Surface Pro 8 has a bigger battery than Pro 7 and faster, more accurate Windows Hello
The latest Microsoft Mechanics deep dive video sheds light on many of the smaller improvements to Surface Pro 8.
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What you need to know
The all-newSurface Pro 8is the first major overhaul to the Surface Pro line since 2014’sSurface Pro 3. Besides thinner bezels, Thunderbolt 4, a larger display, and 11th Gen CPU, there are many other more minor changes that weren’t mentioned in the press release orproduct specs announcement.
The latest Microsoft Mechanics video spends a good seven minutes breaking down what’s new, and as it turns out, there is quite a lot that you may not have known about.
We’ve summarized the main points below, but it’s worth watching the video yourself to have it all explained:
That’sa lotof stuff for Surface Pro 8, which goes to show you that what makes a PC “great” is more than just the name on the processor.
We’ll keep all these changes in mind when we do our Surface Pro 8 review sometime in October to see how much of a difference it really makes. You can get more of an idea of howSurface Pro 8 compares to Surface Pro 7to hold you over for now or go deeper on thosenew 11th Gen processors.
Surface Pro 8 is expected to begin shipping on October 5 in the following markets:
Updated design, same 2-in-1 form factor.
The Surface Pro 8 finally adopts the modern design that Microsoft first introduced with Surface Pro X, now with two USB-C ports that are Thunderbolt 4 enabled, an upgraded 13-inch display with a high-refresh rate of 120Hz, and support for the Surface Pro X style Type Covers with the Slim Pen charging cradle.
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Daniel Rubino is the Editor-in-chief of Windows Central. He is also the head reviewer,podcast co-host, and analyst. He has been covering Microsoft since 2007, when this site was called WMExperts (and later Windows Phone Central). His interests include Windows, laptops, next-gen computing, and watches. He has been reviewing laptops since 2015 and is particularly fond of 2-in-1 convertibles, ARM processors, new form factors, and thin-and-light PCs. Before all this tech stuff, he worked on a Ph.D. in linguistics, watched people sleep (for medical purposes!), and ran the projectors at movie theaters because it was fun.
