The Verge - Microsoft’s fall event 2022: all the news from the online Surface eventhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52801/VER_Logomark_32x32..png2022-10-12T12:05:00-04:00http://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/231506932022-10-12T12:05:00-04:002022-10-12T12:05:00-04:00Microsoft Edge’s Workspaces feature lets you share a group of tabs with a single link
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<figcaption><em>Workspaces groups together tabs and lets you share them with a single link.</em> | Image: Microsoft</figcaption>
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<p id="3mjXh7">Workspaces is a new feature coming to Microsoft Edge designed to make it easier to organize and share the dozens of browser tabs that you use on a daily basis. The feature has been popping up in Edge’s early preview builds <a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/introducing-workspaces-in-edge-new-feature/m-p/2263507">for over a year now</a>, but Microsoft is offering more detail on it today as part of its Ignite conference alongside new security and shopping features for its browser.</p>
<p id="uyGxkA"><a href="https://www.windowslatest.com/2021/04/12/hands-on-with-microsoft-edges-new-workspaces-feature-on-windows-10/">Screenshots of Workspaces in preview</a> show how users can create groups of tabs by clicking an icon to the left of the tab row. They can add tabs and name and color-code each group. They can then access, edit, and open previously created groups from that same icon. If you’ve ever used a tab manager add-on like OneTab, then Workspaces seems like a neat,...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/12/23400285/microsoft-edge-workspaces-tab-groups-shopping-sidebar-typosquatting-securityJon Porter2022-10-12T12:00:00-04:002022-10-12T12:00:00-04:00New Microsoft 365 app replaces Microsoft’s Office app with new features and design
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<p id="Q4FLQu">Microsoft is rebranding its built-in Office apps on Windows to Microsoft 365. While the existing app is mainly used for quick access to Office apps, this new Microsoft 365 one is designed to really leverage Microsoft’s Graph network to provide additional apps, relevant documents, and a feed of meetings and information that might be useful to plan a day ahead.</p>
<p id="jY6MLK">This new app won’t be limited to Microsoft’s commercial customers either, as consumers and students will also be able to take advantage of it. It will include the regular access to Office apps, a feed of recent documents and files, and the ability to browse by meetings. </p>
<p id="OuLxmO">It also now includes all Microsoft apps, not just Office ones, and there’s even a section for third-party apps...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/12/23400453/microsoft-office-app-windows-microsoft-365-rebrandingTom Warren2022-10-12T12:00:00-04:002022-10-12T12:00:00-04:00Microsoft Teams Premium arrives with meeting recaps and live translations
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<p id="HI0QZQ">Microsoft is launching Microsoft Teams Premium today, a new offering designed to boost its chat and collaboration app with some AI-powered smart features. The biggest addition is a new meeting recap feature that essentially adds an AI virtual assistant to each meeting to share highlights and automatically capture all of the important parts. It’s like having your own assistant to take notes for you, even if you’re not there.</p>
<p id="8koya3">“Today you get a meeting recap, after a meeting you get a recording and the transcript so you can get all that information, but you spend a lot of time sorting through the information to find ‘what’s pertinent or relevant to me,’” explains Nicole Herskowitz, general manager for Microsoft Teams, in an interview with <em>T...</em></p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/12/23400332/microsoft-teams-premium-intelligent-recap-live-translationsTom Warren2022-10-12T12:00:00-04:002022-10-12T12:00:00-04:00Microsoft Places is a new app to keep track of your hybrid team
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<p id="tPiSuT">As part of today’s Ignite conference, Microsoft is launching a new workplace app specifically designed to help with the challenges of hybrid working. The app is called Microsoft Places, and the company says it’s launching “soon” in beta. </p>
<p id="azuEhp">A screenshot of the app published by Microsoft today shows a dashboard view that tracks what percentage of your team is due to be in the office on a given day and lets you list where you’re working in a given week. As well as tracking people’s locations, the app is also designed to help you organize your work around them by giving “insights and guidance” on travel time as well as helping people navigate to work locations <em>within</em> offices themselves.</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/12/23398496/microsoft-places-hybrid-remote-work-tracking-appJon Porter2022-10-12T11:15:35-04:002022-10-12T11:15:35-04:00The biggest announcements from Microsoft’s Surface event
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<figcaption><em>Chat away on the Surface Pro 9.</em> | Image: Microsoft</figcaption>
