New Haptic Surface Pen: Windows 11 also supports smartpens with haptic feedback, which lets the pen simulate writing with different materials like pencil or pen on different types of paper.Wake on touch: When Surface Pro 8 is in standby with the display off, users can turn on the device simply by tapping the screen, similar to how smartphones work (the Pro 8 can then auto-login to Windows using Windows Hello).By default, Surface Pro 8 is 60Hz, but users can set it to 120Hz manually.

This feature is expected to launch late with Surface Pro 8. It sounds like Apple's ProMotion display technology.

Dynamic Refresh Rate: This feature enables a higher-refresh display of 120Hz instead of standard 60Hz, but only when scrolling or using the pen, thereby saving battery life.

Windows 11 also delivers some new hardware features that Microsoft could enable with Surface Pro 8, including:

Support for Surface Slim Pen 2 with haptics.

Removable SSD (following Surface Pro X and Surface Laptop designs).

Larger display: Surface Pro 8 gets a 120Hz 13-inch display with thinner bezels instead of a 12.3-inch 60Hz display with thick bezels.

Refined hardware design that tappers more in the rear.New Surface Type Cover: Matches Surface Pro X, including Surface Slim Pen dock.New processors: Intel 11th Gen U-series.The first two configurations here are the only across the full Pro 8 lineup to support LTE connectivity, having been announced on 11 January 2022.Here are some of the significant changes in Surface Pro 8 (compared to Surface Pro 7): There’s some slight variation on commercial models, with the Core i5-1145G7 joined by i7-1185G7 and entry-level i3-1115G4. These have been designed on the Intel Evo Platform, the chip maker’s dedicated category for premium portable PCs. As expected, the Pro 8 moves to Intel’s latest Tiger Lake CPUs – consumers get a choice between the Core i5-1135G7 and the Core i7-1185G7. PerformanceĮlsewhere, the internals have also been upgraded. When it comes to charging, Microsoft says the 24W adapter included in the box will get you from 0-80% in just over an hour. Still, it sounds like a significant improvement on the claimed 10 hours you’ll get from the Pro 7. Microsoft claims the Pro 8 will get you up to 16 hours from a single charge, although that’s based on basic everyday usage with the brightness set to 150 nits. This is presumably to conserve battery life, but that’s another area to have seen upgrades.

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