Microsoft sure is keeping tech journalists busy. Following its big event this week where it revealed Windows 10 S and the Surface Laptop, and then its huge Build conference next week, Microsoft is hosting yet another announcement event on May 23rd – this time in Shanghai…
Microsoft sure is keeping tech journalists busy. Following its big event this week where it revealed Windows 10 S and the Surface Laptop, and then its huge Build conference next week, Microsoft is hosting yet another announcement event on May 23rd – this time in Shanghai.
For those keeping track, that’s three events in one month. Unfortunately, the company isn’ t providing any hints on what it may be announcing, other than the most generic of captions:
That’s extremely vague, but the style of the announcement suggests the company is revealing hardware yet again. Most curiously, Panos Panay tweeted about the event with a suspicious Surface hashtag:
Could the company really be announcing another Surface product mere weeks after the Surface Laptop, and do so in a relatively unusual location? Then again, the Surface Pro 5 is rumored to be a mild update to the current model, so maybe it wouldn’ t be such a big deal.
Another option is an update to mixed reality. In December, Microsoft added Chinese manufacturer 3Glasses to its roster of partners creating VR headsets during its WinHEC conference. At the time, the company announced it would deliver a VR headset in the first half of 2017, so the timing seems ripe. But that wouldn’ t explain the Surface hashtag.
Of course, this is all just speculation, and maybe it’s not even hardware at all. Hopefully we’ ll get more hints once Build rolls around next week, but in the meantime, you can check Microsoft’s event site for updates.
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