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<p id="KRiIxb">Microsoft has wrapped up <a href="https://www.theverge.com/23386652/microsoft-surface-fall-event-news-rumors-products-announcements">its 2022 Surface even</a>t, where it showed off its new Surface Laptop 5, Surface Pro 9, and Surface Studio 2 Plus. The company also showed off new accessories and software, including a Designer app powered by Dall-E 2. </p>
<p id="aIAsbe">In case you didn’t catch today’s live event, you can read about the headline announcements here. We’ve also gotten hands-on looks at all three devices, which you can check out on our site.</p>
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<h2 id="Ends4H"><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/12/23400274/surface-laptop-5-release-date-price-specs-hands-on">The Surface Laptop 5 is Intel-only</a></h2>
<p id="qdFlHZ">The Surface Laptop 5 will hit shelves on October 25th for as low as $999. Its predecessor, the Surface Laptop 4, also started at that price. The Laptop 4 was an excellent product, but a big part of that was...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/12/23399010/microsoft-surface-pro-9-laptop-5-studio-2-plus-event-announcements-productsMonica ChinRichard Lawler2022-10-12T10:36:50-04:002022-10-12T10:36:50-04:00Apple shows Windows some love with new Music, TV, and iCloud photos integration
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<p id="BHM45V">Apple Music is finally <a href="https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=nOD%2FrLJHOac&mid=24542&u1=verge&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fp%2Fapple-music%2F9pp5m2pj95gx%3Factivetab%3Dpivot%3Aoverviewtab" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank">arriving in the Microsoft Store today</a>. Xbox users will be able to access it immediately, and it will also arrive on Windows next year. Both Apple Music and Apple TV will be available in preview versions soon for Windows, allowing Apple subscribers to access music and TV shows natively on Windows without having to use web versions or the pre-existing iTunes app. Microsoft is also integrating iCloud photos into its built-in Photos app on Windows 11.</p>
<p id="E4HDvM">A new update will see iCloud photos appear in the main Windows Photos app, making it easy for iPhone owners to find photos from their devices on a Windows PC or laptop. All Windows users need to do is install Apple’s latest iCloud Windows app to get this integration, and...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/12/23400419/apple-windows-xbox-app-microsoft-icloud-music-photos-integrationTom Warren2022-10-12T10:00:00-04:002022-10-12T10:00:00-04:00Microsoft launches a new Audio Dock and Teams presentation remote
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<figcaption><em>The Microsoft Audio Dock is designed to keep your desk clear from cables and remove the need for a microphone headset.</em> | Image: Microsoft</figcaption>
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<p id="JTZaaO">Microsoft is introducing two new Teams-certified accessories to improve hybrid meeting setups: the Microsoft Audio Dock and the Microsoft Presenter Plus remote control. </p>
<p id="yEvpeH">The Audio Dock is a pill-shaped all-in-one speakerphone system with a passthrough PC charger and four different ports (HDMI, USB-A, and two USB-C) designed to help reduce desktop clutter. You can connect up to two monitors with HDMI and USB-C connections, with the passthrough charger supporting up to 60W of power, which is enough for most modern laptops. It provides dual forward-facing microphones with noise-reduction capabilities, and there’s an integrated mute control atop the device that clearly indicates your microphone status to spare you from any embarrassing...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/12/23400299/microsoft-audio-dock-presenter-plus-remote-teamsJess Weatherbed2022-10-12T10:00:00-04:002022-10-12T10:00:00-04:00Microsoft’s Surface Studio 2 Plus ships with an RTX 3060 for $4,299
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<figcaption><em>The Surface Studio 2 Plus is all about internal upgrades.</em> | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge</figcaption>
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<p id="QOwdau">It’s been a long time since Microsoft updated its Surface Studio line of all-in-one PCs. While rumors had suggested a Surface Studio 3 was on the way, Microsoft is debuting its Surface Studio 2 Plus today instead — an upgrade on the Surface Studio 2 that launched four years ago. It includes some important upgrades on the inside, but the exterior is practically the same, and it all starts at an eye-watering $4,299.</p>
<p id="9Onvhu">The Surface Studio 2 Plus will ship with Intel’s 11th Gen Core i7-11370H processor, a chip that’s rapidly approaching two years on the market. We’re about to enter Intel’s 13th Gen era, so it’s hugely disappointing to see Microsoft not move to 12th Gen H series chips or wait for Intel’s latest and greatest.</p>
<p id="LaW6bF">“Our goal was ship...</p>
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