efficient battery performance, over 60% faster graphics, and 95% faster on-device AI.

The Snapdragon X2 Plus chip is coupled with a Qualcomm Adreno GPU and Hexagon NPU with 80 TOPS. The devices offer either 16GB or 24GB of memory and up to 512GB of storage. The new Surface Pro 12-inch offers up to 13 hours of active web usage and up to 15.5 hours of local video playback.

The 12-inch Surface Pro comes with a 25% brighter, 500-nit PixelSense touchscreen, as well as a new Microsoft Ink Canvas app that allows users to sketch, annotate content, and summarize text with the help of Copilot. The app will also be available for download on other supported PCs starting October 13.